Education

University of Massachusetts Amherst (2022 - present) Ph.D. Anthropology

• Certificate in Feminist Studies

• Certificate in Ethnographic Research 

American University of Beirut (2022) M.A., Anthropology 

American University of Beirut (2020) B.A., Sociology & Anthropology

• Minor in Women & Gender Studies

Work Experience

Teaching 

2024 | Instructor, "Introduction to Anthropology" | American University of Beirut 

2024 | Instructor, "Culture, Society, and People" | Western Massachusetts County Jail 

2022-2024 | Teaching Assistant | University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

• "Power and Inequality in the US" (Fall 2022)

• "Culture, Society, and People" (Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Fall 2024)

• "Humans, Past and Present" (Spring 2024) 

2021-2022 | Graduate Assistant | American University of Beirut

• "Anthropology of the Body" (Fall 2021)

• "Arab Culture and Society" (Spring 2022) 

Research

2023-2024 | Graduate Research Assistant | UMass Jail Education Initiative

2021-2022 | Researcher for Ras Beirut Al’an, visual project on heritage and livelihood practices in Beirut | Funded by PROCOL Lebanon

2021-2022 | Research Intern | Nature Conservation Center, AUB

Awards & Grants

Dissertation Fieldwork Grant, UMass Amherst Graduate School (2025) 

Ethnography Collective Fieldwork Fellowship, UMass Amherst Ethnography Collective (2025) 

Johnnetta Cole Award for Engaged Public Scholarship, UMass Amherst Department of Anthropology (2024)

Pre-Dissertation Research Grant, UMass Amherst Department of Anthropology (2024)

Grant for Research, Training, and/or Professional Development, UMass Amherst Department of Anthropology (2022 and 2024)

Amal Saidi Memorial Prize for excellence in Sociology & Anthropology, AUB Department of Sociology & Anthropology (2020)