I am an Assistant Professor of Global Modern and Contemporary Architecture at Boston University’s History of Art & Architecture Department.

My research focuses on the connections between refugees, the built environment, and the modern history of the Middle East. My writings have appeared in CSSAME and elsewhere. Currently, I am revising a book manuscript on the history of refuge in Jordan, spanning from late Ottoman times to the war in Syria. My work has been supported by the Mellon/ACLS, the IJURR Foundation, and the Critical Refugee Studies Collective, among others.

I earned my PhD in Architectural History from UC Berkeley in 2022. Before joining Boston University, I was the UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of History at UC Davis. Before moving to the US, I held a full-time lecturer position at the German Jordanian University (2012-2016).

I invite you to learn more about my research and teaching.