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)