Nahed Eltantawy

Biography

I am an Egyptian American Associate Professor of Journalism at High Point University, North Carolina where I teach a variety of courses in convergent journalism and women and gender studies. I graduated from Georgia State University with a PhD in Public Communication in December 2007. I grew up in Cairo, Egypt, where I earned her undergraduate and master’s degrees from the American University in Cairo and worked as a Reuters correspondent before moving to the US in 2000.  

In 2011, I began following the revolutions that swept the Middle East and was inspired by the use of social media in these uprisings, so much so that social media activism became a central area of my research. In late 2011, I published my first social media activism article, that I coauthored with Julie Wiest, titled “Social Media in the Egyptian Revolution: Reconsidering Resource Mobilization Theory.” The article was published in the International Journal of Communication 5.

Education

PhD Public Communication, Georgia State University
MA Development Studies, American University in Cairo
BA International Relations, American University in Cairo

Areas of Research / Professional Expertise

My research focuses on media representation of women, gender issues, social media activism, Middle East women in the media and critical and cultural studies. I have presented my work at the National Communication Association conventions, the Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication as well as conventions in the Middle East & Asia. My research has been published in Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies, Feminist Media Studies and the International Journal of Communication.

Personal Interests

Traveling, reading, cooking, music and writing short stories.

Books