She received her PhD from the Department of Media, Culture and Communication at New York University. Her primary research interest focuses on the relationship between diasporic populations and national identity in a globalized media age. More broadly, she is also interested in issues of mediated nationalism and representations, transnationalism and spatiality, and new media. Her work is situated at the intersections of Media Studies, Cultural Studies, and Middle Eastern Studies with a particular emphasis on theories of diaspora, nationalism, and the transnational and global media.