Alexandra is a researcher, writer, educator, and advocate. She earned a PhD in Cultural Studies with a Designated Emphasis in Critical Theory from the University of California, Davis in 2021, a MA in Visual and Critical Studies from California College of the Arts, and a BA in Comparative American Studies from Oberlin College. Alexandra has held various professional roles as a professor, researcher, program and project manager, and in communications, development, and advocacy for academia, non-profits, and civil society organizations. Her research interests include human rights in technology and digital rights, impacts of colonialism on health, technologies of surveillance and borders, migration and refugees, visual and media studies, cultures and politics of the Eastern Mediterranean and MENA regions, public health and care cultures, and identity studies.

Dissertation

Enduring Rehabilitation and Addressing Alterity: Interventions within American Cultures of Care and Cure

Education

PhD, Cultural Studies with a Designated Emphasis in Critical Theory, UC Davis, 2021
MA, Visual and Critical Studies, California College of the Arts, 2014
BA, Comparative American Studies, Oberlin College, 2012