Conference Proceedings

Creating the First Middle Eastern North African Theatre Database. Reaching the End Station: Planning, Building, and Finishing Digital Research Projects Working Group. American Society for Theatre Research. San Diego, CA, 2020 (postponed to October 29-31, 2021)

Paper Presentation: Y-PAR and Decolonising Applied Theatre in Egypt. Association for Theatre in Higher Education. August 4-8, 2021 (Online).

Session Convenor & Moderator: (Re)imaginings of a Contemporary Egyptian Performance Landscape. Association for Theatre in Higher Education. August 4-8, 2021 (Online).

What Happened to What They Did? A Working Session on Archival Research about MENA Women Theatre-Makers. Association for Theatre in Higher Education. August 4-8, 2021 (Online).

Reigniting Collaborations & Applied Theatre on Zoom in the Lecture Based Class. Association for Theatre in Higher Education. August 4-8, 2021 (Online).

The Effects of Theatre-based Vocal Empowerment Program on Young Egyptian Women’s Speech and Language Characteristics. International Symposium on Bilingualism 13. 10-14 July 2021. (Online) 

Vocal Empowerment Curriculum for Young Women's Civic Voices, NGO Virtual Forum Parallel Event, United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, March 22, 2021 (Online).

 Theatre-based intervention study of bilingual young women's vocal efficacy in Egypt Proposal accepted at the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, San Diego, CA, November 2020 (Convention canceled).

PSi Summer School #3.5. Performance Studies International. July 27 – September 6, 2020 (online)

Featured Panelist: “Decolonizing Institutional Norms II”. Association for Theatre in Higher Education. July 24 - August 4, 2020 (Online).

If Plants Could Talk: A Critical Scavenger Hunt at the U.S. National Conservatory

Paper Presentation: “Activating Disidentified Voices: Towards Women Leading Sustainability in Neocolonial Communities”. Ecology and Performance Working Group. American Society of Theatre Research. Arlington, VA, November 7-10, 2019

Paper Presentation: “Veiled bodies unveiling voices: Gender performativity in Egyptian political activism”. Association for Theatre in Higher Education. Orlando, FL, August 7-11, 2019.

Featured Panelist: “Decolonizing Institutional Norms”. Association for Theatre in Higher Education. Orlando, FL, August 7-11, 2019.

Featured Panelist: “Diversity and Inclusion in Higher Education”. National Association of Graduate and Professional Students, Western Regional. Portland, OR, March 22-24, 2019

Paper Presentation: “Activating our Voices: Reinventing the Artistic Wheel in Egyptian Classrooms”. Mid-America Theatre Conference. Cleveland, OH, March 7-11, 2019 

Conference Planner: Western Regional National Association of Graduate and Professional Students, NAGPS Conference April 13-14, 2018

Featured Panelist: “Undoing Colonial Education Through Applied Theatre” Cambridge English Forum, Arab Academy for Science Technology and Maritime Transport. Aswan, Egypt, December 21-24, 2018 

Paper Presentation: “The Arts, Women and Social Change in Education” 4th Edition of the National Conference for Egyptian Expatriate Scientists and Experts [Egypt Can - Education Edition]. Egypt Ministry of Emigration and Expatriates Affairs Conference. Hurgada, Egypt, December 16-19, 2018. 

 Paper Presentation: “The Voice of the Future is Female”. Arts Environments: Design, Resilience, and Sustainability: Alliance for the Arts in Research Institutions. University of Georgia, Athens, GA, November 1-3, 2018

Paper Presentation: “Speak Up!”. Association for Theatre in Higher Education. Boston, MA, August 1-5, 2018

Paper Presentation: “Nottage: Revolting Against the Predestined Cycle That Traps Us” Panel: Female Empowerment Takes the Stage: Revolutionary Women in Theatre & Performance. Association for Theatre in Higher Education. Boston, MA, August 1-5, 2018

Visual Arts Presenter: No.Stop.Help 60”x80” Fiber Art. Thinking Gender, Pre-existing Conditions: 28th Annual Thinking Gender Graduate Student Research Conference. UCLA Center for the Study of Women, Los Angeles, CA, March 1-2, 2018

Performer and Presenter: Sol in Shine the Musical. Cultivating Ensembles in STEM Education and Research (CESTEMER). The Goodman Theatre. Chicago, IL, September 15-17, 2017

Panel Convener/Responder

Politics and Protest in Transhistorical Middle East Performance. Association for Theatre in Higher Education. July 24 - August 4, 2020 (Online).

Theatre for Social Change Debut Panel. Association for Theatre in Higher Education. July 24 - August 4, 2020 (Online).