Education

AB, Kenyon College
MA, University of California Santa Barbara
MA, The Ohio State University
PhD, University of Chicago

Research

I study medieval Jewish and Islamic cultural and intellectual history, and the connections between Jewish and Muslim communities in the Mediterranean and Middle East. My research focuses on texts written by Jews in Arabic, from works of religious philosophy to translations and commentaries on the Hebrew Bible. Through this literature, I explore the ways that medieval Jews advanced biblical scholarship, adapted the rabbinic tradition, and engaged Islamic discourse and the wider Arabic culture.