STEPHANIE ABRAHAM is a social justice advocate, public relations practitioner, nonfiction writer and media critic based in Los Angeles. She is the senior marketing communications specialist and the lead on diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) in the Department of Strategic Communications at Cal Poly Pomona. She specializes in writing, speaking and leading on DE&I, identity, allyship, and representation, including demystifying stereotypes. For 20+ years, she has led grassroots workshops and classes on using deep listening skills to undo the effects of oppression–and to build towards liberation.

Her writings have appeared in numerous publications, such as Al Jazeera, Ms., McSweeney’s and the Arab American journal Mizna, as well as in three anthologies. She was part of the editorial collective who founded the feminist magazine make/shift, and the founding editor of the feminist magazine LOUDmouth. She served for several years as the pop culture correspondent and film critic for the radio and television show Rising Up with Sonali.

Stephanie completed a Master of Professional Writing at USC and an M.A. in cultural studies at Cal State LA. Her master’s thesis, “Hollywood’s Harem Housewife: Orientalism in I Dream of Jeannie,” is part of the Jack G. Shaheen Collection on Arabs in U.S. Film and Television at New York University. She also graduated from UCLA with a B.A. in world arts and cultures.

She’s a proud member of the Radius of Arab American Writers (RAWI) and the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA).