Education
Education
PhD | Art History | State University of New York at Binghamton
2013
Dissertation Title | Between Script and Print: Exploring Publications of the American Syria Mission and the Nascent Press in the Arab World, 1834-1836
Advisor | Nancy Um
Specialization | History of Islamic Art, Architecture and Design
Dissertation received the Malcolm Kerr Honorary Mention Award in the Humanities, MESA 2014
Languages
English | Arabic | French | German
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MA | Art Criticism & Theory | Art Center College of Design | Pasadena | CA
2006
Thesis Title | Modern, Moderne: The Shifting of Modernist Design at the Museum of Modern Art, NY
Specialization | Design History & Theory; Museum Studies
BFA | Graphic Design | American University of Beirut | Lebanon
2002
Academic Positions
Assistant Professor | Department of Fine Arts & Art History | American University of Beirut, Lebanon
2014
Fall 2014 | FAAH227B: Early Islamic Art & Architecture
Lecturer | Department of Art History | University of California, Los Angeles
2014
Spring 2014 | AH104B: Eastern Islamic Art
2010 - present
Instructor of record | Art History Department | Binghamton University
2009 - 2010
Sections Instructor | Art History Department | Binghamton University
2008 - 2009
Spring 2009 | Printing Before Gutenberg: History of Print Cultures in the Middle East and Asia
Spring 2010 | Patterns & Arabesques: East-West Debates on the Decorative Arts Since the Nineteenth Century
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2010 - present
Led discussion sections for art history survey courses:
Fall 2009 | Introduction to the Art and Architecture of the Asian World (2 sections)
Fall 2008 | Introduction to Art History--Global Review (2 sections)
Teaching Assistant | Art History Department | Binghamton University
2007 - 2008
Assisted with course content, handled grading and acted as student liaison for upper-division undergraduate courses in non-western art including:
Spring 2008 | Animated Spaces: Indian Temple Art & Architecture
Fall 2008 | Gilded Manuscripts: Islamic Calligraphy, Illumination and Illustration