I am a historian of the modern Middle East who studies the ways states, technologies, and contested landscapes shape global order. My research examines the intersections of technology, race, and environment in state formation from the late Ottoman Empire to the modern Middle East, demonstrating how engineered and imagined landscapes transformed societies during the transition from empire to nation-state. My work grows out of extensive archival research and lived experience across the Middle East, Europe, and North America, grounding my scholarship in both global contexts and the local worlds in which states and societies take shape.

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I am an Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern and North African History at Norwich University, where I also direct the International Studies program. I received my Ph.D. in Near Eastern Studies from Princeton University and later held a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Michigan. Before joining Norwich, I taught in the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies at Columbia University as a Visiting Assistant Professor. I also hold an M.A. in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies from New York University, an M.A. in Political Science from the City University of New York, and a B.A. in Political Science and International Relations from Boğaziçi University in Istanbul.