I am an Associate Professor of Political Science at Stonehill College, a Visiting Scholar at the Center for Middle East Studies at Harvard University, and a Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations. My research and public scholarship center on two interconnected areas: Israeli and Palestinian politics, particularly Palestinian citizens of Israel, Arab political participation, democratic backsliding, surveillance, and political repression; and feminist approaches to cybersecurity, disinformation, artificial intelligence, and digital politics. I am the coeditor of Critical Perspectives on Cybersecurity (Oxford University Press, 2024) and a coauthor, with Anne Sisson Runyan, Crystal Whetstone, and Murat Yilmaz, of the sixth edition of Global Gender Politics (Routledge, 2026). I am also developing a book project on gendered disinformation and authoritarianism in the Middle East and North Africa. I am fluent in Arabic, Hebrew, and English.
Israel/Palestine and Palestinian Citizens of Israel
A central focus of my work is the politics of Palestinian citizens of Israel and their position within Israeli politics and the broader Israeli-Palestinian conflict. My research examines Arab political parties and electoral participation, Jewish-Arab relations, democratic backsliding, state surveillance and political repression, and the changing experiences of Palestinian citizens of Israel since October 7. I also write and speak about Israeli politics, Gaza, and the wider Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
My academic work in this area includes "Democratic Backsliding, Social Media, and Surveillance of the Palestinian Community in Israel Since October 7, 2023" in the Journal of Human Rights and "Understanding Sexual Violence Debates Since 7 October: Weaponization and Denial" in the Journal of Genocide Research. I also contributed the chapter "Silencing Dissent: Suppression Tactics in Israel Since October 7" to The Gates of Gaza (De Gruyter, 2024). I have presented my research on Israeli and Palestinian politics at institutions including Harvard, Brown, NYU, Brandeis, and Swarthmore.
I regularly bring this research to broader policy and public audiences. My analysis and commentary on Palestinian citizens of Israel, Arab parties and Israeli elections, surveillance and repression, Gaza, and Israeli-Palestinian politics have appeared in the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Haaretz, +972 Magazine, Middle East Eye, Times of Israel, The Jerusalem Post, The New Arab, and The National. This work draws on my academic research as well as my familiarity with Israeli and Palestinian political debates and Arabic- and Hebrew-language political discourse.
Cybersecurity, Disinformation, and Artificial Intelligence
My second major area of research examines cybersecurity, disinformation, artificial intelligence, and digital politics through feminist and critical security perspectives. I am the coeditor of Critical Perspectives on Cybersecurity (Oxford University Press, 2024) and co-edited a special forum for Global Studies Quarterly on technology, cyberpolitics, and gender. My academic work includes "A Feminist Security Studies: Addressing the Crisis of Cyber(in)security" (International Affairs, 2024) and "The (In)Security of Securitizing Gendered Disinformation" (Journal of Gender Studies, 2025).
I also write extensively about these issues for policy and public audiences, with work appearing in the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, Foreign Policy, World Politics Review, and The Cairo Review of Global Affairs. My work addresses gendered disinformation, digital authoritarianism, online political violence, social media governance, surveillance, and the political and security implications of artificial intelligence. I have also advised organizations including the Center for Feminist Foreign Policy and 7amleh–The Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media.
AI, Surveillance, and Warfare
These two areas of expertise converge in my recent work on artificial intelligence, surveillance, and warfare. My article "Regulating Military AI: Gaza and Beyond" (Survival: Global Politics and Strategy, 2026) examines how the appearance of precision and objectivity in AI systems can lend them unearned credibility as tools of warfare. My public-facing work, including "Gaza: Israel's AI Human Laboratory" and "Israel's AI Revolution: From Innovation to Occupation," similarly examines how AI, surveillance technologies, and digital infrastructures are reshaping warfare and Israeli-Palestinian politics.
At Stonehill, I teach courses including Global Security Studies, U.S. Foreign Policy, Political Islam, Politics of the Middle East, Terror, State and Society, Cybersecurity, Politics of "Fake News," International Politics, and Political Science Research Methods. I serve on the Steering Committee for the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity, and Social Justice at Stonehill and have held leadership roles with the Feminist Theory and Gender Studies Section of the International Studies Association, including as Program Co-Chair.
Learn more about me here, here, and here.
Israel/Palestine and Palestinian Citizens of Israel
A central focus of my work is the politics of Palestinian citizens of Israel and their position within Israeli politics and the broader Israeli-Palestinian conflict. My research examines Arab political parties and electoral participation, Jewish-Arab relations, democratic backsliding, state surveillance and political repression, and the changing experiences of Palestinian citizens of Israel since October 7. I also write and speak about Israeli politics, Gaza, and the wider Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
My academic work in this area includes "Democratic Backsliding, Social Media, and Surveillance of the Palestinian Community in Israel Since October 7, 2023" in the Journal of Human Rights and "Understanding Sexual Violence Debates Since 7 October: Weaponization and Denial" in the Journal of Genocide Research. I also contributed the chapter "Silencing Dissent: Suppression Tactics in Israel Since October 7" to The Gates of Gaza (De Gruyter, 2024). I have presented my research on Israeli and Palestinian politics at institutions including Harvard, Brown, NYU, Brandeis, and Swarthmore.
I regularly bring this research to broader policy and public audiences. My analysis and commentary on Palestinian citizens of Israel, Arab parties and Israeli elections, surveillance and repression, Gaza, and Israeli-Palestinian politics have appeared in the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Haaretz, +972 Magazine, Middle East Eye, Times of Israel, The Jerusalem Post, The New Arab, and The National. This work draws on my academic research as well as my familiarity with Israeli and Palestinian political debates and Arabic- and Hebrew-language political discourse.
Cybersecurity, Disinformation, and Artificial Intelligence
My second major area of research examines cybersecurity, disinformation, artificial intelligence, and digital politics through feminist and critical security perspectives. I am the coeditor of Critical Perspectives on Cybersecurity (Oxford University Press, 2024) and co-edited a special forum for Global Studies Quarterly on technology, cyberpolitics, and gender. My academic work includes "A Feminist Security Studies: Addressing the Crisis of Cyber(in)security" (International Affairs, 2024) and "The (In)Security of Securitizing Gendered Disinformation" (Journal of Gender Studies, 2025).
I also write extensively about these issues for policy and public audiences, with work appearing in the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, Foreign Policy, World Politics Review, and The Cairo Review of Global Affairs. My work addresses gendered disinformation, digital authoritarianism, online political violence, social media governance, surveillance, and the political and security implications of artificial intelligence. I have also advised organizations including the Center for Feminist Foreign Policy and 7amleh–The Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media.
AI, Surveillance, and Warfare
These two areas of expertise converge in my recent work on artificial intelligence, surveillance, and warfare. My article "Regulating Military AI: Gaza and Beyond" (Survival: Global Politics and Strategy, 2026) examines how the appearance of precision and objectivity in AI systems can lend them unearned credibility as tools of warfare. My public-facing work, including "Gaza: Israel's AI Human Laboratory" and "Israel's AI Revolution: From Innovation to Occupation," similarly examines how AI, surveillance technologies, and digital infrastructures are reshaping warfare and Israeli-Palestinian politics.
At Stonehill, I teach courses including Global Security Studies, U.S. Foreign Policy, Political Islam, Politics of the Middle East, Terror, State and Society, Cybersecurity, Politics of "Fake News," International Politics, and Political Science Research Methods. I serve on the Steering Committee for the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity, and Social Justice at Stonehill and have held leadership roles with the Feminist Theory and Gender Studies Section of the International Studies Association, including as Program Co-Chair.
Learn more about me here, here, and here.