In 2016-2017 she is a fellow at the Frankel Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan. Her first book, Babel in Zion: Jews, Nationalism, and Language Diversity in Palestine 1920-1948 was published by Yale University Press in 2015 and won the Shapiro prize for best book in Israel Studies from the Association for Israel Studies. She teaches courses in Jewish history, the history of Israel/Palestine, and the history of modern Jewish/Muslim relations. While at the Frankel Institute she is working on a book about early Jewish agricultural colonies in late 19th-century Palestine and the contested image of these communities and their iconic personalities in 20th century Palestine and Israel.