Sociology Graduate Students

- Pronouns she/her
- Title
- Graduate Student
- Division Social Sciences Division
- Department
- Sociology Department
- Affiliations Feminist Studies Department
- Website
- Office Location
- Rachel Carson College Academic Building, 314
- Mail Stop Rachel Carson College Faculty Services
- Mailing Address
- 1156 High St.
- Santa Cruz California 95064
Research Interests
Decoloniality, postcolonialism, and anti-colonialism
Diaspora
Social history
Poetics
Gender and sexuality
Biography, Education and Training
My research focuses on the poetics of Palestinian resistance/re-existence from the diaspora
M.A., Peace and Conflict Management Studies, University of Haifa, Occupied Palestine (2016)
B.A., Sociology & Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, University of Washington, Seattle (2014)
Honors, Awards and Grants
FLAS fellowship, Summer 2022
UCSC Regents’ Fellowship - 2019-2020
ISAB Endowed Fund – Study Abroad Scholarship - 2013
“Soar Award” for Outstanding Adjunct Faculty of the year, Columbia Basin College, Pasco, WA 2019
Faculty of the Year Nominee, Yakima Valley College, Grandview, WA 2016/17
Herring-Phelps Award for Scholarly Activism, University of Washington, 2014