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EDUCATION

2004   MA in Development Economics, The Fletcher School, Tufts University, Medford, MA.

1996    BA in Communications and Fine Arts, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.

AWARDS/FELLOWSHIPS

2023 Bonfire-Artist in Residence, Online.

2021 Research Fellow, Food Systems Game Changers Lab, Global.

2019     Artist Grant, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Washington, DC.

2019     Athena Standards Residency, Athens, Greece.

2017     Arteles Creative Center Residency, Hämeenkyrö, Finland.

PUBLICATIONS/SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

2019      Empowering Women Through Art, Jabal Amman Publishers, Amman, Jordan.

2018      Determinants of Growth in Micro and Small Enterprises: Empirical Evidence from Jordan. With F. Awartani. In F. Bonchi, F. Provost, T. Eliassi-Rad, W. Wang, C. Cattuto, & R. Ghani (Eds.), 5th IEEE International Conference on Data Science and Advanced Analytics. Paper presented at the 5th IEEE International Conference on Data Science and Advanced Analytics, DSAA 2018, Turin, Italy, October 1-3, 2018 (pp. 614-622).

2017      Preparing the Future Workforce. Annual Meeting and General Assembly 2017: Youth Coalition Session. Presentation at the Arab Foundations Forum Annual Meeting and General Assembly, Beirut, Lebanon, September 2017

2017      Micro and Small Enterprise Growth Diagnostics: Empirical Evidence from Jordan. 61st World Statistics Congress of the International Statistical Institute. Presented at the 61st World Statistics Congress of the International Statistical Institute, Marrakech, Morocco, July 2017.

2017      2017 Annual, Collage Collective Co., Australia.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2023 (be)longing, Latela Art Gallery, Online.

2023 Solo exhibition: Imagination of Salvation: Actions on the Land, The Wilson Center, Washington, DC.

2022 2022 Ramallah Art Fair, Ramallah, Palestine.

2019      Flashback, Willow Street Gallery, Washington, DC.

2019      Human Condition, Latela Art Gallery, Washington, DC. 

2019      Elemental Connection, Tannery Pond Gallery, North Creek, NY. 

2019      Elements, Willow Street Gallery, Washington, DC.

2019      Solo exhibition: Imagination of Salvation: Actions on the Land, IA&A at Hillyer, Washington, DC.

2019      2019-2020 Rising Artists, IA&A at Hillyer, Washington, DC.

2018      Blue, Willow Street Gallery, Washington, DC.

2017      Clio Art Fair, New York, NY.

2017      Ephemera, Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Washington, DC. 

2015      Artomatic, Washington, DC.

2014      Art All Night | Nuit Blanche, Washington, DC.

2009      Artomatic, Washington, DC.

2008      La Femme: The Feminine, Sewall-Belmont House & Museum, Washington, DC.

2008      Making Herstory: Connected Sisterhood, MOCA DC, Washington, DC.