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About me

I am a sociologist, author, and educator whose work examines how individuals make meaning within the constraints of social institutions. Across my research on motherhood, spirituality, race and ethnicity, and educational inequality, I am fundamentally interested in how people navigate structural conditions while constructing identity and a sense of belonging.

My first book, Islam and Motherhood: Discourses of Faith and Identity, analyzes the emotional and spiritual labor of Muslim mothers as they negotiate family, faith, and community expectations. My forthcoming textbook, Borders and Belonging: Sociological Perspectives on Race, Ethnicity, and the Making of America, departs from traditional census-based categorizations by centering scholars, histories, and theoretical frameworks emerging from the communities discussed. By treating groups such as Mexican Americans, Asian Americans, Black Americans, and White ethnics in contextually grounded ways, the book offers a more nuanced and community-informed approach to understanding race and ethnicity.

A second strand of my work focuses on pedagogy and the sociology of education. My recent publications address scripted curricula, teacher emotional labor, and emerging AI innovations in classroom contexts. Much of my current research is rooted in Memphis and the Mid-South, where I use qualitative and community-engaged methods to study how structural inequality shapes young people’s educational trajectories, including the experiences of college-aspirational youth who never enroll.

I extend this community-focused approach into my teaching. In my Medical Sociology course, for example, a Photovoice project enabled students to document how health, place, and inequality intersect in their daily lives; this work is now being developed into a scholarly article on Photovoice as a reflexive pedagogical tool. Across all of my teaching, writing, and research, my goal is to create inclusive, student-centered environments that link sociological theory to lived experience. I welcome opportunities for collaborative teaching, interdisciplinary inquiry, and community-engaged research.

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