Preoccupations
My work focuses on contemporary poetry, migration, and genre. My approach to (what is often) the poetry of small spaces is interdisciplinary and transnational wherever possible. Through various mediums and modes, my academic and creative projects all share an interest in articulating the ways in which the shapes of the constructions we live within imply and affect our shifting perceptions of our shifting world.

I engage with criticism, students and, public audiences through print, creative practice, and digital media.  I currently have several interrrelated projects underway, including a digital archive of Syrian migration, funded by the British Academy, and a book-length study of the perpetuity of displacement, funded by the Leverhulme Trust. (See Current Projects for more).

My first book, Spatial Poetics: Second Generation New York School Poetry (OUP, 2018), showcases the ways in which aesthetic constructions are shaped by the environments from which they are composed. This study was followed by, Joe Brainard's Art (EUP, 2019), an edited collection I curated which focuses on the poetry and art of avant-garde collage artist, miniature artist, and painter, Joe Brainard  ​see "New/Now" for more). My third book, contracted with EUP, asks poets of The New York School directly about the movement's boundaries; my fourth  (under way) asks similar questions about "home" to displaced people and refugees of the Levant.
 

Occupations

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I have lived, worked, written, studied, and taught throughout the east coast of the USA, the Middle East, and the UK as a researcher (usually), writer (mostly), editor (often), arts organizer (frequently), and educator (termly).

I am currently Lecturer of Modern and Contemporary English at the University of Reading, and Diversity and Inclusion Lead for the School of Languages and Literature, championing inclusivity in school curriculum and culture. I am also Principal investigator on the British Academy funded "Lost and Found?: Testimonies of Migration, Resettlement, and Displacement." In 2021, I will be a Leverhulme Research Fellow.