Northwestern University in Qatar (NU-Q) has  announced two new faculty appointments and new programmes. 
The University, home to more than 300 students, is offering new courses in literature and writing, as well as executive education programming, the launch of a Media Innovation Lab (MIL), and plans to open the first digital university museum in Qatar – The Media Majlis at Northwestern University in Qatar. 
The two new faculty members are Dr Jairo Lugo-Ocando and Dr James Hodapp, respectively professor and assistant professor in the school, both with extensive international experience and expertise in their respective fields—media studies and English and African literature.
Overseeing the executive and graduate education programme will be Jario Lugo-Ocando, a distinguished scholar, global media expert, and institutional leader. 
As the director of the programme he will be responsible for the conceptualisation, development, and execution of NU-Q’s forthcoming executive education and graduate programmes in areas that include sport and health communication.  
Prior to his appointment at NU-Q, Lugo-Ocando was an associate professor of journalism studies at the University of Leeds’s School of Media and Communication and has served as director of the MA programme in Global Journalism at the University of Sheffield. 
Hodapp has been appointed assistant professor in the Liberal Arts Programme. He will teach courses in literature and writing, joins NU-Q from the American University of Beirut (AUB) where he was an assistant professor of English.  
Prior to AUB, he was an instructor and lecturer at the University of Maryland and has teaching experience at Harold Washington College and Wilbur Wright College, both in Chicago.