Graduate Student, 2020-21 Graduate Student Representative
About
I'm interested in literary and political connections between Native nations and communities from Turtle Island to Palestine, though especially the various philosophies of language and story offered by contemporary Diné (Navajo) and Palestinian literatures. Within that framework, I question settler / non-native approaches to native lit, such as reading as liberatory practice, and consider the possibilities of reading as an embodied, relational practice.
languages: Arabic (MSA and Levantine; advanced); Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian (intermediate speaking; advanced reading); Diné bizaad, Navajo (beginner)
committee members: Bénédicte Boisseron (chair), Anton Shammas, Scott Lyons
