EDUCATION
2018|| BA (Hons) Psychology and English Literature | Forman Christian College, Lahore
2020|| MFA (Creative Writing: Fiction) | Miami University, Ohio
2025|| PhD (English: Creative Writing) | University of Southern Mississippi
PUBLICATIONS
Books
In Print: Evening Rides With My Guru, Book Corner, Jhelum, 2017.
In Progress: Prisoners and Other Stories
In Progress: Mad Love, A Novel
Short Stories
“Gallows, Gallows.” The Columbia Review. Forthcoming fall 2025 issue.
“Elopement.” Beloit Fiction Journal. Forthcoming spring 2026 issue.
TEACHING
Fall 2025|| Instructor, University of the People
- English Composition 2: Advanced Reading, Writing, and Research (Online)
Fall 2021-Spring 2025|| Instructor of Record, University of Southern Mississippi
- Composition One and Composition Two (Multiple f2f Sections)
- World Literature (Two f2f sections)
- Technical Writing (Two online sections)
Fall 2021|| Visiting Faculty, Miami University
- Composition and Rhetoric (Hybrid)
Fall 2018-Spring 2020|| Instructor of Record, Miami University
- Composition and Rhetoric (Multiple f2f Sections)
- Introduction to Creative Writing
RELATED EXPERIENCE
2025|| Assistant Fiction Editor, The Mississippi Review
2025|| Writing Center Tutor, University of Southern Mississippi
2021|| Teaching Assistant, World Literature, University of Southern Mississippi
2021|| Virtual Writing Tutor, Brainfuse
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2025|| Dissertation Completion Grant Award, Southern Miss Graduate School
2024|| Fourth-year Competitive Assistantship Award, Center for Writers, University of Southern Mississippi
2020|| Graduate Education Enrichment Fund, Miami University
UNIVERSITY AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
- Editorial team member and reader in poetry, Product Magazine, USM, Spring 2025
- Graduate archival processor, Raylawni Branch and Oseola McCarty collections at McCain Library and Archives, Summer 2023; Summer 2022
- Reader in fiction, Miami University Press Novella Prize, 2019
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