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Academic Profile

Academic Background: Ph.D. in History, New York University, 2008; M.A. in History, New York University, 2002; B.A. in History, University of Michigan, 1998.

Research Interests: Middle Eastern history, gender studies, and cultural history. Examines social transformations in 20th-century Egypt.

Appointments: Associate Professor, School of History and Sociology, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010–present.

Awards: Fulbright Scholar, 2015; Georgia Tech Teaching Excellence Award, 2019.

Publications: Author of Revolutionary Womanhood: Feminisms, Modernity, and the State in Nasser’s Egypt (Stanford University Press, 2011).

Additional Contributions: Regular contributor to public history projects on Middle Eastern women’s movements.