Masudul K. Biswas is a professor of the Communication Department at Loyola University Maryland. In 2023, Dr. Biswas received a Faculty Award for Excellence in Engaged Scholarship at Loyola University Maryland. He was selected as a fellow of the AEJMC’s Institute for Diverse Leadership class of 2023-24. He was the head of the AEJMC’s Minorities and Communication Division in 2015-16. His major research interests are ethnic and community news media, diversity in journalism and mass communication education, communication and development, and global media system.