He is also the Acting Director of the Institute for the Study of Ethics at UDS. He is a development communication specialist and does research on communication, social change and behavioural change communication . Prior to his appointment at UDS four years ago, he was a tenured Associate Professor at York University in Toronto for eight years. He has also taught at McGill University and Concordia University in Montreal, and at Tampere University in Finland. Professor Alhassan received a Master of Arts in Mass Communication from Tampere University, Finland and his PhD in Communications from Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.