PhD, Sociology: 2020
University of California, Irvine
Emphasis: Economic sociology, political economy, globalization, environment, water policy
Dissertation: “Local Agencies in Global Markets: Water, Economy, and the Environment”
MA, Sociology: 2017
University of California, Irvine
Master’s Thesis: “Determinants of State Spending Patterns in Arab League Member States: A post-Arab Spring Analysis, 1996-2014”
MA, Global and International Studies: 2009
University of California, Santa Barbara
Emphasis: ME/NA, Horn of Africa, globalization and development
Master’s Thesis: “A Study on the Social and Political Contexts of the Somali Civil War: A Collapsed State and a Suffering Society”
BA, English: 2007
California State University, Channel Islands
Emphasis: Postcolonial discourse, literary theory
Senior Thesis: “Theories of the Wretched Ones: Frantz Fanon Reflected in Algerian Literature”
AA, General Ed/Transfer: 2005
Folsom Lake College
*Note: As a first-generation student, I am proud to have started my higher-education career in the California Community College. It provided essential, and affordable, opportunities to grow professionally and develop my intellectual curiosity.