Faculty Highlights

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  Oware Recognized

  I Got Something to Say: Gender, Race, and Social Consciousness in Rap Music by Matthew Oware, professor of sociology, was named one of the “59 Best Rap Music Books of All Time” by BookAuthority. See the entire list here.

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  Oware Published

  Matthew Oware, Irving May endowed chair in sociology, published "15 Best New Rap Music Books to Read in 2021" on Bookauthority.

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  Best New Democracy Books

  Fencing in Democracy: Border Walls, Necrocitizenship, and the Security State, written by Miguel Díaz-Barriga, professor of anthropology, and Margaret E. Dorsey, associate professor of anthropology, was named one of “47 Best New Democracy Books To Read In 2021” by BookAuthority.

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  Best New Democracy Books

  Fencing in Democracy: Border Walls, Necrocitizenship, and the Security State, written by Miguel Díaz-Barriga, professor of anthropology, and Margaret E. Dorsey, associate professor of anthropology, was named one of “47 Best New Democracy Books To Read In 2021” by BookAuthority.

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  Díaz-Barriga and Dorsey Awarded

  Miguel Díaz-Barriga, professor of anthropology, and Margaret E. Dorsey, associate professor of anthropology, received the Association of Latina/Latino Anthropologists Book Award for Fencing in Democracy: Border Walls, Necrocitizenship, and the Security State.

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  Grollman Published

  Eric Grollman, associate professor of sociology, and J.E. Sumerau published Black Lives and Bathrooms: Racial and Gendered Reactions to Minority Rights Movements (Rowman & Littlefield).

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  Oware Interviewed

  Matthew Oware, professor of sociology, was recently interviewed on the Radikaal Podcast to discuss politics and rap music. Listen to the interview here.

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  Sweis Awarded

  Rania Kassab Sweis, associate professor of anthropology and global studies, was awarded the 2020 SERMEISS Academic Article or Book Chapter Prize in recognition of outstanding scholarship in Middle Eastern Studies for her article “Doctors with Borders: Hierarchies of Humanitarians and the Syrian Civil War.”

• Husain Published

  Atiya Husain, assistant professor of sociology, published “Deracialization, Dissent, and Terrorism in the FBI’s Most Wanted Program” in Sociology of Race and Ethnicity.

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  Sweis Published

  Rania Kassab Sweis, associate professor of anthropology and global studies, published “Hospital Warzones: What Syrian and US Health Workers Now Share” in The Global Post.