Africa communication council elects McLean
Associate Professor Polly McLean has been elected to a top position in Africa's largest communication education organization, the African Council for Communication Education. She is the first non-African born member of the ACCE's highest governing body.
The ACCE is Africa's only continent-wide assembly of communication scholars, educators and practitioners. Based in Nairobi, Kenya, it examines communication issues that are key to Africa's development and provides vital support to African schools of journalism and communication. The ACCE also is integrally involved in increasing Africa's use of and access to information technology.
McLean is continuing her work as the 1998-99 Fulbright Scholar at the University of Namibia, where she will teach and research the use of media in curriculum development, teaching pedagogy and student learning.