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EDUCATION
Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations (Modern Middle Eastern History), Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations, University of Chicago (With Honors)
2018 Ph.D
Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Orit Bashkin, Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations
2009 M.A.
Middle Eastern Studies, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Chicago
M.A. Thesis: "HISTORY IN TRANSLATION: ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROPAGANDA FROM THE IRAN-IRAQ WAR, 1980-1988"
M.A. Thesis Advisor: Dr. Ada Holly Shissler, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
2004 B.A.
History, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
Minor: Political Science
HONORS & AWARDS
2016
Affiliated Fellow, Franke Institute for the Humanities
University of Chicago
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2016
Provost’s Dissertation Completion Fellowship
University of Chicago
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2015
Nicholson Center for British Studies Fellowship
University of Chicago
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2012
Annual Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship (Persian)
University of Chicago
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2008
Annual Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship (Arabic)
University of Chicago
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