Mass Media NG an International organisation that focuses on Media research, scholarly works and others have honoured Bayero University’s first female Professor of Mass Communications and 9 others from across Nigeria.
Mass Media NG celebrated Professor Hajara Umar Sanda in the chronology of Nigerian Female communications Professors at this year’s award with the theme Women’s equality Day 2020.
Among the 10 professors chosen by Mass Media NG Prof Hajara’s citation was the first to be read.
Others who were honoured include the first female Professor of Mass Communication in Nigeria Prof Chinyere Stella Okunna, from the University of Nigeria Nsuka , a re-known female Professor in Public relations Victoria Ajala, and another First Female Professor of Mass Communications from the University of Lagos Professor Abigail.
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All the Professors honoured on women equality day 2020 by Mass Media NG are 10 female communication Professors from Nigerian Universities and Professor Hajara of BUK is the only Muslim Northerner among them.
Prof Hajara Umar Sanda holds a PhD, MA and BA in Mass Communication from Bayero University Kano (BUK) and a Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE).
She was a Fulbright visiting scholar at Ohio University Athens, the USA from 2011 to 2012.
As an Associate Professor in the Department of Mass Communication, she was the pioneering Sub Dean Academics in the Faculty of Communication BUK in 2016 and former Deputy Dean Students’ Affairs, Bayero University Kano from 2016 to 2020.
Professor Hajara Umar Sanda has participated in various conferences and workshops among which include the Global Investigative Journalism Conference at Johannesburg, South Africa in 2017, Oxonia International Conference, Oxford – the UK in 2015, International Association of Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) at India in 2014, and the International Facilitators Development Workshop for Active Citizens Project at British Council UK, London in 2014.
Her research interests include Writing for Mass Media, Specialized Reporting, Print Journalism, Health Communication, Investigative & Data-Driven Journalism, Public Relations, Gender studies, and Entrepreneurial studies among others.
She has published two books and numerous articles in Journals and Book chapters.
Her organizational membership include Fulbright Association of Nigeria (FAN), International Association of Media and Communication Research (IAMCR), Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), African Council of Communication Education (ACCE), Association of Communication Scholars and Professionals of Nigeria (ACSPN) and member Association of Entrepreneurship Educators of Nigeria
