Experience

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  University of cape town

  Mar 2008 - Aug 2011

  I worked within the Tombouctou Manuscripts Project, conducting independent research into the Arabic and ajami written traditions of South Africa. In addition to this work I helped with the overall running of the project, which consisted of liasing with scholars throughout the continent, arranging and facilitating academic seminars and conferences in Cape Town and in Timbuktu, Mali, maintaining the Project's website and assisting with day-to-day administration. I held individual writing consultations with undergraduate and postgraduate students at the University of Cape Town, assisting students with their academic writing and literacy challenges. I also facilitated group workshops about essay writing for specific classes within the university.

  • Research Assistant

    Mar 2008 - Aug 2011

  • Writing Consultant

    Mar 2008 - Dec 2009
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  Princeton university

  Feb 2013 - Jun 2017

  Between September 2012 and June 2014, and from September 2016 to June 2017 I worked as a Resident Graduate Student in Princeton University's Wilson College. I facilitated college-wide events, such as art workshops, and held activities to help foster community within my assigned freshman mentor groups. I assisted a professor in the Fung Global Fellows Program, Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, with the translation of Jawi (Arabic-Malay) sources from 17th century Dutch East India Company records.

  • Resident Graduate Student

    Sept 2012 - Jun 2017

  • Research Assistant

    Feb 2013 - May 2013
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  Princeton institute for international and regional studies

  Sept 2016 - Aug 2017

  Graduate fellow
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  University of the witwatersrand

  Jan 2018 - Oct 2019

  Lecturer in History

  • Lecturer

    Jun 2018 - Oct 2019

  • Associate Lecturer

    Jan 2018 - Jun 2018
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  Social science research council

  Oct 2019 - Jun 2022

  Program officer

  Program Officer, Transregional Collaboratory on the Indian Ocean & Arts Research with Communities of Color (ARCC) programs

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  Social science research council

  Jan 2023 - now

  Senior program officer

  Senior Program Officer, Mellon Mays Graduate Initiatives Program