ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Baruch College, New York, NY — Adj. Assistant Professor (2019 - 2020)

First-Year Writing, Archival Research

Hunter College, New York, NY — Adj. Assistant Professor (2018 - 2019)

First-Year Writing

St. John’s University, Queens, NY — Adj. Lecturer (2005-2011)

Literary Theory, Literature & Culture, Global Literature, Eighteenth-Century Literature,

First-Year Writing, Business Writing

EDUCATION

St. John’s University, Queens, NY — Ph.D English (2017)

Dissertation: The Journey to Becoming: A Cultural and Political Awakening to Nomadic Art in the

Work of Afghan American Female Artists.

St. John’s University, Queens, NY — M.A English (2006, Magna cum laude)

St. John’s University, Queens, NY — B.A English (1997)

SKILLS

Curriculum Development

Literacy & Writing

Archival Research & Practice

Academic Research

MEDIA APPEARANCES

Regina Corallo Discusses Afghan American Female Artists Work.” By Zheela Noori, Voice of America (VOA Dari), Afghanistan Bureau, August 8, 2018.

PUBLICATIONS

Interviews

An Interview with Wazhmah Osman in St. John’s Humanities Review “The Humanities as Activism” (Vol. 14, Issue 1, Spring 2017).

The Human Dimension of the Archives. SCOPE Magazine. 2015.

Book Chapter

An Interview with Patti-Ann Rogers in Modern American Environmentalists, George A. Cevasco and Richard P. Harmond, eds. Baltimore, MD: John Hopkins University Press. 2009.

PRESENTATIONS

Plenary Session Participant: “Teaching and Being a Teacher/Social Activist in the Trump Era.” St. John’s University Graduate Student Conference, Queens, NY. April 2017

“Radical Archiving in Mariam Ghani’s What We Left Unfinished” PhD Launch Conference, St. John’s University, Queens, NY. April 2016

“The Real Afghan Diaries: Educating Children in Afghanistan.” Dishing Gender Lecture Series. St John's University, Queens, NY, April 2011.

“Tools of the Trade: Occupational Masculinity in the York Crucifixion Play.” What is better than gold? Economies and Values in the Middle Ages, 21st Annual Medieval Guild Conference, Columbia University, New York, NY, 2010.

"Performing Maternity Despite Themselves: Infanticide Cases in the Old Bailey Session Papers." Cultures of Consumption, Group for Early Modern Cultural Studies (GEMCS), Orlando, FL, 2004.

CURATED EVENTS

Afghan Writers for Afghan Children (June 2014).

New York City Ethical Society. Charity event organized in part with members of the Afghan American Artists and Writers Association (AAAWA) to benefit the Afghan Child Education and Care Organization (AFCECO).

The Real Afghan Diaries: Educating Children in Afghanistan (March 2010).

Lecture with American educator Ian Pounds and several children from AFCECO concerning the educational initiatives and dilemmas in post-conflict Afghanistan. Organized in part with St. John’s University Women’s and Gender Studies Program and the Center for Global Development.

SERVICE

Distant Attachments: Unsettling Contemporary Afghan Diasporic Art, Volunteer. City Lore Gallery NYC, October 15-October 17, 2015.

Afghan Child Education and Care Organization (AFCECO), Sponsor (2005-Present)