• Ph.D., New Media, University of Florida, 2011
• M.A., New Media, University of Florida, 2007 
• B.A., Print Journalism, California State University, Fresno, 2004
• Minor,  Business Administration, California State University, Fresno, 2004 

Acting Vice Dean for Academic Affairs, Research, and Graduate Studies-  College of Arts, Kuwait University, 2025-present

Associate Professor - Department of Mass Communication, College of Arts, Kuwait University, 2019-present

Assistant Professor - Department of Mass Communication, College of Arts, Kuwait University, 2012-2019

Visiting Research Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School of Government in Collaboration with Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS)– February 2022-July 2022

Visiting Scholar at  the University of Florida, College of Journalism and Mass Communication - September 2015-August 2016

• Digital Journalism
• New Media
• Social Media
• Public Opinion
• Visual Communication
• Political Communication
• Crisis Communication

• Media Ethics and Law
• Research Methods
• Multimedia Journalism
• Visual Communication
• Introduction to Mass Communication

Al Nashmi, E., Almutairi, A., Bashir, M., & Alsharhan, E. (2025). Evaluating the visual literacy of the Kuwaiti government’s Arabic infographics during the COVID-19 pandemic: an automated visual analysis and AI approach. Online Information Review, 49(2), 438-456. https://doi.org/10.1108/OIR-03-2024-0172

Al Nashmi, E. & Alsharhan, E. (2025). Integrating Social Media Sentiment Analysis and Traditional Polling: A Comprehensive Approach to Public Opinion in Kuwait. Arab Journal for the Humanities. Accepted for Publication.

Al Nashmi, E. (2024). Remembering the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait: Anniversary journalism’s role in collective memory and the State’s pursuit of ontological security. Journalism.  https://doi.org/10.1177/14648849241272147

Al Nashmi, E. & Bashir, M (2024). The Kuwaiti Government’s Twitter Discourse During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Toward an Integrated Crisis Communication Model from SCCT and CERC. Journal of Creative Communications. 19(2), 161-178.  https://doi.org/10.1177/09732586231221333

Lewis, N., Al Nashmi, E. & Waddell, T. F. (2024). Testing the Social Media Produsage Hypothesis. Communication Studies. 75(3), 342-361.  https://doi.org/10.1080/10510974.2023.2301133

Alsharhan, E., Al Nashmi, E. & Ramsay, A. M. (2024). TweetSentKW: A corpus of multi-label emotion analysis for Kuwaiti Arabic tweets. Journal of the Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies. 50(193), 357–391.  https://doi.org/10.34120/jgaps.v50i193.325

Bashir, M. & Al Nashmi, E. (2024). How Kuwait Companies Communicate their Social Responsibility: A 10-year Content Analysis of for CSR Concepts and Themes. Journal of Social Science at Kuwait University. 52(3), 323–353.  https://doi.org/10.34120/jss.v52i3.311

Ghabra, H., & Al Nashmi, E. (2023). Ontological Security: A Critical Analysis of Israel’s Normalization With the Gulf Cooperation Council in Exit 7. Journal of Communication Inquiry. https://doi.org/10.1177/01968599231180644

Al Nashmi, E (2022). You The Media: A Journey in Media Literacy and Ethics. [Book in Arabic]. Afaq Publishing, Kuwait. https://aafaqbookstore.com/products/%D8%A3%D9%86%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85?srsltid=AfmBOoo_HqqbBGmncCQsVSmb8IZQaoV76leojpSOEZqRibSL66Sps4DU

Lewis, N. P. & Al Nashmi, E. (2019). Data Journalism in the Arab Region: Role Conflict Exposed. Digital Journalism, 7(9), 1200-1214.  https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2019.1617041

Al Nashmi, E. & Painter, D. L. (2018). Oh Snap: ChatStyle in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Primaries. Journal of Creative Communications, 13(1), 17-33.  https://doi.org/10.1177/0973258617743619

Al Nashmi, E., Alkazemi, M. F. & Wanta, W. (2018). Journalism Education in the Arab World. Toward a Typology. International Communication Gazette, 80(5), 403-425. https://doi.org/10.1177/1748048517747492

Al Nashmi, E., Cleary, J., North, M. & Bloom, T. (2017). Promoting a Global Brand: A Study of International News Organizations’ YouTube Channels. Journal of International Communication, 23(2), 165-185.  https://doi.org/10.1080/13216597.2017.1300180

Al Nashmi, E., Cleary, J., Bloom, T. & North, M. (2017). “Boots on the Ground”: How international news organizations incorporate user-generated content into traditional and social media. International Communication Gazette, 79(8), 746-768.  https://doi.org/10.1177/1748048517707404

Alkazemi, M. F., Al Nashmi, E. & Wanta, W. (2017). Mass Communication Students Motivations: The Case of Kuwait. Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, 72(1), 96-112.  https://doi.org/10.1177/1077695816649410

Al Nashmi, E. (2017). From Selfies to Media Events. How Instagram users interrupted their routines after the Charlie Hebdo attacks. Digital Journalism, 6(1), 98-117. https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2017.1306787

Cleary, J., Al Nashmi, E., Bloom, T. & North, M. (2015). Valuing Twitter: Organizational and individual representations at CNN International.  Digital Journalism, 3(6),  908-924.  https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2014.990255

Painter, D. L., Fernandes, J., Mahone, J. & Al Nashmi, E. (2014). Social Network Sites and Interactivity: Differential expression effects in campaign 2012. In J. A. Hendricks, & D. Schill (Eds.), Presidential Campaigning and Social Media (pp. 185-197). Oxford University Press: New York.

Painter, D. L., Al Nashmi, E., Stromback, J., Fernandes, J., Xiang, Z. & Kim, J. Y. (2010), International coverage of the U.S. presidential campaign: Obamamania around the world. In J. A. Hendricks, & L. L. Kaid (Eds.), Techno-Politics and Presidential Campaigning: New Technologies, New Voices, New Voters. Routledge: London.

Al Nashmi, E., Cleary, J., Molleda, J. C. & McAdams, M. (2010), Internet Political Discussions in the Arab World: A Look at Online Forums from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan. International Communication Gazette, 72(8),  719-738.  https://doi.org/10.1177/1748048510380810