Naim Aburaddi

Naim Aburaddi is a Ph.D. student and Teaching Assistant in the Department of Media Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder. He has a BA in Journalism from Istanbul University and an MA in Communication Studies from California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB). As a result of his work and activism, Aburaddi was featured and interviewed by many media outlets such as Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, BBC, and other channels and newspapers.  He also was awarded the 2022 CSUSB College of Arts and Letters Outstanding Graduate Student Award, the 2022 Department of Communication Studies Outstanding Graduate Student Award, and the 2022 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Associate Award. Aburaddi has over 7 years of experience in digital journalism and media. He worked for several international media production companies as a Digital Content Editor, Social Media Manager, and Communication Consultant. In addition, he taught Oral Communication courses as a stand-alone instructor at California State University, San Bernardino for two years. Furthermore, he presented several academic articles at national and international conferences such as the National Communication Association (NCA), and Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ) Conference.

Naim’s work, Gaza & San Bernardino: Helicopters of Horror and Hope, was submitted to the session, "Contested and Re-visited Spaces and Sites," in which he explores the different implications of helicopters in terms of their different locations in Gaza and San Bernardino, as well as illustrates their brutal uses on minorized populations.