Prof. Audrey Gadzekpo is a communications and media professor and former Dean of the School of Information and Communications Studies at the University of Ghana.

As a media and communication scholar and activist, Prof Gadzekpo actively engages on Media Democracy and Governance, Media and Gender, Media histories, Media and Developmental Challenges (e.g. conflict, climate change, marginalisation & participation, health) issues in her research, teaching and extension activities.

She has extensive experience designing and teaching various undergraduate and graduate level courses, primarily at the university of Ghana, and for short periods, at other academic institutions. She teaches courses and modules in Journalism, Effective Communication Skills, Mass Media, Culture and Society, Communicating Policy, Communicating Climate Change, Media Ethics, Political Communication, Gender and Communication, Media Management, Qualitative Research Method’s in Communication Studies, International Communication and Health Communication.

Prof Audrey once served as a WADR Board member who was an invaluable asset to the WADR governance team. She was instrumental in linking WADR to the first group of community radio stations in Ghana that WADR is still partnering with today and helped the radio to have access to a group of young and talented journalists who have served as correspondents.