Mr Justice Issah Abudulai is a Lecturer in the Department of Communication Studies of University of Professional Studies, Accra. His teaching areas include, but not limited to, all Public Relations related courses. He also researches into Development Communication, Community Journalism, Gender Issues in Public Relations as well as Advertising and Marketing. He has over two decades of experience in the Police Service of Ghana, where he specialized as a crime investigator. Additionally, he has nearly a decade of experience in Public Relations Practice. He worked as a police officer for 24 years before going into full- time lecturing. He also taught in four (4) other universities on part-time basis prior to his voluntary retirement from the Ghana Police Service.

ACADEMIC DEGREES

· PhD Candidate, Doctor of Philosophy in Communication Science, University of South

Africa, (UNISA).

· Master of Philosophy in Communication and Media Studies, University of Education,

Winneba, 2017.

· Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies, Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ), 2014.

· Diploma in Communication Studies, Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ), Accra, 2010.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

· Assisted in the development of new courses at the Faculty of Public Relations, Advertising

and Marketing, Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) , November, 2020.

· Helped in developing a framework on Police-Media Relations, Ghana Police Service,

2019.

· Assisted in the development of new curriculum on Communication Skills for Police

officers at Basic and officer levels, GPS, 2018.

· Assisted in the development of a manual on Crime Reporting, GPS, 2019.

· Produced a documentary on Police International Peace keeping operations in South Sudan,

GPS, 2018.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

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SUBJECT AREAS (Teaching)

UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL

· Public Relations Workshop

· Employee Relations

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP AND AFFILIATIONS

· Member, Institute of Public Relations Ghana, (IPRG), Pending

· Member, University Teachers’ Association of Ghana (UTAG)