Dr Everette E Dennis (pictured), dean and CEO of Northwestern University in Qatar (NU-Q) was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences yesterday.  Joining Dennis among the election of the 228 new members are some of the world’s most accomplished scholars, scientists, writers, artists, as well as civic, business and philanthropic leaders.
They include winners of the Pulitzer Prize and the Wolf Prize; MacArthur Fellows; Fields Medalists; Presidential Medal of Freedom and National Medal of Arts recipients; and Academy Award, Grammy Award, Emmy Award, and Tony Award winners. In addition to Dennis, the 237th class of members includes philanthropist and singer-songwriter John Legend, award-winning actress Carol Burnett, chairman of the board of Xerox Corporation Ursula Burns, mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani, immunologist James P Allison, and writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Dennis has written or edited some 45 books that have been translated into 10 languages, as well more than 200 articles, essays and monographs about global media, media industries, media law, and management.
At Northwestern’s home campus, he is a professor in the Medill School of Journalism and is cross appointed in the School of Communication.  
He has taught at five universities and was the founding president of the American Academy in Berlin and founding executive director of the Media Studies Centre at Columbia University. His PhD is from the University of Minnesota, his MA from Syracuse University, and his BS from the University of Oregon.