I am currently serving as a senior strategic advisor with the California Professional Firefighters in Sacramento. Starting in the fall of 2023, I will also be teaching part-time at Sacramento State in their Division of Criminal Justice. Before moving to Sacramento, I lived and worked in Seattle as a Chief of Staff for Hulu/Disney.
I completed my PhD in the University of Washington political science department in May, 2020. While there, I was also a fellow in the Comparative Law & Society Studies Center (CLASS) and the University of Washington International Security Colloquium (UWISC), and I was an active participant in the UW-Qualitative Multi-Method (QUAL) program. I studied the fields of comparative politics, international relations, and public law. My work focused primarily on violence and the Middle East with a specific look at issues related to 'everyday' state activity during conflict (such as garbage collection or electricity distribution), state repression, daily policing of crime, and narratives of conflict. While at UW, my teaching was concentrated in the Law, Society, and Justice (LSJ) department - an interdisciplinary undergraduate program focused the meaning of justice, the methods used in efforts to realize it, the politics of rights, and the complex roles that law and legal institutions play in structuring social life. In addition to teaching, I also partnered with Professor Steve Herbert in facilitating a number of book clubs at Monroe Correctional Complex, bringing together undergraduate LSJ students and currently incarcerated folks to discuss literature. Before starting my PhD, I lived and worked in the Palestinian West Bank. While there, I taught English Literature and coordinated a number of teachers and projects at Pioneers Baccalaureate School in Nablus (www.pioneers.ps). I continued my work in Nablus while completing my PhD, and I still keep close ties with this school community, so please contact me if you are interested in learning more! |