Education

2014-2020

PhD in Communication Studies, University of Iowa

Concentration: Rhetoric and Public Advocacy
Graduate Certificate in Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies
Dissertation: “Picturing Islamophobia: Gendered Anti-Muslim Racism in Contemporary US Media”
Doctoral Committee: Natalie Fixmer-Oraiz (Advisor), Jiyeon Kang, Darrel Wanzer-Serrano, Ahmed Souaiaia, Yasmine Ramadan

2012-2014

Master of ARts in Communication STudies, Ball State University

Thesis: “More than Headscarves and Hymens: A Feminist Analysis of Western Discourse Surrounding Muslim Women”
Advisor: Kristen McCauliff

2008-2012

Bachelor of Arts in Psychological Science, Ball STate University

Major: Psychological Science
Minors: Communication Studies, Sociology, Women’s and Gender Studies
Honors College, Magna Cum Laude

Academic Appointments

ASSISTANT EDUCATOR PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI

School of Communication, Film, and Media Studies, Fall 2022-Present

Visiting Assistant Professor, Miami University - Hamilton Campus

Interdisciplinary and Communication Studies, Fall 2021-Spring 2022

Adjunct Faculty Member, Xavier University

Communication Department, 2020

Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Iowa

Department of Communication Studies, Fall 2016-Spring 2018, Spring 2020
Department of Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies, Fall 2018-Spring 2019
Department of Rhetoric, Fall 2014-Spring 2016

Graduate Teaching AssistanT and Individual Events (Speech) Coach, Ball State University

Department of Communication Studies, Fall 2012-Spring 2014