She holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies from the University of Arkansas and has been teaching Arabic to non-natives speakers since 2001. She is a co-author of Haki bil-Libnani: Lebanese Arabic Online Textbook and Companion Website to Al-kitaab Part One (2014). Her research interests include modern Arabic literature and cultural studies, gender and sexuality, and visual culture. Her work has appeared in The Journal of Arabic Literature, The Journal of Middle East Women’s Studies, MELUS, and Middle Eastern Literatures. Her publications include a translation of Nazik Saba Yared's novel Canceled Memories (2009) and a co-translation of Rashid al-Daif’s novel Who’s Afraid of Meryl Streep? (2014) to English.​