Abeer Al-Najjar is an Associate Professor of Media and Journalism Studies at the American University of Sharjah. Abeer was a Visiting Scholar at the Westminster School of Media, Arts and Design (2018–19) and a Visiting Senior Fellow at the LSE Middle East Centre (2016–17). Abeer is an Editorial Board Member of Journalism Studies. She was also, the Dean of the Jordan Media Institute in Amman from 2011–12. Received her PhD in International Journalism from the University of Edinburgh. Abeer has published two books and several articles and book chapters on media, society and politics. Abeer co-edited a book titled “Language, Politics and Society in the Middle East” (Edinburgh University Press 2018).