Professor of Broadcast & Electronic Communication Arts
Dr. Dina Ibrahim is a professor of broadcast & electronic communication arts at San Francisco State University. She teaches video and audio news production, live streaming, esports, interviewing techniques, and optimizing audio visual performance. Dr. Ibrahim spent 12 years reporting and producing for the BBC World Service, United Press International, CNN & NPR. Her research interests include innovative content creation, audience identity impact, news depictions of Islam, as well as news in post-revolution Egypt. She has a B.A. in journalism and an M.A. in Mideast Studies from the American University in Cairo and a journalism Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin.
Dr. Ibrahim served as executive director of the CSU Entertainment Alliance, which connects campuses to entertainment and technology companies. The CSUEA prepares students to serve the creative, business, and technical needs of California’s multi-billion-dollar entertainment industry. It sustains, amplifies, and adds value to current partnerships between CSU campuses and the entertainment industry. The CSUEA seeks to ensure ongoing alignment of CSU curriculum and industry standards via expanding key partnerships with entertainment companies and technology providers, and collaborations with entertainment professionals and industry leaders.
Dr. Ibrahim co-authored the media performance textbook, Television and Radio Announcing, and serves on the advisory board of content startup Radivision. Her publications include, “The Birth and Death of 25TV: Innovation in Post-Revolution Egyptian TV News Formats“, “Activism, the Internet and the Struggle for Human Rights: Youth Movements in Tunisia & Egypt”, “Maybe Brown People Aren’t So Scary if They’re Funny: Audience Readings of Arabs and Muslims on Cable Television Comedies,” and “How TV News Makes Arabs and Muslims Feel About Themselves.”
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