ABOUT ME
Yale University (Selective)
Instructional Innovation Grant
Language Study Fellowship
Poorvu Family Fund for Academic Innovation Award (Given to outstanding junior faculty members who have demonstrated excellence in teaching in undergraduate programs)
A. Whitney Griswold Faculty Research Fund, Whitney Center for Humanities
Council on Middle East Studies Faculty Research Grant
Frederick W. Hilles Publication Award, Whitney Center for Humanities
Kempf Fund for International Conference Organization, MacMillan Center
Prior to Yale University (Selective)
Piedmont Project Grant, Emory University
Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques (France)
Research Fellowship, American Institute for Maghrib Studies
Emerging Leader Award, Association for Curriculum Supervision and Development
Emerging Leader Award, Phi Delta Kappa International
Howard M. Soule Graduate Scholarship, Phi Delta Kappa
Research Grant, Paris, International Cultural Services, Embassy of France
Special Commendation for Contributions to Education, Massachusetts Senate
The Virginia Biggy Award for Academic Excellence, University of Massachusetts
– “Poetry and Personhood: Syrian poetesses in the U.S.” Keynote Lecture, International Conference on “Women of the World.” Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt, March 10-11, 2023.
– “Tales of Tangier: The Case of Mohamed Choukri,” Council on Middle East Studies, MacMillan Center, Yale University, December 2022.
– “Poetics of Displacement: Syrian Refugee Poets in the U.S.” Keynote Lecture, International Conference on Migrations and Minorities. Dunărea de Jos University, Galati, Romania, October 2022.
– “Mohamed Choukri: Tangier’s Storytelling.” Department of Asian and Middle Easter Studies, University of Stockholm, June 2022.
– “Syrian Refugee Poets in Europe: Alienation and Loss.” Keynote Lecture, International Conference on Migrations and Minorities. Dunărea de Jos University, Galati, Romania, October 2021.
– “Looking back on the Pandemic Experience: What lessons for the Future?” Al-Akhawayn University in partnership with MoRCE-Net. June 2020.
– “The Making of Taroudant: Muhmmad al-Shaykh al-Sa’di and his Legacy.” Department of Medieval History, University of Lisbon, Portugal, June 25, 2019.
– “Literary Catalyst: The Case of Mohamed Choukri.” Department of Communication and Translation in the Humanities, University of Brussels (ULB), Belgium, March 11, 2019.
– “The Image of China in Arabic Narratives.” The School of Arts and Humanities, University of Zhejiang, China, May 19, 2018.
– “The Representation of China in the Modern Arabic Novel” Zhejiang International Studies University, China, May 16, 2018.
– “The Arab “Other” in U.S. Media Narratives.” Hangzhou Normal University, China, May 13, 2018.
– “The Fallacy of Single Narratives.” Institute of Middle East Studies, University of Stockholm, April 23, 2018.
– “Ibn Turmart’s Rihla: His Legitimacy and Legacy.” Department of Medieval History, University of Lisbon, Portugal, January 5, 2018
– “Revising the Protection of the Dhimmis Under Late Almohad Rulers.” Institute of Medieval Studies, University of Stockholm, October 17, 2017.
– “The Almohad Jews: Convivencia and Turmoil.” The School of Arts and Humanities, University of Lisbon, Portugal, June 16, 2017.
– “Choukri’s Craft: Intellectual Journey and Literary Encounters.” University of Ibn Zohr, Agadir, Morocco, May 25, 2017.
- “The Intersection of Politics and Religion in the Thought of the Almohad Mahdi Ibn Turmart (d.1130).” Council on Middle East Studies Colloquium, Yale University, April 2017.
– Modern Arabic Poetry in Translation, workshop offered to students and faculty at the University of Stockholm.
– PhD Journey: Strategies for Success, a virtual workshop offered to the PhD students at Mohamed V University, Rabat, Morocco. (co-presented with Yamina El-Kirat, Mohamed V University).
– How to Write Book Reviews in the Humanities, a virtual workshop offered to the PhD students at Mohamed V University, Rabat, Morocco.
– Teaching and Managing Difficult Texts in Higher Education: A Quality Perspective, ENCG-Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco
– Dialogical Approach to Narratives, Institute of Middle East Studies, University of Stockholm
– Curriculum Design Workshop, Moroccan School, Agadir, Morocco
– Reading and Writing Proficiency (with Karl Otto), In Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco.
