Associate Professor in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and the College, published A Treasury of Virtues: Sayings, Sermons, and Teachings of 'Ali, an edition and translation of the Dustur ma‘alim al-hikam compiled by al-Qadi al-Quda'i, with the Mi' at kalimah (One Hundred Proverbs) attributed to al-Jahiz (New York University Press, 2013).