Research Interests
medieval + early modern Persian, Arabic, and English literature + intellectual history; mirrors for princes/andarz literature; translation studies; manuscript studies; book history + print culture; museum studies; ethics of culture + heritage
Education
MA in English - California State University, Northridge
BA in Anthropology - University of California, Los Angeles
Grants
Research Fund Award for Excellence in Medieval Programming – Summer 2023
Research Grant from the Program of Medieval Studies – Spring 2023
Medieval Studies Research Fellowship Award – Fall 2020
Awards and Honors
List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent (Ranked Top Percentile/Outstanding): Fall 2021; Spring 2022; Spring 2024
UIUC Distinguished Graduate Student in the Humanities + Arts Fellow, 2020–2025
CSUN Distinguished Thesis/Graduate Project Award - 1st Place, 2019
Sally Casanova Pre Doctoral Scholar, 2018-19
Courses Taught
UIUC
CLCV 115 - Greek and Roman Mythology - Teaching Assistant (Fall 2023, Spring 2024)
CWL 241 - Early Masterpieces of Western Culture - Teaching Assistant (Fall 2021)
CWL 242 - Modern Masterpieces of Western Culture - Teaching Assistant (Spring 2022)
Guest Lectures
ENGL 202/MDVL 201/CWL 253: Medieval Literature and Culture (Spring 2024)
“The Shāhnāmeh: Rostam, Part 3 – Questions of Religion + Justice in the Death of Esfandiyār” (7 March 2024)
Additional Campus Affiliations
"Medieval Movie Knights" Undergraduate Outreach Program Co-President with Wally M. Cornell + Jamie Keener
Recent Publications
Selected Conference Presentations
“Worlds Aligned: Ferdowsi, Shakespeare, and the Death of Kings.” ODIOUS COMPARISONS… ACROSS & BEYOND THE EARLY GLOBAL WORLD, April 17–18 2026, CMRS Center for Early Global Studies, UCLA.
Public Humanities
“Exploring Manuscript Textual Variability With Digital Tools: The Many Afterlives of Niẓāmī Ganjavī’s Laylī-u Majnūn,” Open Islamicate Texts Initiative, September 15, 2023, https://openiti.org/2023/09/15/Exploring-Manuscript-Textual-Variability.html.