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
- Associate Professor of History, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, effective August 2026
- Assistant Professor of History, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2022 – July 2026
- Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Fall 2021 – Spring 2022
University Service
- Director, Honors Program, 2026 – present
- Co-Coordinator, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2026 – present
- 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
Christopher S Rose 