Khairiah A Rahman is a senior lecturer in the School of Communication Studies, AUT University, in Auckland, New Zealand where she lectures in intercultural communication and public relations.
She is national director (New Zealand) for Asian Congress for Media and Communication and has served as an educational ambassador for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs initiative in Singapore, training government officials of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam. She has also served in the Singapore International Foundation as a volunteer tutor for third world countries.
Khairiah has worked in the private, public and not-for-profit sectors in finance, retail, media and education, with special interest in public relations and media communication. She has written articles and book chapters on transnational identities, cultural perceptions of visual representations, crisis miscommunication, intercultural trust relationships, curriculum development for industry, dialogue in public relations and the impact of media on culture. Her research interests include organisational and intercultural communication, applied pedagogy, media studies and global sociological developments impacting societies, organisations and nations.