Academic Appointment

Michigan State University, Department of Political science & public policy

  • Assistant Professor (August 2022-present)

Princeton University, The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs

  • Postdoctoral Research Associate and Lecturer (2019-2022)

Education

Duke University

  • Ph.D., Political Science (2019)

  • M.A., Political Science (2016)

  • Graduate Certificate in African and African American Studies

  • Graduate Certificate in College Teaching

  • Fields: Political Behavior & Identity; Race & Ethnic Politics

  • Advisor: Paula D. McClain

  • Committee: Kerry L. Haynie, John Aldrich, Ismail K. White and Khaled Beydoun

Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government

  • Master in Public Policy

  • Belfer IGA Fellow; Belfer Center for Science & International Affairs

  • Graduate thesis: “Employment challenges and gendered barriers for second-generation Muslims in the European Union.”                                

  • Committee: Jennifer Hochschild and Monica Toft 

The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

  • Triple major in Communications, Political Science & AAPTIS (Arabic/Islamic Studies)

  • Bachelor of Arts with Honors in Political Science

 

Publications

9. “ Uncommitted: The limitations of election forecasting on minorities and the case of American Muslim voters.” Accepted in PS: Political Science and Politics.

8. “Who should benefit from group-based quotas? Experimental evidence from Brazil.” Revise and resubmit stage at Journal of Politics in Latin America. With Juan Tellez and Anissa Joseph.

7. “Unveiling : The Law of Gendered Islamophobia.” California Law Review, Vol. 111, April 2023. With Khaled Beydoun.

6. “The Great Replacement : The External Impact of White Supremacy Surveillance on Muslims in the U.S." Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review, 2023. With Khaled Beydoun.

5. “A Tool for Healthy Critique : Community Spaces for the Development of Non-Tenured Women of Color in Political Science” PS :Political Science and Politics. 2022. With Sherice J. Nelson.

4. “Stigma Consciousness and American Identity : The Case of Muslims in the United States.” PS :Political Science and Politics. August 2020.

3. “Mothering a Nation: Michelle Obama and the Politics of Black Motherhood in the White House.” 2019. Politics and Gender. With Gloria Y.A. Ayee, Jessica J. Carew, Taneisha N. Means, and Alicia Reyes-Barrientez.

2. “Race, Power and Knowledge: Tracing the Roots of Exclusion in the Development of Political Science in the United States.” 2016. Politics Groups and Identities. With Paula D. McClain, Gloria Y. A. Ayee, Taneisha N. Means, and Alicia Reyes- Barrientez.

1. “Gendered Barriers in Employment for Second-Generation Immigrants in the European Union.” 2013. The Women’s Policy Journal of Harvard. Cambridge: Harvard University.