Educator & Facilitator

I engage with issues of migration, theatre, creative resistance, and politics through talks, workshops, and lectures. 

INVITED LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS

2024. “This is Not a Memorial.” Northwestern University, Chicago.

2023. “Yours Truly as Immersive Experience Design.” University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. 

2020. “Albany Park through an arts lens.” Illinois State University, Chicago. 

2020. “Youth theater, real-life stories.” Illinois State University, Chicago. 

2019. “Electronic Tagging of Asylum-Seekers.” Amnesty National Conference, UK.

2019. “Electronic Tagging of Asylum-Seekers.” Performing Migration Conference, University of Ottawa, Canada. 

2019. “Arts and Dialogue.” Jerusalem Youth Chorus, London, UK. 

2019. “Illustrating Nationalism and Resource Inequality.” Questioning Borders Symposium, Syracuse University London, at the Migration Museum, London,UK.

2019. “Theatre, Migration, and Ethical Service.” Loyola at University of Newcastle, UK.

2019. “Ending Everyday Racism.” Reporting Racism, Equality and Diversity Coalition at University of Cambridge, UK. 

2019. “Making Art in Conflict Zones.” Syracuse University London, UK. 

2018. “Electronic Tagging of Asylum-Seekers.” Migration Society, University of Cambridge, UK. 

2018. “Humane or Hostile Environment?” Amnesty International, Cambridge, UK.

2018. “Engaging Young People in Theatre-Making,” Culture in a Networked World Session at Edinburgh International Culture Summit, UK. 

2018. “Making Art in Conflict Zones.” Syracuse University London, UK.

2018. "Electronic Tagging of Asylum-Seekers." Human Migration and (In)Security Conference, University College London, UK.

2017. “Security and Risk in Fieldwork.” Intrepid Explorers, King's College London, UK. 

2017. Commencement Speaker, Georgetown University, USA. 

2017. “Humanizing Politics Through Performance.” Women’s National Democratic Club, Washington DC, USA.

2017. “Acting Out: Violence, Community, and Women’s Theatre on the India-Pakistan Border.” Dis/locations of the Present: Experimental Geographies and Methods at the Margins. Mortara Center for International Affairs, Washington, DC, USA.

2017. “Voices Beyond Borders.” Northeast Storytelling Conference, Massachusetts, USA.

2017. “Culture and Politics.” School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, USA.

2016. “Using Theatre in Human Rights Activism.” Department of Law, Jammu University, India.

2016. “Power through Power: Solar Panels and Suppression in the Jerusalem Periphery.” Disorderly Conducts, Mortara Center for International Studies, Washington, DC, USA.

2015. “Disturbance Art: Engaging Difference through Pop-up Music, Dance, Theatre, and Visual Arts.” Doyle Symposium First Place, Georgetown University, USA.

WORKSHOP FACILITATION

2019-2023. Skills-building, creative, and critical workshops. Albany Park Theater Project, Chicago, USA.

2019. Poetry-drama for refugees interested in higher education. University of East London, UK. 

2019. Theatre for refugee women to learn English, Scheherazade Initiatives, London, UK. 

2018. Culture and Dance Workshop at Lab Fellows Gathering. University of Essex, UK. 

2018. Post-Truth Theatre Workshop at Post-Truth Conference. University of Cambridge, UK.

2017. Reflection Groups Post-Trump. Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service. Washington, DC. 

2016. Theatre of the Oppressed workshops with women on India-Pakistan border. Davis Projects for Peace, Jammu & Kashmir, India. 

2016. Power-based theatre workshop for children in special needs school. Bengaluru, India.

2016. Forum theatre training for young actors. Natrang Theatre, Jammu & Kashmir, India. 

2015. Image theatre workshop for human rights activism. Amnesty International. Kathmandu, Nepal. 

2015. Theatre workshops for children. Natrang Theatre, Jammu & Kashmir, India.