Ikram Toumi

Ikram Toumi, Ph.D., holds a Bachelor of Science in Journalism with a focus on audio-visual press from the University of Manouba, Tunisia. She came to the United States as a Fulbright Scholar and obtained a Master’s in Applied Linguistics from Texas Tech University. Ikram went on to achieve a Ph.D. in Media Studies from the University of Texas at Austin. Her dissertation research focused on Information Communications Technology (ICT) and the digital divide in the post-revolution Tunisian society. More broadly, her research interests include implications of ICT in social change and social movements, media literacy, globalization, as well as immigration, acculturation and identity. She has worked on several projects that touch on the global flow of information, international communication and media issues. She is fluent in Arabic, English and French, and is an avid learner with a keen interest in the multicultural and socially-diverse dimensions of global media and communication. She has a long and rich teaching experience at Texas Tech University and at the University of Texas at Austin where she taught language courses (Arabic & French) as well as diverse media studies and communications courses.

SCHOLARLY, CREATIVE & PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

• Toumi, I. (2022). A Wedding Through a Piece of Glass”: Transnational Tunisian Family Communication as Driver of ICT Adoption. Media, Culture, and Society (Paper accepted for publication).
• Toumi, I. (2022). Decolonize Transnational Higher Education: A Critical Analysis of Middle Eastern and Northern Universities Transnational Partnerships. Paper accepted for presentation at the 2022 BRISMES Annual Conference, St Andrews, Scotland.
• Toumi, I. (2021). Gender and Development in Africa and the African Diaspora - Women in North Africa. Virtual Panel Presentation, Center for African Studies, Kent State University, October 2021.
• Zamit, F., Kooli, A., and Toumi, I. (2020). An examination of Tunisian Fact-checking resources in the context of Covid-19. Journal of Science Communication, 19(7).
• Toumi, I., Kooli, A, and Zamit, F. (2019). Global education in the 21^st century: The intercultural communication transnational classroom. Top Paper Panel, ICA 2020 Annual Conference, Virtual Conference.
• Toumi, I. Communication for social movements and social change. Paper accepted for presentation, the Fifth Biennial Africa and the Global Atlantic World Conference, Kent State University, April 2020.
• Toumi, I. (2019). Latinx: Identity and Stereotypes. Panel presentation, Ohio Latinx Educational Summit, November 8, 2019, Kent State Conference, Kent, Ohio.
• Toumi, I. (2018). Global education in the 21^st century: The transnational classroom. Panel presentation, OCA 2018.
• Toumi, I. (2018). The Digital divide in Tunisia: Barriers and facilitators of ICT use among middle and low-middle class Tunisians. Conference presentation, 2018 BRISMES Annual Conference, London, UK.
• Toumi, I. (2014). Social Networking in the Pre- and Post-Revolution Tunisia- a Two-Phase Study of the Tunisian Facebook Users. Global Fusion 2014 Conference. Austin, TX - 24-26 October 2014.
• Toumi, I. and Straubhaar, J.D. (2013). Connected Viewing Across a Dangerous Border: Latino Families Watch Television in the Space of Flows. Paper presented at the ICA 2013 Conference, Challenging Communication Research. London, UK - 17-21 June 2013.
• Hamdi, O. and Toumi I., 2012. True Middle Eastern democracy requires female leaders. The Daily Texan, October 29.
• Toumi, I., Rojas, V., & Straubhaar, J. 2011. Elderly migrant Latinos and media literacies: Usage and perceptions of digital media among older Latinos in Texas. Paper presented in the International Association for Media and Communication Research Conference, IAMCR , Istanbul, Turkey, 2011.
• Toumi, I. Rojas, V., & Straubhaar, J. 2011. Generational differences and digital media use. Panel presenation, Global Fusion Conference, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 2010
• Toumi, I., 2011. Panelist: The Middle East, What Comes Next? Center for Middle Eastern Studies, The University of Texas at Austin, Feb. 3, Austin TX.
• Toumi, I. & Rodriguez, A. 2009. Generational differences and immigrants’ acculturation in media use. The Global Fusion 2009 Media & Communication Conference, Oct. 16-18. Austin, TX.
• Toumi, I. & Watts, L. 2008. Movie Websites’ influence on Box Office performance: a content analysis approach. Seventh Annual Graduate Student Research Poster Competition, Texas Tech University.
• Toumi, I., et al.2007. Distance education through virtual worlds. Research Proposal submitted to the Education Research Initiative Grant Competition, Office of the Vice-President for Research, Texas Tech University.
• Toumi, I. 2003. The Reform at the IPSI: We are doing our best to add more notoriety to the IPSI. The IPSI Monitor. Institute of Press and Information Sciences, Tunisia.
• Toumi, I. 2003. Shoe-Shine: When the image speaks for itself. The IPSI Monitor. Institute of Press and Information Sciences, Tunisia.