My name is Azeb (she/her), and I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication and Media at the University of Portland. 

I received my Ph.D. from the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism in 2022 and my B.A in Communication from the University of Washington, Seattle. 

I am a critical media, race, technology, and cultural studies scholar who specializes on Ethiopia and the black diaspora.

In particular I am fascinated by the appropriation and adaptation of communication technologies for sociopolitical ends like nation building and the politics of identity, both racial and ethnic, in the African/black diaspora.

Research and reviewing interests: 

Critical media and cultural studies; Science and Technology Studies; Africana studies; Ethiopian studies; Black diaspora, race, ethnicity, and nationalism.