Lok Pokhrel is an experienced academic and consultant in communications and media, currently serving as the Subject Lead in the ACCS Department at University Canada West since September 2019, focusing on a variety of courses including Public Affairs Communication, Visual Communications, and Professional Communication. Concurrently, Lok is a Professor at Yorkville University and has served as a UN Consultant for the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, providing language translation and media consultation. Previous roles include faculty positions at several universities, including Southeast Missouri State University and Minnesota State University, Moorhead, where responsibilities encompassed teaching public relations and mass communications. Lok holds a Ph.D. (ABD) in Communication from Washington State University and multiple master's degrees in fields related to communication and journalism.