Nurul Hidayah Hanani Mohd Kadri has a Master's degree in Corporate Communication from University Putra Malaysia and a Bachelor of Multimedia (Hons.) Media Innovation from Multimedia University, Malaysia.

Hanani has about 5 years of industrial experience in branding, advertising, marketing, corporate communication/public relations, and new media content management. She later decided to transition to academia where has remained for the past 4 years. Hanani is also currently a PhD candidate.

Her research focus lies in communication technology, human communication, computer-mediated communication, mobile-mediated communication and new media.

Hanani is currently a Lecturer at Faculty of Applied Communication, Multimedia University, Malaysia.