Saied Reza Ameli (In Persian سعیدرضا عاملی; born 1961 in

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) is a (full) professor of communication at the

University of Tehran The University of Tehran (UT) or Tehran University (, ) is a public collegiate university in Iran, and the oldest and most prominent Iranian university located in Tehran. Based on its historical, socio-cultural, and political pedigree, as well as ...

. He is currently a member of Department of Communications and the director of the ''UNESCO Chair on Cyberspace and Culture'', and ''Cyberspace Policy Research Center'', Faculty of World Studies at the University of Tehran. Sinde the 2010s, Ameli has worked on issues of Muslim minority identity in the West, and Muslim minority rights in UK, France and the U.S. He also serves as the

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of ''Journal of Cyberspace Studies''. He was also Secretary of

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. He is the member of Supreme Council of Cyberspace and

. He cofounded the

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-based Islamic Human Rights Commission in 1997.

Education

*1977: Graduate from John F. Kennedy High School – Sacramento, United States *1977-78: BA in mechanical engineering at the University of Sacramento (uncompleted) *1980-92: Seminary study in Islamic studies including, Arabic literature, theology, logic, philosophy, jurisprudence and principal of jurisprudence *1988-92: BA in social sciences at the University of Tehran *1994-95: MA in sociology of communications in University College of Dublin, dissertation topic was: The Relationship between TV programs and Religious Practices and Values *1996-01: PhD in sociology of communications, at the Royal Holloway University of London, his research topic was: The Impact of Globalization on British Muslim Identity

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Faculty of World Studies
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ameli, Saied Reza Academic staff of the University of Tehran 1961 births Living people Alumni of Royal Holloway, University of London Academic staff of the Faculty of World Studies Iranian expatriates in the United Kingdom