Prior to joining West Chester University, she held a postdoctoral faculty position at Western Michigan University in the Department of Gender and Women's Studies, and a faculty position at Bowling Green State University. She obtained a PhD from York University (Canada) in the Department of Women's Studies. Her research focuses on Islam and gender discourses and employs postcolonial, anti-racist, and transnational feminist studies. Among others, she teaches Islam, gender, and the media, and transnational feminisms courses.