Muhammad Jameel Yusha'u is a researcher, development and communications expert, and former journalist with the BBC World Service. He is the author and editor of The Palgrave Handbook of International Communication and Sustainable Development, SDG18: Communication for All, and Regional Parallelism and Corruption Scandals in Nigeria. He was an Edward S. Mason Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School where he obtained a Master in Public Administration and graduate certificate in public policy and management. He holds a PhD in Journalism Studies and MA in Political Communication from the University of Sheffield; an MBA from IE Business School; and a BA in Mass Communications from Bayero University, Kano. He served as Editor-in-Chief of the Africa Policy Journal at Harvard Kennedy School.