Author Profile: Remzie Shahini-Hoxhaj

REMZIE SHAHINI-HOXHAJ – is the vice dean of the Faculty of Philology and professor of communication at the Journalism Department of the University of Prishtina “Hasan Prishtina". She was the founder and director of the Media Institute at the University of Prishtina. She was a lecturer at the University of Applied Science Salzburg in Austria (2019-2021) and was a visiting fellow at Dartmouth University (2017). She completed her Ph.D. in Communication and Journalism at the University of Vienna, Austria (2014), and holds a dual master’s degree in Intercultural Communication from Europa-Viadrina University, Frankfurt/Oder, Germany, and St. Kliment Ohridski University, Sofia, Bulgaria (2004) and a bachelor’s degree in German Language and Literature from the University of Prishtina (2001). Her research is published in multiple peer-reviewed journals in the fields of television and communication culture in transitional societies, media literacy, and public relations. She has played a pivotal role in international projects related to education and human rights in Kosovo. She is the current president of the Austrian-Kosovar Society (OEKG), board member of the European Communication and Culture Society (ESEC) and of Oral History Institute Kosovo. She is fluent in Albanian, English, German and Serbo-Croatian.