Chris C Ulasi

CHRIS CHINWE ULASI has been a professional communicator, scholar and researcher for more than twenty-eight years. Dr. Ulasi is a screenwriter, producer, and poet. From 1993-1996 he was journal editor and book editor of the Journal of Nigerian Affairs (formerly CONPO REVIEW). He is the Executive Editor of USAfrica, a community newspaper, and The Black Business Journal, both based in Houston. He has published scholarly articles, book chapters, and presented papers at numerous conferences. He has been a consultant on International Communication and Development for the International Education Foundation in Austin, Texas.

Since 1988, he has taught courses in media, culture and society, international communication, screenwriting, film theory, media aesthetics, and media criticism at Texas Southern University’s School of Communication. Ulasi holds a B.Sc. in Mass Communications, MA in Telecommunication Policy and Administration, and Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin in International Communications. He has served as Graduate Studies Advisor in the School of Communication and is the interim chair of the Department of Radio, Television and Film.