Dima Ayoub is an Associate Professor of Arabic and former C.V. Starr Junior Faculty Fellow in International Studies and the former director of the Middle East studies program at Middlebury College. Her book manuscript Paratext and Power: Modern Arabic Literature in Translation rewrites the social and cultural history of modern Arabic literature in translation by centering the role of paratexts in addition to publishers, translators, and writers. Ayoub’s work connects the fields of Digital Humanities with studies of Arabic and comparative literature. She has developed a digital archive of modern Arabic literature in English, French, German, and Spanish translation. During her first residency as a Visiting Fellow at the Neubauer Collegium (2023 – 2024), she collaborated on the Quest for Modern Language research project. Her second Visiting Fellowship, for 2025–2026, focuses on the Translation Networks and the Stakes of Comparison project.