Teaching

Fundamentally, I ask students to consider multiple ways of understanding, doing, and imagining. I love when the light bulb goes on.

My undergraduate and graduate teaching is driven by a commitment to rigorous intellectual inquiry, creative thinking, and public relevance.

I have twice been named to the Northwestern Associated Student Government Faculty Honor Roll, and am honored to serve on many graduate student committees. I am very proud of my former and current advisees and all of their accomplishments: Brooke Bocast, Elizabeth Derderian, Nazlı Özkan, Aydın Özipek, Foroogh Farhang, Sindhunata Hargyono, Kyle Craig, Mariam Taher, and Mounica Sreesai.

I am a Board Member of the Middle East Studies Pedagogy Initiative at the Arab Studies Institute, and a co-author of the original “Academic Freedom and Professional Responsibility after 9/11: A Handbook for Scholars and Teachers.”