I am an Assistant Professor at Stonehill College and a political scientist specializing in international relations and comparative politics with a focus on gender, religion, and Middle Eastern politics. My research focuses on how Islamic beliefs and institutions in the Middle East structure Muslim women’s political understandings, agencies, and opportunities at local, national, and international levels. My research strengths lie in the following areas: Feminist International Relations and Security Studies; Democratization; Governance and Institutions; Civil Society and Activism; Political Islam; Middle East; Gender Politics; Social Movements; and Regime Change. My work has been featured in The International Feminist Journal of Politics, Political Research Quarterly, Religion and Politics, Foreign Policy, The Conversation, Times of Israel, Haaretz, Middle East Eye, +972 Magazine, Quartz, The Defense Post, The Jerusalem Post, and Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
At Stonehill College, I teach Global Security Studies, Political Science Research Methods, US Foreign Policy, Political Islam, Terror, State and Society, Cyber Security, Politics if "Fake News," and International Politics. While at the University of Cincinnati, I taught two online courses: Introduction to International Relations and Citizenship and Terrorism. I also served as a teaching assistant for multiple classes such as American Politics, Political Inquiry, and Comparative Politics.
I currently serve as a Member-at-Large on the executive committee of the International Studies Association Women’s Caucus (WCIS) and the Feminist Theory and Gender Studies Section (FTGS). Before, I served as the first graduate student representative on the executive committee of WCIS between 2016 and 2018. I was the president of the Political Science Graduate Student Association in 2015. Moreover, I attended the 60th and 61st Commission on the Status of Women as a delegate for Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. As a graduate student at the University of Cincinnati, I was designated as a Graduate School Fellow, a Charles Phelps Taft Dissertation Fellow, a Dean Dissertation Fellow and a Security Council Monitor Fellow with WILPF. I presented her research at various conferences including the International Feminist Journal of Politics, the Midwest Political Science Association, and the International Studies Association.
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At Stonehill College, I teach Global Security Studies, Political Science Research Methods, US Foreign Policy, Political Islam, Terror, State and Society, Cyber Security, Politics if "Fake News," and International Politics. While at the University of Cincinnati, I taught two online courses: Introduction to International Relations and Citizenship and Terrorism. I also served as a teaching assistant for multiple classes such as American Politics, Political Inquiry, and Comparative Politics.
I currently serve as a Member-at-Large on the executive committee of the International Studies Association Women’s Caucus (WCIS) and the Feminist Theory and Gender Studies Section (FTGS). Before, I served as the first graduate student representative on the executive committee of WCIS between 2016 and 2018. I was the president of the Political Science Graduate Student Association in 2015. Moreover, I attended the 60th and 61st Commission on the Status of Women as a delegate for Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. As a graduate student at the University of Cincinnati, I was designated as a Graduate School Fellow, a Charles Phelps Taft Dissertation Fellow, a Dean Dissertation Fellow and a Security Council Monitor Fellow with WILPF. I presented her research at various conferences including the International Feminist Journal of Politics, the Midwest Political Science Association, and the International Studies Association.
Learn more about me see here and here.
