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About Me<\/h2>\n About Me<\/h2>\nI am a scholar, educator, consultant, and activist with experience in Francophone Studies, Middle East Studies, Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies, and International Law. I earned two doctoral degrees: SJD in International Law from Penn State Dickinson Law and PhD in Francophone Studies from Florida State University. \u00a0I also hold a Master\u2019s degree in International Law and Human Rights from Universit\u00e9 de Rouen in France, and a Bachelor\u2019s degree in Law from Universit\u00e9 Saint-Joseph in Lebanon.<\/p>\n
My research is interdisciplinary and primarily focuses on the Middle East on North Africa. Some of the topics I research and teach include: international law & terrorism,\u00a0 issues of statehood, armed conflicts, State, and Non-State actors, international humanitarian law, colonial & post-colonial relations in the Francophone world, women’s rights in the Middle East, and oral history.<\/p>\n
Several of my articles appeared in peer-reviewed national and international journals.<\/p>\n
My first book Gendering Civil War. Francophone Women\u2019s Writing in Lebanon<\/a>,<\/em> for which I earned the AAUW American Fellowship, was published with Edinburgh University Press (March 2022) and was nominated for the John Leonard Prize.<\/p>\n My second book Hezbollah in International Law<\/a> <\/em>examines Hezbollah’s legal status as a State or non-State actor in Lebanon and in the context of armed conflict (Israel and Syria). It also studies Hezbollah’s unlawful activities in Lebanon since 1982 and State responsibility; it recently appeared with Edinburgh University Press (2026).<\/p>\n My most recent research project focuses on the Beirut barracks bombing of 1983 that killed 241 American servicemembers and 58 French parachutists. In this project, I explore gaps in memory laws, oral history, and veterans\u2019 stories.<\/p>\n I have given numerous public talks and podcast interviews, and I am a media commentator with frequent appearances on NPR, Voice of America, Business Insider, France 24, TRT World, BBC Arabic, BBC News, ABC Australia, and Newzroom Afrika. I am a regular contributor to several news outlets including The Conversation<\/em><\/a>, which is an independent news organization.<\/p>\n I speak three languages: Arabic\/Levantine Dialect, French, and English.<\/p>\n I am an American Red Cross volunteer, where I teach International Humanitarian Law.<\/p>\n Dickinson\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Director of Dickinson New Zealand Program at the University of Otago. Summer 2026 \u2013 Summer 2028.<\/p>\n Chair of Middle East Studies Department. Fall 2023 \u2013 Spring 2026.<\/p>\n Stony Brook University <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Director of the Human Rights Film Festival \u2013 Organized in collaboration with the President\u2019s Office, the Humanities Institute, and the Confucius Institute. Fall 2017 \u2013 Spring 2018.<\/p>\n Member of the Annual Women\u2019s Leadership Symposium Committee. Inspiration & Empowerment: A Conversation for and About Women in the Workplace. Fall 2015 \u2013 Spring 2018.<\/p>\n Bowling Green State University <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Director of Morocco Study Abroad Program, Fall 2012 \u2013 Spring 2014.<\/p>\n Associate Professor of Francophone & Middle East Studies, & Women\u2019s Gender, & Sexuality Studies, Dickinson, 2022 to present.<\/p>\n Assistant Professor of Francophone & Middle East Studies & Women\u2019s Gender, & Sexuality Studies, Dickinson, 2018 to 2022.<\/p>\n Adjunct in Law, Penn State Dickinson Law, 2025 to 2026.<\/p>\n Assistant Professor of Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature, Stony Brook University, 2014-2018.<\/p>\n Assistant Professor of Francophone Studies, International & Africana Studies, Bowling Green State University, 2012-2014.<\/p>\n Instructor of Arabic, American University of Beirut \u2013 Lebanon, Summer 2011 & 2012.<\/p>\n Teaching Assistant of French & Arabic, Florida State University, 2008-2012.<\/p>\n Email: rebeizm@dickinson.edu<\/p>\n Socials:\u00a0 LinkedIn<\/a> & Instagram\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" About Me I am a scholar, educator, consultant, and activist with experience in Francophone Studies, Middle East Studies, Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies, and International Law. I earned two doctoral degrees: SJD in International Law from Penn State Dickinson Law and PhD in Francophone Studies from Florida State University. \u00a0I also hold a Master\u2019s degree […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/rebeizm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/rebeizm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/rebeizm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/rebeizm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/rebeizm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/rebeizm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":179,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/rebeizm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions\/179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/rebeizm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Leadership Roles<\/h2>\n
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