About me | Dr. Hans Mathias Kepplinger

D. Hans Mathias Kepplinger

Universitätsprofessor Dr. Hans Mathias Kepplinger
Date of Birth: May 20, 1943
Place of Birth: Mainz
Nationality: German
Institut für Publizistik
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Colonel-Kleinmann-Weg 2
D-55099 Mainz
Phone (office): +49 (6131) 3922579
e-mail: kepplinger@uni-mainz.de

Education and Scientific Career

1964-1970	Student in Mainz, Munich (LMU) and Berlin (FU): Political Science, History, Communications
1970	Doctoral degree (Dr. phil.) University of Mainz Political Science, History, Communications)
1970-1977	University assistant to Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann
1977	Postdoctoral lecturing qualification (Habilitation) University of Mainz Communications (Publizistikwissenschaft)
1978-1982	Heisenberg Scholarship
1982-2011	University Professor (Chair) University of Mainz: Communications Research (Publizistikwissenschaft)

Guest professor, visiting Professor, fellow:
1980	University of California Berkeley
1980	University of Munich (LMU)
1980-82	University of Tunis
1982	Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
1990	University of Zurich
2000-02, 2011	University of Lugano
2005	Harvard University
2007/8	University of Luzern

Service to the Community
1982-1984	President Deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft
1983-2008	Director Institut für Publizistik, University of Mainz
1987-1993	Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Mainz
1997-1999	Member of the Senate, University of Mainz

Editorial Board

Journal of Communication
International Journal of Public Opinion Research
Quantum
Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft
Co-editor International Encyclopedia of Communication

Membership in Councils

Central Research Infrastructure for molecular Pathology (CRIP), Fraunhofer Institut, Potsdam
Center for Media and Public Affairs, Washington D.C.
Institut für Deutsches und Europäisches Parteienrecht und Parteienforschung, Düsseldorf