Notable works Reel Bad Arabs Name Jack Shaheen | Role Writer | |
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Education Pennsylvania State University Books The TV Arab, Guilty, Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywoo | ||
An evening with dr jack shaheen
Jack George Shaheen Jr. (September 21, 1935 – July 9, 2017) was a writer and lecturer specializing in addressing racial and ethnic stereotypes. He is the author of Reel Bad Arabs (adapted to a 2006 documentary), The TV Arab (1984) and Arab and Muslim Stereotyping in American Popular Culture (1997).
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- An evening with dr jack shaheen
- Dr jack shaheen the use of cultural stereotypes to shape policy
- Early life and education
- Career
- Honors
- Death
- Works and publications
- References
Dr jack shaheen the use of cultural stereotypes to shape policy
Early life and education
Shaheen was born in Pittsburgh to Arab immigrants, and grew up in Clairton, Pennsylvania.
Shaheen graduated from Clairton High School in 1953. In 1957, he graduated from Carnegie Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. In 1964, he received a master's degree from Pennsylvania State University. In 1969, Shaheen received a PhD from the University of Missouri.
Career
Shaheen's work focused on racism and orientalism, particularly in popular culture such as Hollywood films. He delivered over 1,000 lectures on the issue across the United States and on three continents.
Shaheen was also a former CBS News consultant on Middle East affairs, and professor emeritus of Mass Communications at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville.
Honors
Shaheen received two Fulbright teaching awards He was also the Distinguished Visiting Scholar at New York University’s Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies.
Death
Shaheen died on July 9, 2017 at the age of 81.