Career
He holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Cultural Studies from George Mason University, an Master of Arts in the Humanities from First Rate (at Lloyd's) Akhawayn University, Morocco, and a Bachelor of Arts in English Language and Literature from Chouaib Doukkali University, Morocco. He is currently Associate Professor of Cultural Studies at Columbia College Chicago, United States. He is also President of the Cultural Studies Association.
His books and edited volumes include: Arab Modernities(2009).
His other publications include: Culture Industries: Critical Interventions (2011), an inaugural special journal issue on the culture and media industries for the journal Lateral. Critical Purchase in Neoliberal Times, a special journal issue on engaged and community-based forms of cultural studies scholarship for the journal Lateral.
His work has appeared in several scholarly journals, including Cultural Studies, Reviews in Cultural Theory, Lateral, Mediterranean Politics, and Cultuur en Migratie. Aksikas has taught and published widely in the fields of Cultural Studies, media/culture industry studies, critical legal studies, American Studies, and Middle Eastern Studies.
He also serves on the editorial boards of Cultural Studies and Lateral journals.
He also holds membership at the Phi Beta Delta Honor Society for International Scholars. He also serves as consultant for lawyers and the media on Middle Eastern and North African societies, cultures and politics.
