Curriculum Vitae

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EDUCATION

University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)

• PhD Student in History (Modern Middle Middle East)
  
• Masters of Arts in Global & International Studies

California State University, Bakersfield (CSUB)

• Bachelors of Arts in Religious Studies
• Bachelors of Arts in Political Science

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Instructor of Record

• INT93LS: Research Methods in the Social Sciences and Humanities (Summer 2019)
• INT93LS: Research Methods in the Social Sciences and Humanities (Summer 2018)

Graduate Teaching Assistant

• HIST 4C: History of Europe, 1715—Present (Spring 2019)
• HIST 2A: Ancient History (Winter 2019)
• HIST 46: History of the Modern Middle East (Fall 2018)
• HIST 2C: World History, 1700-Present (Fall 2017)
• INT 35DS: The Past Haunts the Present: Enduring Themes in History (Summer 2017)
• HIST 17C: History of the American Peoples, 1920-Present (Spring 2017)
• HIST 17B: History of the American Peoples, 1813-1919 (Winter 2017)
• ENGR 101: Engineering Ethics (Fall 2016)
• GLBL 158: American Foreign Policy in the Middle East (Summer 2016)
• GLBL 124: Global Conflict (Spring 2016)
• GLBL 1: Global History, Culture, and Ideology (Winter 2016)
• SOC 108G: Research and Methods (Spring 2015)
• GLBL 1: Global History, Culture, and Ideology (Winter 2015
• GLBL 110: Culture and Global Ethics (Fall 2014)

FELLOWSHIPS & HONORS (SELECTED)

• UC Doctoral Scholars Fellowship (2018-2024)
• Interdisciplinary Humanities Center Graduate Collaborative Award (2016—2017)
• National Security Education Program David L. Boren Fellowship (2015—2016)
• Kendra Chiota Payne Memorial Internship Award Recipient (2015—2016)
• Orfalea Endowment Fellowship (2014—2015)
• Outstanding Graduate in the School of Arts and Humanities (Class of 2014)
• Outstanding Graduate in Religious Studies (Class of 2014)
• Outstanding Graduate in Political Science (Class of 2014)
• Outstanding Undergraduate Paper in Political Science (Class of 2014)
• Sally Casa Nova Pre-Doctoral Program Scholar (2013—2014)
• Ronald E. McNair Scholar (2012—2014)

RESEARCH CONFERENCES & AWARDS (SELECTED)

Global & International Studies Master’s Thesis

• TOPIC: Banat al Yaman: The Empowerment and Disenfranchisement of Yemeni Women Pre and Post Unification
  • Presenter. Unjust Borderlands: Injustice and Cultural Bordering Conference. May 2017.
  • Presenter. Boren FED Talks. Boren Awards Symposium. September 2016.
  • Finalist. Annual Grad Slam Competition. UCSB Graduate Division. April 2016.

Political Science Undergraduate Honors Thesis

• TOPIC: Daughters of Sojourners: The Yemeni-American Female’s Experience in Education
  • Best Graduate Paper Award. Social Science Research and Instructional Center. May 2014.
  • Second Place Winner. 15th Annual CSU State Student Research Competition. April 2014.
  • The Michael Flachmann Outstanding Presentation Award. 2014 Honors Consortium. April 2014.
  • Outstanding Oral Presentation. 35th Annual Central California Research Symposium. April 2014.
  • First Place Winner. 15th Annual CSU Bakersfield Student Research Competition. April 2014.

Religious Studies Undergraduate Honors Thesis

• TOPIC: Liberating the Veiled Women of the Desert: Western Feminism and the Muslim Woman
  • Presenter. Annual Philosophy and Religious Studies Conference. May 2013.

LANGUAGE

• Native Arabic Speaker