Appointments

 

Education

UNC Chapel Hill — 2024-Present
Assistant Professor, English and Comparative Literature

Oberlin College — 2020-2024
Assistant Professor, Comparative Literature, Jewish Studies

PhD in Comparative Literature
Princeton University — 2018

MFA in Creative Writing (Poetry)
The University of Michigan — 2009

BA with Honors in Comparative Literature
The University of Chicago — 2007

Academic Interests

 

  • Modern Arabic Literature

  • Translation

  • Prison Literature

  • Modern Hebrew Literature

  • Palestine/Israel

  • Nationalism

Selected Teaching

UNC-Chapel Hill

  • Approaches to Comparative Literature

  • Palestine/Israel in Literature and Film

  • MENA Prison Literature

Oberlin College

  • Introduction to Comparative Literature

  • Introduction to Jewish Studies

  • Poetry and Political Activism

  • Palestine/Israel in Literature and Film

  • Jewish/Jew-ish Literature

  • MENA Prison Literature

  • Advanced Poetry Translation Workshop

Princeton University

  • Thinking Translation (Spring 2015)

  • Contemporary Fiction (Fall 2014)

The University of Michigan

  • Introduction to Creative Writing (Spring 2009)

  • Composition (Fall 2008)

Languages

Hebrew (Native)
Modern Standard Arabic (Advanced)
Levantine Colloquial Arabic (Intermediate)
French (Sad emoji)

Professional Affiliations

American Comparative Literature Association (ACLA)
Middle East Studies Association (MESA)
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Association for Jewish Studies (AJS)