Associate Professor and Graduate Coordinator
Intercultural and International Communication
College of Journalism and Communications
University of Florida
P.O. Box 118400
Gainesville, Florida
32611-8400
Tel: 1-352-392-2904
Fax: 1-352-846-2899
Email: mleslie@jou.ufl.edu
http://grove.ufl.edu/~mleslie
Michael Leslie is associate professor in the College of Journalism and Communications at the University of Florida, where he teaches courses and conducts cross-cultural research on international and intercultural communication.
Dr. Leslie also offers coaching and training in effective intercultural communication, leadership, and diversity empowerment.
Professor Leslie has taught, lived and conducted research in Europe, Latin America and Africa, including Belgium, France, Mexico, Cuba, Brazil, Zambia, Cameroon, South Africa, Mozambique and Angola.
He speaks English, Spanish, French and Portuguese.
Leslie served as a Fulbright Senior Specialist in Intercultural Communication at the University of Mons-Hainault, Belgium in 2002 and 2004 and was a Fulbright Senior Lecturer at the Advanced School of Mass Communication at the University of Yaounde (Cameroon) from 1987 to 1989. He was co-founder of the department of mass communication at the University of Zambia, where he lectured from 1984 to 1987. He spent his formative years in Guadalajara Mexico, where he earned the degree of Bachiller from the Instituto de Ciencias.
He holds degrees from the University
of California at Berkeley (B.A.), Columbia University
in the City of New York (M.S.), and the University of Washington at
Seattle (Ph.D.).
He was awarded the Stephen H. Coltrin Award for Excellence in Communication Education in 1997.
EDUCATION
Ph.D. (International/Intercultural Communication) 1983
College of Communication
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
M.S.J. (Telecommunication)
Graduate School of Journalism 1974
Columbia University, New York, New York
B.A. Political Science (International) 1973
University of California, Berkeley, California
Diploma: Electronics, TV and Radio Technology 1966
Columbia College Panamericano, Guadalajara,
Mexico
TEACHING AND CONSULTING LANGUAGES
English, Spanish, French and Portuguese
INTERNATIONAL/INTERCULTURAL TRAINING AND CONSULTING EXPERIENCE
Evaluator, ALO (USAID) Alexandria Institute of Technology/Georgia State University Program for Continuing Education Capacity Development: A Partnership for International Marketing and e-Commerce Education in Egypt, April 2005.
“Seminar in Effective Business Communication Across Cultures.” Universidade Casper Libero, Sao Paolo, Brazil, August, 2004.
Fulbright Senior Specialist, University of Mons-Hanault, Belgium. Lecture series on Intercultural Communication, July-August, 2002; April-May, 2004.
U. of Botswana. Research on launching a mass communications program, June, 2001,
Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambique. U. S. State Department Speaker. Lectured on Ethics and consulted on launching a university program in journalism and mass communications, June-July, 2001,
"Workshop for Brazilian Professionals in Mass Communications." University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, July, 2000. Lectured on race and gender in marketing communications.
"Ghana Community Learning Center Evaluation." Prepared for the Academy for Education Development (AED), June, 2000.
"Advanced Workshop for Angolan Journalists." Delivered in Portuguese in Luanda, Angola, for World Learning, Inc, July, 1998.
"Using the Internet for Research." University of Zambia, June 1996 (Danish Aid).
"Communicating Across Cultures." Edea, Cameroon, 1989 (Peace Corps).
"Time Management and Productivity." Padmozi Hotel, Lusaka, 1986 (Independent).
OTHER INTERNATIONAL/INTERCULTURAL EXPERIENCE
Staff Writer, English and Spanish, 1975
The Associated Press, Mexico City, Mexico
Researched and wrote features and news stories in English and Spanish for worldwide distribution. Gathered information and wrote stories, rewrote and edited work for others.
Business Reporter/Writer, English and Spanish, 1975
Mexican American Review and Expansion Magazines, Mexico City, Mexico
Researched and wrote features stories on American business leaders and current events.
INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
International Association for Mass Communication Research
Latin American Studies Association
African Council on Communication Education
African Studies Association
DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Associate Professor, Telecommunication Department,
Sept. 1995- present.
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
Courses- Telecommunications processes and effects, international communication, intercultural communication, seminar in online and distance learning, ethics and problems in telecommunication, seminar in race, class, gender and media.
Assistant Professor, Telecommunication Department,
1989-1995.
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
Courses-Writing for telecommunication, telecommunication processes
and effects. Graduate courses: international communication, communication research methods, seminar in communication technology and development.
Senior Fulbright Lecturer, Television Department, 1987-1989
Advanced School of Mass Communication (ESSTI)
University of Yaounde, Cameroon
Graduate Courses-Research methods, advanced newswriting, reporting and editing for television. Undergraduate Courses: introductory and advanced reporting, newswriting, and television production.
Lecturer, Department of Mass Communication, 1984-1987
University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
Courses- Theories of mass communication, advertising, newswriting, research methods, fundamentals of broadcast production.
Instructor, School of Communications, 1977-1979
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Courses-Radio and Television production.
