Former Director, GWU Women's Studies Program; Former Director, GWU Writing Program. Fulbright Scholar, South Africa. Co-editor, with Shereen Essof, Searching for South Africa: The New Calculus of Dignity (Unisa Press, 2011). Most recent publication: "Bessie Head and the Zimbabwean women who are forced to wait in Lindela" (Agenda, 30, 1, 2016).