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Shabana Mir
Shabana Mir

Shabana Mir, assistant professor of anthropology at Millikin University and author of the book Muslim-American Women on Campus, will lecture on the topic of her book on Tuesday, Sept. 23, at 5 p.m., in the Red Pit in the Kirner-Johnson Building. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Her book, which describes post 9/11 experiences of Muslim-American women in American higher education, was a “critics’ choice” for the American Educational Studies Association and won the Outstanding Book award from the National Association for Ethnic Studies.

After earning a master’s degree in English Literature and teaching English at the International Islamic University, Mir left Pakistan for the U.K. She earned a master’s of philosophy in education at Cambridge, and then went on to obtain a Ph.D. in education policy studies and anthropology at Indiana University. She did her research in Washington, D.C., and was a visiting researcher at Georgetown University’s Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding and a Harvard University Pluralism Project Affiliate.

Mir has worked as assistant professor of global issues/anthropology at Millikin University. She has taught anthropology, social foundations of education, educational anthropology, comparative education, and English to undergraduates, doctoral students and English language learners at Oklahoma State University, Eastern Illinois University, Indiana University, and the International Islamic University. Recently she has also trained faculty in research methods in Pakistan at Lahore College for Women University.

The lecture is sponsored by the Days-Massolo Center and the Religious Studies Department.

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