Jyhene Kebsi

Dr. Jyhene Kebsi is the Director of Learning & Teaching. Her research and teaching sit at the intersection of world literatures and North African and Middle Eastern Gender Studies. She teaches and researches on refugee women's narratives and testimonies. She is interested in Arab American, Arab Canadian, Arab British and Arab Australian women authors and film-makers. Dr. Kebsi’s courses have a special focus on transnational feminism, postcolonial feminism, state feminism, ecofeminism, colonial feminism and imperial feminism. Dr. Kebsi is the founder and convenor of the Gendered Transnational Texts and Communities Network, which discusses topics that range from migration and asylum through radicalization and terrorism to the gendered impact of western multinationals' exploitation of the natural resources of the Global South.  Dr. Kebsi’s op-eds have appeared in key outlets like The Berkley Forum, The Conversation, Jadaliyya, Arena, The New Arab and Overland. Before coming to MQ, Dr. Kebsi taught at the University of Sydney and Western Sydney University. She also taught American and British literature in the United States. Dr. Kebsi is the recipient of multiple prizes and awards, including Fulbright.