Houda Abadi is a fourth year PhD student in Communication Studies and Transcultural and Conflict Transformation fellow at Georgia State University. She received a graduate certificate from Duke- UNC in Middle East Studies. Her primary research interests are: political communication, conflict and extremism, identity politics, third wave feminism, offline and online activism, and social movements in MENA. She was born and raised in Tangier, Morocco. She received her BA from Luther College (Iowa), majoring in Political Communications and minoring in Psychology, and a Master's degree from the Whitehead School of Diplomacy at Seton Hall University, majoring in International Relations with a focus in Conflict Resolution and Negotiation. While completing her Master's degree, Houda co-authored an article that was featured in the Iowa Journal of Communications entitled "Us vs. Them: US Newsmagazine Framing of Muslims", and authored another article that was published in Montana University Press entitled “Islamic Feminism: Women’s Struggles and Movements in Morocco”. Prior to pursuing her doctorate degree, she served as a Middle East and North Africa intern in a human rights organization where she interviewed and conducted in depth case studies of human rights violations and the role of NGOs. During this same period, she acted as a liaison between the United Nations Institute of Research and Training (UNITAR) and numerous diplomats during their Arab Diplomats workshop. Following graduation from her Master’s degree, Houda served in NYC as the Director of Education in two non-profit organizations that facilitates dialogue between Jewish and Muslim youth. She was also a researcher, translator, and writer for Muslim Women’s issues at a NY organization.

Communications

Conflict Resolution

Arab Studies

Cultural Studies

Gender/Women's Studies

Foreign Relations

Identity/Representation

All Middle East

Arab States

Morocco

Media Technologies And Representations

Subaltern Studies

Offline And Online Activism

Arabic (native)

French (fluent)

Spanish (advanced)

English (fluent)