PUBLICATIONS
Books
(with Goran Hyden and Folu Ogundimu, eds). Communication and Democracy in Africa. Transaction Publishers, New Jersey, 2002
Book Chapters
“The Internet and Democratization in Africa: The Case of Zambia", in Communication and Democracy in Africa, Goran Hyden, Michael Leslie and Folu F. Ogundimu (eds). Transaction Press, New Jersey, 2002.
“The Representation of Blacks on Commercial Television in Brazil: Some Cultivation Effects,” in Black Brazil: Culture, Identity and Social Mobilization, Larry Crook and Randal Johnson (eds.). UCLA Latin American Center Publications, University of California: Los Angeles, 1999.
“Mass Communication and Development: A Critical View" in Developing Areas: A Book of Readings, Vijajan Pillai and Lyle Shannon, (eds.). Rhode Island: Berg, 1995, pp. 358-365.
Journal Articles
“Report on an Experiment Employing Teleconferencing Technology to Internationalize the Curriculum,” Journalism and Mass Communication Educator (under review).
“U.S.
and South African Images of Black Success: A Pilot Study in Transnationalization
and Hegemony,” Safundi:
The Journal of South African and American Comparative Studies (October,
2000), http://www.safundi.com/articles/leslie.asp
"Television and the Cultivation of Modern Racism: The Case of Brazil," Journal of Afro-Latin American Studies and Literatures Vol. 1, No. 2 (January, 1996).
“Television and Cultural Hegemony in the "New" South Africa," Howard Journal of Communications, Vol. 6, Number 3 (November, 1995).
“Slow Fade to ? Advertising in Ebony Magazine, 1957-1989. Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, Vol. 72, Number 2 (Summer 1995), pp. 426-435.
"Representation of Blacks on Prime Time Television in Brazil," Howard Journal of Communications, Vol. 4, Numbers 1 and 2 (Summer/Fall 1992).
Leslie, Michael. "Conflict Resolution and the Prestige Press: El Universal and the Mexican Oil Crisis of 1938,"Journalism Quarterly, Vol.68, No.1/2 (Summer/Spring 1992).
“The Vernacular Press in Zambia: A Pilot Study of a Provincial Newspaper.” Africa Media Review, Vol. 4, Number 1 (1990), pp. 62-78.
“Using Videoconferencing for teaching and learning About Africa.” Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association, Washington, D.C., November, 2005.
“Religious Websites in Africa and the Construction of Political Identity.” African Studies Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, November 2004.
“Televangelism and American Hegemony.” Second Annual Conference on Communication and Globalization, Seattle, Washington, July 2004.
“International Televangelism/American Ideology: The Case of The 700 Club.” International Conference on Television in Transition, MIT, Boston, May 2-4, 2003. http://cms.mit.edu/mit3/papers/leslie.pdf
“Televangelism and the Re-Presentation of Africa: A Pilot Study of Content and Ideology in The 700 Club.” Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association, Washington, D.C. , December 2002.
“Why Ebony South Africa Failed: A Comparative Study Ebony South Africa and Ebony USA.” Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association, Nashville, TN, November, 2001.
“Raca Magazine: A New Voice for Blacks and Browns in Brazil?” Presented to the Annual Meeting of the Latin American Studies Association, Miami, Florida, March, 2000.
“Contributions of Brazilian Scholars to the Study of Race and Media.” Invited paper, IV Ciclo de Estudos sobre a Escola Latino-Americana de Comunicação (Fourth Conference on Latin-American Communications Studies), May 2000, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
“Narrating the Crisis: The Angolan Independent Press, Human Rights and Democratization in Angola.” Presented to the Sixteenth Annual Intercultural Communication Conference, Miami, Florida, February 4-6, 1999.
"Examining the Myth of Racial Equality in Cuba: A Triangulation Approach," presented to the Third Biennial Conference on Culture, Technology and Change in the Americas, April 5-9, 1995, Tampa, Florida.
"Television and the Cultivation of Modern Racism in Brazil: A Pilot Study." Presented to the Annual Conference of the International Association for Mass Communication Research, Seoul, Korea, July, 1994.
"Television and Cultural Hegemony in "The 'New South Africa'." Presented to the International and Intercultural Communication Conference, Miami, Florida, February 1994.
"Illusion and Reality on Commercial Television: Comparing Brazil and the United States." Presented to the International Communication Association, Chicago, Illinois, May 1991.
International Radio and Television Foundation, Stephen H. Coltrin Award for Excellence in Communications Education, 1997.
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Research Fellowship, 1990.
Freedom Forum Journalism Professors Publishing Program Award, (Documentary on Afro-Cuba), 1993.
Fulbright Senior Lectureship, University of Yaounde, Cameroon, 1987-1989.
University of Florida, Research Development Award (Comparative television field research in Brazil, South Africa and the United States), 1991.
Poynter Institute, Teaching Fellowship in Broadcast Journalism, 1990.
Time, Inc. Graduate Fellowship in Journalism, Columbia University, 1974.
PAST INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
International Association for Mass Communication Research
Latin American Studies Association
African Council on Communication Education
African Studies Association