Contact Information
4088 FLB
M/C 168
Urbana, IL 61801
Biography
I have presented my work extensively across the United States, Canada, and Europe and have organized numerous panels for MLA, ACLA, and MGSA with colleagues from around the world. Before joining Illinois, I was a Visiting Fellow at the Center for European and Mediterranean Studies at New York University (2016-2017) and a Graduate Student Fellow (James A. Winn) at the Institute for the Humanities at the University of Michigan (2013-2014). I taught at Columbia University (2014 - 2017) and at The City University of New York, Queens College (2017- 2019). I am an elected member of the Mediterranean Studies Forum executive committee in the MLA. I am the organizer of communities, lectures, events, and creative projects grounded in ethical awareness and human rights.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy, Comparative Literature, University of Michigan
Master of Arts, Higher Education Administration, Purdue University
Master of Arts, Comparative Literature, Purdue University
Bachelor of Arts, Modern Greek and Byzantine Literature, University of Cyprus
Courses Taught
- GRKM 260 Decolonizing Cavafy's Poetry: Love, Thought, and Empire
- CLCV 120 Storytelling and Transformation: Narratives of Self from Homer to Ariana Huffington
- Modern Greek and Greek American Culture, Postcolonial Perspectives
- GRKM 201 & 202 Elementary Modern Greek
- GRKM 403 & 404 Intermediate Modern Greek
- GRKM 453 & 454 Advanced Modern Greek
Additional Campus Affiliations
- European Union Center
- Center for Global Studies
- Center for the Study of Global Gender Equity
- Department of Comparative and World Literature
- Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
selected publications
JOURNAL ARTICLES
BOOK CONTRIBUTIONS
links
National Herald interview