about me

I am a cultural anthropologist of sound, media, empire, the Middle East, and the former Soviet Union. At present I am a postdoctoral research scholar in the Department of Anthropology at Columbia University. I hold a PhD in Anthropology and a Graduate Certificate in Women’s and Gender Studies from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.

I am a translator of Kurdish and Turkish literature.

I am also a co-editor of the e-zine Jadaliyya.