Nigeria’s Yusha’u Recognized As Harvard’s Kennedy School Author

Dr.Muhammad Jameel Yushau

The finals for the fall semester are over. All essays and assignments have been submitted. While recovering from the marathon of the finals, new assignments and readings for the J-Term started pouring in. They need to be completed before January 2023.

While relishing the little break and preparing for the readings, I was humbled and honored to receive an email from the Harvard Kennedy School library informing me that my book, The Palgrave Handbook of International Communication and Sustainable Development ( co-edited with Jan SERVAES) is on display at the library with HKS author emblem.

The library had informed me earlier that my first book, ‘Regional Parallelism and Corruption Scandals in Nigeria’ is also available to the Harvard community at Widener Library, the main university library.

The recognized Book

New books are displayed by the HKS library on a shelf at the entrance of the #library to draw the attention of faculty and students to the latest scholarly works that can support their learning. Half of the shelves are dedicated to authors from the Harvard community, mostly professors who teach at Harvard University.

As stated in the preamble of the book, “The Palgrave Handbook of International Communication and Sustainable Development is a major resource for stakeholders interested in understanding the role of communication in achieving the UN’S Sustainable Development Goals. Bringing together theoretical and applied contributions from scholars in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and North America, the handbook argues that communication is a key factor in achieving the global goals and suggests a review of the SDGs to consider its importance. Reflecting on the impact of COVID-19, it highlights the need for effective communication infrastructure and critically assesses the 2030 agenda and timeline. Including individual SDG and country case studies as well as integrated analysis, the chapters seek to enrich understanding of communication for development and propose crucial policy interventions. It is critical reading for researchers as well as policy makers and NGOs.”

The collection

Review:

“Muhammad Jameel Yusha’u and Jan Servaes have edited a most significant collection of essays for scholars and practitioners interested in the intersection of communication, international development, and the sustainable development goals.”—Arvind Singhal, Ph.D. is the Samuel Shirley and Edna Holt Marston Professor of Communication, The University of Texas at El Paso, USA.

Note:Dr Muhammad Jameel Yushau is Kano indigine from Nigeri’as west Africa