I am an Associate Professor of Arabic at Middlebury College in Vermont. Former C.V. Starr Endowed Faculty in International Studies and Director of Middle East Studies. My teaching and research interests include modern Arabic literature, critical translation studies, gender & sexuality, Arab cinema & visual culture, diaspora studies, and digital humanities.

I received my PhD from McGill University’s Institute of Islamic Studies in Arabic literature. I previously taught at Georgetown University and McGill University.