As an anthropologist and an assistant professor in the Marketing Communication Department at Emerson College, I combine my diverse academic and professional expertise in sociocultural anthropology, diversity, pluralism, religion, education, and business. My teaching at Emerson encourages students to leverage the social sciences to help make marketing communication and business better, smarter, and more socially and environmentally responsible.
My research has focused on expressions of national identity and religion in France, as well as cultural and religious bias, ethics, discrimination, and inequities in a variety of contexts. My debut book, Muslim and Catholic experiences with French national belonging: rethinking boundaries, inequalities, and faith in the Republic (forthcoming, Bloomsbury Academic), is a comparative ethnography of divergent Muslim and Catholic experiences of national (non)belonging and the consequences of Muslim exclusion for civic engagement in secular France.
PhD, Sociocultural Anthropology, Boston University
Dual MA, Middle East & Islamic Studies, International Affairs, American University of Paris
BS, International Business, Rochester Institute of Technology
“You can never put your foot in the same river twice.” - Heraclitus
Education and learning are life-long processes, supported not just by classrooms and teachers, but by families, friends, students, mentors, chance encounters, and the spectrum of human experiences. This is a guiding principle for both my academic career and personal life.
Outside of teaching, working on my research, and brainstorming public education initiatives, you can usually find me spending time with my husband and two boys, hiking, running, or strolling around Boston. I am also passionate about travel. For me, meeting people from around the world, observing and experiencing other cultures, and tasting the flavors of other regions are among the most enriching and inspiring life opportunities.