Curriculum Vitae

    Education

    Ph.D, History, The University of Texas at Austin, 2019

    Dissertation: On the Home Front: Food, Medicine, and Disease in World War I Egypt.
    Supervisor: Yoav Di-Capua

    • Graduate School, Professional Development Award to present at Middle East Studies Association Conference, San Antonio, 2018        
    • Graduate School, Professional Development Travel Award to present at Egypt in the Great War symposium, Oxford, 2017
    • Department of Middle Eastern Studies, Professional Development Travel Award to present at Middle East Studies Association conference, 2017
    • Summer Research Scholarship, Department of History, University of Texas at Austin, 2014.
    M.A., Middle Eastern Studies, The University of Texas at Austin, 2000
    • Preemptive Fellowship, 1998-1999.
    B.A., International Service, The American University, 1996 (Dec).
    • Presidential Scholarship recipient, 1993-1996
    • First Place, University Honors Essay Contest (Social Sciences Category), 1995.

    Academic Positions

    Our Lady of the Lake University
    San Antonio, Texas

    Teaching Positions

    • Assistant Professor of History, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2022 – present
    • Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Fall 2021 – Spring 2022

    University Service

    • Member, University College Task Force, 2025 – present
    • Member, University Grievance Committee, 2025 – present
    • Program Head, History, Fall 2023 – present
    • Fulbright Program Advisor, 2023 – present
    • Member, General Education Committee, 2022 – present
    • Co-Chair, General Education Committee, 2022 – 2025

    The University of Texas at Austin
    Austin, Texas

    • Visiting Lecturer, Department of Middle Eastern Studies, Spring 2022
    • Lecturer, Department of History, Spring 2020
    • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute for Historical Studies, Academic Year 2019 – 2020
    • Teaching Assistant and Supplemental Instructor, Department of History, Spring 2017 – Spring 2018
    • Assistant Instructor, Department of Middle Eastern Studies, Summer 2017
    • Director of Educational Outreach, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, 2000 – 2016

    Saint Edward’s University
    Austin, Texas

    • Adjunct Instructor, School of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Fall 2021
    • Adjunct Instructor, School of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Fall 2020
    • Adjunct Instructor, School of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Spring 2017 – Spring 2019