PhD, Cultural Anthropology, Brandeis University, February 2014

Dissertation: Somali Diasporic Social Spaces as Communal Responses to War and Displacement

Master of Social Work, Boston University School of Social Work, May 1999

Concentration: Clinical Social Work; Groupwork Specialization

Bachelor of Arts, Tufts University, May 1995

Major: Clinical Psychology; Minor: Studio Art

Additional Coursework:

Social Policy courses at the Heller School, Brandeis University.

Two semesters of intensive Somali language training through the Summer Cooperative African Language Institute (SCALI) at Michigan State University, 2009