Prof. Sorhaila L. Latip-Yusoph, PhD is currently the Director of the MSU – Office of Information, Press and Publication. She is a multi-media practitioner and educator from the Departments of Communication and Media Studies and the Graduate Department of the College of Social Sciences and Humanities of the Mindanao State University in Marawi City. She is the Editor-in-Chief of the MSU-Main Campus Newsletter and President’s Timeline Magazine.
As a media practitioner, she is a columnist, podcast producer and radio anchor in different media platforms. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in English and a Doctorate in Language Studies from the College of Social Sciences and Humanities of the Mindanao State University-Marawi. She also completed her Master of Science in Development Communication (Journalism and Broadcasting) at the University of the Philippines in Los Baños; and a Master of Arts in Language and Communication Research at the University of Cardiff in the United Kingdom of Great Britain. She was also trained under the United States-IVLP Certificate Program on Education in the Digital Age. Recently, she trained under the Ateneo School of Government for the Training Course on Strategic Communications for Public Sector Leaders.
Sorhaila is also a community activist and AI learner and enthusiast. She was awarded one of the Outstanding Alumna of the University of the Philippines in Los Baños in 2018. As a poet, writer and broadcaster, she uses her skills to enhance information dissemination in her community to foster peace and development. She raises awareness in valuing family communication through programs and projects empowering families especially women and children like the Bilantadi a Bai – Women Empowerment Program; and the Kumusta Ka Kalumbayan Listening Post Collective. In her institution, she was the lead proponent and founding director and proponent of the Meranaw Cultural Heritage Center during the Macaayong administration; and project head and show director of Rawaten Cultural Extravaganza for the OneMSU banner project of the Mapupuno administration. She also founded the MCHC Press for the preservation of Meranaw Indigenous Knowledge with current series of book publications for the preservation of the Meranaw Culture.
