Biography
Septime Emmanuel Sessou is a doctoral candidate at Temple University’s Lew Klein College of Media and Communication. Prior to joining Temple University, he worked in his country’s government as the Press Secretary of the Minister of Interior, Homeland Security, and Religion. His research interests are within the scope of geopolitics, communication for development and social change, and environmental communication in SubSaharan Africa.
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Degree | Field | School | Year |
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MS | Globalization and Development Communication | Temple University | 2018 |
MA | French Language and Literature (Lettres Modernes) | University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin | 2014 |
BA | French Language and Literature (Lettres Modernes) | University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin | 2011 |
Publications
Tinga, T., Murphy, P. & Sessou, E. S. (2020). ICTs, environmental activism and community mobilization in sub-Saharan Africa. In J. Diaz-Pont, P. Maeseele, A. E. Sjolander, M. Mishra & K. Foxwell-Norton (eds.), The local and the digital in environmental communication. IAMCR/Palgrave.
Conference Presentations
We Speak for the Nile: Globalization and Water Commons in the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) Conflict. Sessou, E. S., Murphy, P., IAMCR Conference, Nirobi, Kenya, July 2021.
Constructing the Green Consumer: a Critical Discourse Analysis of Nestle’s Press Releases. Sessou, E. S., Conference on Communication and the Environment (COCE), Online, June 2021.
We Speak for the Nile: Globalization and Water Commons in the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) Conflict. Sessou, E. S., Graduate Research Forum, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, March, 2021.
- ICTs, environmental activism and community mobilization in sub-Saharan Africa. Tinga, T., Murphy, P., Sessou, E. S., Global Fusion Conference, Austin, TX., October 2019.
- Workers World Media Productions: A Case of Social Movement Media for a Better South Africa. Sessou, E. S., Graduate Research Forum, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, April 2018.