Efe Sevin is a political communications specialist with professional experience and advanced academic training in place/nation branding, public diplomacy, international relations, public affairs, and communication management. His current research focuses on developing and applying methodologies to capture message dissemination in place branding and public diplomacy. His works have been published in several academic journals and books including American Behavioral Scientist, Cities, International Journal of Communication, and Public Relations Review.

Dr. Sevin received his Ph.D. in International Relations with specializations in International Communication and Comparative and Regional Studies from the American University, School of International Service (Washington, DC, USA). He holds an in Communication Management from  Emerson College (Boston, MA, USA) and a B.Sc. in International Relations and Sociology from Middle East Technical University (Ankara, Turkey).

Dr. Sevin is currently affiliated with Towson University’s Department of  Mass Communication. Before coming to Towson University, he worked as an assistant professor and program coordinator at Reinhardt University (Waleska, GA), post-doctoral fellow at University of Fribourg (Switzerland), and assistant professor of at public relations at Kadir Has University (Istanbul, Turkey).