In my teaching, I apply transformative justice principles to creative interactive, project-based courses on transgender studies, gender and sexuality, queer and trans history, disability studies, and social movements.

Areas of Interest

• LGBTQIA2 history and activist movements
• Transgender studies
• Disability studies
• Transformative justice
• Arab feminism and transnational queer movements

Courses

• Introduction to Queer and Transgender Studies
• Transgender Activism
• Introduction to Queer and Transgender Disability studies
• History of LGBTQ Activist Movements
• Lesbian Writers, Lesbian Lives
• Transgender Theory and Literature (graduate level)

Education

• Ph.D., Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Ohio State University, 2022
• M.A., Women’s and Gender Studies, DePaul University, 2013