– Testing and Assessment, Center for Modern Languages, Rabat, Morocco
– National Training Day for English Teachers, Rabat, Morocco.
– Language Proliciency Guidelines, Center for Modern Languages, Rabat, Morocco.
– Alternative Assessment, In Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco.
– Cultural Proficiency Guidelines, Center for Cross Cultural Learning. Rabat, Morocco.
– Using Technology in the Classroom, Center for Cross Cultural Learning, Rabat, Morocco.
– Teaching Syntax in Foreign Languages Classes. Academy of Education, Agadir, Morocco.
– Teaching with the Brain in Mind, Lynn Public Schools, Lynn.
– Teaching Vocabulary in a Foreign Language Class, Lynn Public Schools, Lynn.
– “Narrating Catastrophe and Loss.” Middle East Studies Association, Denver, Colorado, December 2022. Panel Chair and Organizer.
– “Literature as Resistance: Social Unrest and Catastrophe.” Middle East Studies Association, Denver, Colorado, December 2022. Panel Chair.
– International Conference on Mohamed Choukri, October 5-6, 2022, Yale University. Organizer.
– “International Conference on Migrations and Minorities-Part II.” Dunărea de Jos University, Galati, Romania, October 2022. Member of the conference organizing and scientific committee.
– “Exilic Subjectivities in Arabic Literature.” American Association of Comparative Literature, National Taiwan University, June 15-18, 2022. Panel Chair and Organizer.
– “Exilic Cultural Production: Belonging and Estrangement.” Middle East Studies Association, Montreal, December 2021. Panel Chair and Organizer.
– “Narratives of Loss and Violence.” Middle East Studies Association, Montreal, December 2021. Panel Chair.
– “International Conference on Migrations and Minorities-Part I.” Dunărea de Jos University, Galati, Romania, October 2021. Member of the conference organizing and scientific committee.
– “Re-envisioning Higher Education for a Post-Pandemic World: Apprehensions, Challenges and Prospects,” international (virtual) conference cosponsored by The SCALEC Research Laboratory – ENS, Moulay Ismail University in collaboration with the research laboratory “Culture, Language, Education, Migration & Society” Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences, Mohamed V University in Rabat, June 2021. Member of the conference scientific committee.
– “Scholarship in the Post-PhD Journey”, Mohamed V University, Rabat, Morocco. May 2021. Moderator.
– “Politics of Translation.” Middle East Studies Association, Washington, D.C. October 2020. Panel Chair.
– “Higher Education in the 21st Century” International conference on “Re-envisioning Higher Education for a Post-Pandemic World: Apprehensions, Challenges and Prospects.” Moulay Ismail University and Mohamed V University, Morocco. June 2021. Moderator.
– “Literature and Literary Production.” Middle East Studies Association, New Orleans, LA, November 2019. Panel Chair.
– “Revisiting Cultural Production “After” the Arab Uprisings,” Yale University, April 2019. Organizer.
– “Education and Identity from Kuwait to Grenoble.” Middle East Studies Association, San Antonio, TX, November 2018. Panel Chair.
– International Conference on “Quality in Education: Local Needs and Global Challenges,” Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco. March 2018. Organizer.
– “Minorities in Morocco: Lessons from the Past.” Trajectories of Change in Post-2011 MENA: Challenges and Prospects.” The Takamul Center’s First Annual International Conference on Middle East Studies, Marrakech, Morocco, March 10-13, 2017. Panel Chair.
– “Teaching and Learning Arabic Language and Culture: Questions and Nuances,” Middle East Studies Association (MESA), Boston, November 2016. Panel organizer and Chair.
– International Comparative Literature in Morocco: Aspects and Orientations conference, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco, March 2016. Co-organizer.
– Arabic Uprisings and Modern Arabic Literature, MESA, Washington D.C. November 2014. Panel organizer.
– “Interpolations of Islam in the so-called secular writings of Tahar Ben Jelloun: The Sand Child in focus.” Center for Islamic Studies National Conference, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, February 2011. Panel chair.
– Mahmoud Darwish events with Middle East and South Asian Studies faculty and the Arab Cultural Association, Emory University, October 2010. Co-organizer.
– Northeastern Educational Research Association Conference, April 2009, Panel Chair.
– PDK Summit, Quality Educator Recruitment and Retention, March 2009, Panel Chair.
