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Sulafa Zidani is a scholar of global digital culture and serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Northwestern University. She holds an affiliation with Northwestern Qatar's Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South. Prior to joining Northwestern, Zidani was an Assistant Professor in the Global Civic Media Department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her research focuses on internet cultures in the Global South, where she examines creative strategies and tactics employed by transnational youth in navigating changing power dynamics amid contemporary globalization. Her book project, 'Meme Belong: Internet Cultures in the Global South' (in progress), studies online civic engagement across multiple languages, including Mandarin, English, Arabic, Hebrew, and French. Zidani's work has appeared in several academic journals, and she is a co-editor of the upcoming anthology, 'Intersectional Internet II: Power, Politics, and Resistance Online.' An award-winning educator, her course 'Studying Internet Culture' received recognition for its innovative approach to analyzing popular internet formats and culture. Zidani is also engaged in public writing and has presented her work at various international venues.
Northwestern University • Evanston
Teaching and conducting research in digital media and internet cultures.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Cambridge
Provided instruction in Global Civic Media.
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