Chicago, Illinois, United States
My research explores migration and identity in art and architecture of the global south, with emphasis on Latin America and the Middle East. My current book project focuses on the patronage of Arab-speaking diaspora (mahjar) communities in modern Argentina via monuments, visual culture, and architecture as a response to nationalist discourses. I have also examined nationalist architecture in twentieth-century Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay. My work has been supported by a Fulbright-Hays DDRA fellowship at host institution, the Universidad Nacional San Martín (UNSAM), Wagoner Foreign Study Scholarships, Brown Foundation Dissertation Research Award, and a SAHARA award from the Society of Architectural Historians (SAH). In 2013-2014, I enjoyed working with The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) as the Camfield Fellow for the Latin American curatorial department. Seeking an interdisciplinary approach to art history, I was recently a funded participant in the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Jewish Buenos Aires summer seminar and Modernisms: Concepts, Contexts and Circulations Transregional Academy, sponsored by the Forum Transregional Studien and Max Weber Foundation. Prior to studying at Rice, I received my MA in the History of Art at Indiana University in 2011 and BFA from the University of Notre Dame in 2001.