Experience

Northwestern University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director, Turkish Language Program

  • Sep 2017 - Present

• Chair, Council on Language Instruction

  • Sep 2020 - Present

  As chair, I report directly to the Dean and communicate with various units across campus. I allocate the Council’s annual budget for professional development events, funding for faculty projects and research, and the CLI teaching award. I organize the annual Fall Orientation with leading language pedagogues in the field as guest speakers and the quarterly workshops where our language faculty share their research with the wider community. I chair quarterly business meetings and as ex-officio member of all CLI subcommittees, I work closely with our faculty and contribute to their work.Officially created in 1995, the CLI is composed of representatives from eight foreign language departments and programs, the English Language Programs (Programs for English Language Learners), and the Media and Design Studio. The CLI has a working membership of around 60 faculty members who represent the 19 languages taught at Northwestern University. The Council supports language faculty as they pursue excellence in language instruction and curriculum development and prepare Northwestern students to engage with the world as global citizens. Show less

• Assistant Professor of Instruction

  • Jan 2021 - Present

• Lecturer

  • Sep 2017 - Dec 2020

  Lecturer in Middle East and North African Studies



University of Chicago

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Director at MANTIS (Modeling the Antiquities Trade in Iraq and Syria)

  • May 2015 - Dec 2017

  The MANTIS project team, consisting of archaeologists, economists, and sociologists, builds an innovative multidisciplinary model to estimate the hypothetical value of archaeological material to insurgent groups in Syria and Iraq. https://oi.uchicago.edu/research/projects/mantis

• Content Specialist

  • Oct 2013 - Jul 2017

• Instructor - Oriental Institute Museum Education

  • Oct 2013 - Jul 2017

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • Sep 2006 - Jul 2017

• PHD Student

  • Sep 2006 - Jun 2016

• Graduate Lecturer

  • Mar 2012 - Jun 2015

• Teaching Assistant

  • Sep 2010 - Jun 2012

• Curatorial Assistant

  • Sep 2009 - Sep 2010



Northwestern University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lecturer

  • Sep 2014 - Jun 2017

  Lecturer in Middle East and North African Studies Lecturer in Middle East and North African Studies