I received my BA in History, Arabic, and Middle Eastern Studies from Tufts University in 2010. From 2010 to 2013, I lived in Cairo, where I worked for St. Andrew’s Refugee Services, was a fellow with the Center for Arabic Study Abroad, and photographed and wrote about graffiti and street art during the Egyptian Revolution.

In 2019, I completed my PhD in Middle Eastern Studies and Film and Media Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, where I also lectured in the Departments of Middle Eastern Studies and Radio-Television-Film. From 2021 to 2022, I was a postdoctoral fellow at Tufts University’s Center for the Humanities (CHAT) and later taught in the Department of International Literary and Cultural Studies. From fall 2024 through spring 2026, I was Affiliated Faculty in the School of Film, Television, and Media Arts at Emerson College. I am currently a Visiting Scholar at Tufts University.

My first book, Sonic Infrastructures: Mediating National Cinemas in West and South Asia, is forthcoming from UC Press in November 2026. I am also at work on a second book project, Not Afraid of My Sponsor: Sounding Global Cinema and Migrant Labor in the UAE, supported by a 2026–27 ACLS Fellowship.