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Negin Dahya is an Affiliate Assistant Professor at the University of Washington and an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto’s Institute of Communication, Culture, Information & Technology. Her research focuses on the social and cultural contexts of digital media technology use, particularly among girls and women of color, migrants, and refugees. She has conducted community-based research that explores media technology's role in learning environments specifically in refugee camps in sub-Saharan Africa and the practices of migrants in Canada. Negin's work intersects digital media cultural studies, socio-technical studies, and postcolonial feminist theories, employing qualitative methods and visual research techniques. She has previously worked at the National Film Board of Toronto and taught at the University of Washington for five years before returning to Toronto. Negin holds a Ph.D. in Education from York University, where her studies emphasized digital media production and representation of young people of color. Her professional contributions include consulting for organizations such as the Na'ah Illahee Fund and GIZ Germany.
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