She has reported and produced for the BBC World Service Radio in London, United Press International in Cairo, CNN in Atlanta, NPR in Austin, KPOO 89.5 FM in San Francisco and CreaTV in San Jose. Her research interests include the psychological impact of television news on both Muslim and Jewish audiences, the role of journalists in the post-revolutionary transition to democracy in Egypt, and analyzing American television representations of the Mideast. She is the co-author of “Television and Radio Announcing (New York: Pearson, 2013) and an associate producer of the upcoming documentary Hope & Fear: Egypt on the Tipping Point. She received her BA & MA from the American University in Cairo and her Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin.