Jyhene Kebsi

Dr. Jyhene Kebsi joined Macquarie University in 2018. Currently, she is a tenured Senior Assistant Professor of North African & Middle Eastern Gender Studies (Step 6 Continuing Lecturer). Dr. Kebsi is the recipient of highly competitive postdoctoral research and teaching fellowships from Heidelberg University and the University of Sydney. 

Dr. Kebsi's research has appeared or is forthcoming in highly-ranked journals, including Journal of World Literature, Antipodes: A Journal of Global Australian/New Zealand Literature, The Journal of North African Studies, Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies,  Journal of Global Postcolonial Studies, Postcolonial Text and Law & Literature. She is currently working on a book under contract with Texas University Press. Upon completion of this book, she will work on two other books that will be published by the University of Michigan Press and Bloomsbury. 

Before joining Macquarie University, Dr. Kebsi taught at the University of Sydney, Western Sydney University, Sydney Matrix Education College and the University of Saint Thomas in the United States. Dr. Kebsi has also been nominated for Teaching Awards by her students at both Macquarie University and the University of Sydney.

Dr. Kebsi has held the roles of MA Program Convenor, Director of Learning & Teaching, Research Strategy Committee Representative, Early Career Representative and Library Liason Member. 

Dr. Kebsi's opinion pieces, interviews and poems have appeared in Berkley Forum, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, The Conversation, Jadaliyya, Overland, The New Arab, Sunday Times, Arena, The Eastleigh Voice, En-Gender, Nawaat, 2SER, 3CR and Africa Is a Country. 

Dr. Kebsi gave more than 40 conference presentations, including multiple keynote speeches. A select list of her conference papers and talks is available below. She is also the recipient of multiple competitive prizes and awards including Fulbright.

Dr. Kebsi has founded a student network that has organized conferences, presentations, film screenings and writing workshops. 

Dr. Kebsi welcomes supervision of MA and PhD students in these areas:

. Migrant and refugee literature and cinema (especially the representation of Arab transnational families)

. Anglophone Arab women's literature