Education & Professional History
Princeton University, MA; University of Pennsylvania, PhD
University of Pennsylvania, Doctoral Candidate in Arabic Literature in Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations.
Three years of research and residence in Beirut.
One year of residence and intensive Arabic at CASA, American University of Cairo.
I am a specialist in modern Arabic literature, with interests spanning Arab intellectual history, the politics and culture of the Arab world, and literary and narrative studies more generally. I teach Arabic here at Carleton–both the formal and colloquial languages–as well as courses on modern Arabic literature. I am at work on a project about the narrative figuring of Mount Lebanon in the twentieth century, and I am engaged in some literary translation from Arabic to English.
At Carleton since 2013.
Organizations & Scholarly Affiliations
Modern Language Association, Middle East Studies Association
Current Courses
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Fall 2024
ARBC 100: Arabs Encountering the West
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ARBC 101: Elementary Arabic
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Winter 2025
ARBC 102: Elementary Arabic
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ARBC 310: Advanced Media Arabic
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Spring 2025
ARBC 103: Elementary Arabic
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ARBC 206: Arabic in Cultural Context
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Fall 2025
ARBC 100: Arabs Encountering the West
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ARBC 101: Elementary Arabic
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Winter 2026
ARBC 102: Elementary Arabic
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ARBC 211: Colloquial Levantine Arabic
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Spring 2026
ARBC 103: Elementary Arabic
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ARBC 206: Arabic in Cultural Context
