I am a PhD candidate in Political Science studying race, law, and migration. My work examines how U.S. legal and bureaucratic institutions have constructed and regulated Arab identity from the early twentieth century to the present. My research traces how naturalisation law, civil rights frameworks, and census categories have shaped the racial positioning of Arab Americans, situating these processes within broader histories of whiteness, exclusion, and state power. My teaching spans American politics, international relations, law and politics, race and empire, and migration studies. I focus on helping students analyse how legal categories and state institutions define belonging, with a pedagogy grounded in critical engagement with primary sources and archival materials.