Wood and Dennis

Northwestern University in Qatar (NU-Q) has appointed Robb Wood as special adviser to dean and CEO Everette E Dennis. Wood’s responsibilities will include media strategy and outreach to strengthen NU-Q’s local, regional, and global imprint and connectedness.
Dennis said Wood will play an important role in NU-Q’s development as a leading institution for education and as a centre for innovative research, community-building and thought leadership.
Wood was head of content at the Doha Film Institute when it was launched. He has served as producer of news and programmes at Al Jazeera English in Washington, DC and New York.
Wood was also a media consultant in Amman, Jerusalem, San Francisco, and New York, and a university fellow at George Washington University, where he earned a master’s degree in media and public affairs.