Readings and Events

Kindling Reading

George Mason University, February 2024

Kitchen Kahanis

George Mason University, November 2023

Kindling Reading

George Mason University, November 2022

World Poetry Day (Virtual Reading)

March 2022

Talks and Conferences

“The Redemptive Power of Illusions in The Wild Duck

University of North Florida, Graduate Conference, May 2000

“Faces of Islam” (Panelist)

“The Marginalization of the Female in ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’”

University of North Florida, Graduate Conference, May 1999

Professional Development

American Literary Translators Association Conference

Translating Culture and Image in Poetry: a workshop with James Kareem Abu-Zeid

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 2024

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 2024

Cheuse Center International Day of Translation

Bus Boys and Poets, September 2025

Listening to the Voices of Women Poets

Northern Virginia Community College, March 2025

BIPOC Poetry Reading

George Mason University, English Department, February 2025

A Gathering of Translators

George Mason University, Gillespie Gallery, September 2024

Kindling Reading

George Mason University, George Mason University, September 2024

“Consuming and Being Consumed in Reading Lolita in Tehran

Comparative Literature Conference, Harvard University, March 2008

University of North Florida, October 2001