Research Interests: Arab-American histories; social movements; Afro-Arab trajectories; comparative slaveries; Orientalism; race and whiteness; language and identity; diasporic formations; political conservatism; post-modern youth studies; community based youth-led programming and education; liberation pedagogies; acculturation and family conflicts; theatre/poetry/arts for social change; digital storytelling and critical media literacies; podcasting; dabke, dance, and folkloric tradition making

Fellowships, grants, & awards:

• American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee's Jack G. Shaheen Mass Communications Scholarship Awards, 2017
• Katheryn Davis Fellow for Peace, 2015
• University of Oregon's Office of Multicultural and Academic Support Diversity Excellence Scholarship (2007-2012)

Education:

• City College of San Francisco- Audio and Video for the Web Certificate, January 2017
• Middlebury Language Schools- Summer Intensive Arabic Program, June-August 2015
• Department of Children, Youth & Their Families, San Francisco, CA - “Youth on Fire Cohort” for Youth Educators Certification, August 2013-June 2014
• B.A. University of Oregon, Eugene OR- History and Comparative Literature, Minors: Political Science and Religious Studies, May 2012
• Oxford Seminars, Eugene, OR- TESOL/TESL/TEFL Certification, May 2012

Publications:

• Kehdi, B., et al editor (2014), Inclusive Classrooms: A Resource for Educating about the Arab World and the Arab Experience in America. Arab Cultural and Community Center: San Francisco, CA

Professional Associations:

• Association for Dispute Resolution of Northern California February 2016-Present