Natalie Khazaal(Is this your profile?)

Dr. Natalie Khazaal is an assistant professor in the School of Modern Languages. She grew up in Burgas—the largest port city on the Black Sea, and received her doctorate in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures from the University of Los Angeles. Dr. Khazaal studies the links among disenfranchisement, media, and language. Her latest book, “Pretty Liar: Television, Language, and Gender in Wartime Lebanon” (Syracuse UP, 2018), is the only study that explores the role of audiences in the development of media legitimacy during violent crises with a focus on Lebanon, while her work on speciesism in the media has received international recognition in Spain, Turkey, Australia, Canada, and the US. Her forthcoming book is co-edited volume on displacement,...