Rukhsana Ahmed
Assistant Professor, Department of Communication
Member of the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies and thereby authorized to supervise theses.
Member of the Interdisciplinary Research Group in Organizational Communication (IRGOC)
Office: 103, 558 King Edward Avenue
Telephone: 613-562-5800, ext. 3834
E-mail: rahmed@uOttawa.ca
University degrees
2007 – Ph.D. in Communication Studies, Ohio University, U.S.A.
2005 – M.A. in Communication Studies, Ohio University, U.S.A.
2000 – M.A. in International Development Studies, Ohio University, U.S.A.
1997 – M.S.S. in International Relations, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
1995 – B.S.S. (Honors) in International Relations, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Fields of interest
- Health communication
- Interpersonal and intercultural communication
- Gender and communication
- Communication and development
Ongoing research
My current research project examines the potential of ICT and mobile communications to improve healthcare services even in some of the most remote and resource poor environments. My project on cultural diversity and interpersonal conflict in health care is focused on understanding the sources of conflict between health care receivers and providers from health care receivers' perspective. My multidisciplinary project on development-related topics in the context of economic growth, health communication, and environmental sustainability is pursuing policy-relevant research with a focus on how a broad-based inclusive development can be attained in the face of critical challenges posed by globalization in developing countries.
Selected publications
Book chapters
AHMED, R., & Han, M. (2007). The process of representation of Muslim women in the U. S. media: A rhetorical analysis of texts and countertexts. In B. Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk, T. Pludowski, & D. V. Tanno (Eds.), The media and international communication (pp. 199- 213). Frankfurt: Peter Lang.
Bates, B. R., & AHMED, R. (2007). Disaster pornography: Hurricanes, voyeurism, and the home television viewer. In R. S. Swan & K. A. Bates (Eds.), Through the eye of Katrina: Social justice in the United States (pp. 187-202). Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press.
Articles
AHMED, R., Bates, B. R., & Romina, S. M. (Forthcoming). Assessing the influence of patients' perceptions of physicians' cultural competence on patient satisfaction in an Appalachian Ohio context. Journal of Cultural Diversity: An Interdisciplinary Journal.
Nahon-Serfaty, I., AHMED, R., Grosjean, S., & Bonneville, L. (2009). Connecting the micro and macro approaches: Cultural stakes in health communication. Altérités, 6(2): 48-74.
AHMED, R. (2009). Interface of political opportunism and Islamic extremism in Bangladesh: Rhetorical identification in government response. Communication Studies, 60(1), 82-96.
AHMED, R., & Bates, B. R.(2007). Patient gender differences in patients' perceptions of physicians' cultural competence in health care interactions. Women's Health & Urban Life: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal, VI(2), 58-80.
Bates, B. R., Romina, S. M., & AHMED, R. (2007). The effect of improved readability scores on consumers' perceptions of the quality of health information on the internet. Journal of Cancer Education, 22(1), 15-20.
Bates, B. R., Romina, S. M., AHMED, R., & Hopson, D. (2006). The effect of source credibility on consumers' perceptions of the quality of health information on the Internet. Medical Informatics & the Internet in Medicine, 31, 45-52.
Conference presentations
AHMED, R., Islam, D., & Khan, Z.H. (October, 2009). A case study of the Hazipur eHealth-mHealth system: A developing country perspective. Poster presentation at the 16th Canadian Conference on International Health, Ottawa, ON, Canada, Crowne Plaza Hotel.
AHMED, R. & Bates, B. R. (September, 2009). Communicating health in intercultural, cross-cultural, and multicultural contexts: A contextual understanding of cultural competence in provider-patient communication. Paper presented at the International Association for Intercultural Communication Studies Conference, Kumamoto Gakuen University, Kumamoto, Japan.
AHMED, R. & Bates, B. R. (September, 2009). Assessing the relationship between patients' ethnocentric views and patients' perceptions of physicians' cultural competence in health Care interactions. Paper presented at the International Association for Intercultural Communication Studies Conference, Kumamoto Gakuen University, Kumamoto, Japan.
AHMED, R. & Jaya, P (May, 2009). Ethnic media and representations of south Asian women. Paper presented at the Canadian Communication Association Annual Conference, Carleton University, and Ottawa, Canada.
AHMED, R., Bates, B. R., & Romina, S. M. (November, 2008). Assessing the influence of patients' perceptions of physicians' cultural competence on patient satisfaction in an Appalachian Ohio context. Competitive paper presented to the Health Communication Division, National Communication Association Annual Convention, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
AHMED, R. - (June, 2008). Addressing health disparity in South Asia through health communication strategies. Paper presented to the CIDA sponsored prepared panel at the Canadian Communication Association Annual Conference, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
AHMED, R., & Bates, B. R. (May, 2008). Development and validation of scales to assess patients' perception of physicians' cultural competence in health care interactions. Competitive paper presented to the Health Communication Division, International Communication Association Annual Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
