Fall Colloquium
The Sociology and Anthropology Department cordially invites you to attend:
Doing Sociology: Research, Action and the Anti-Domestic Violence Movement in South Asian Communities in the U.S.
Dr. Margaret Abraham is Professor of Sociology and Special Advisor to the Provost for Diversity Initiatives at Hofstra University, New York. She is the Vice President, Research of the International Sociological Association (2010-2014). She also serves as the American Sociological Association Representative to the International Sociological Association for 2010-2014.
Her teaching and research interests include gender, ethnicity, globalization, immigration, and domestic violence. Dr. Abraham has been involved in research and activism in the field of domestic violence in the South Asian immigrant community for nearly 20 years. She is the author of Speaking the Unspeakable: Marital Violence Among South Asian Immigrants in the United States (Rutgers University press 2000) which won the American Sociological Association Section on Asian and Asian America Outstanding Book Award in 2002. Also, she is the co-editor of Contours of Citizenship: Women, Diversity and the Practices of Citizenship (Ashgate 2010), and has published in prestigious academic journals like Gender & Society, Violence Against Women, Social Justice, and Indian Journal of Gender Studies.
Thursday, October 25, 2012 5:00 – 7:00 PM Marillac Room 101
The Sociology and Anthropology Department cordially invites you to attend:
Doing Sociology: Research, Action and the Anti-Domestic Violence Movement in South Asian Communities in the U.S.
Dr. Margaret Abraham is Professor of Sociology and Special Advisor to the Provost for Diversity Initiatives at Hofstra University, New York. She is the Vice President, Research of the International Sociological Association (2010-2014). She also serves as the American Sociological Association Representative to the International Sociological Association for 2010-2014.
Her teaching and research interests include gender, ethnicity, globalization, immigration, and domestic violence. Dr. Abraham has been involved in research and activism in the field of domestic violence in the South Asian immigrant community for nearly 20 years. She is the author of Speaking the Unspeakable: Marital Violence Among South Asian Immigrants in the United States (Rutgers University press 2000) which won the American Sociological Association Section on Asian and Asian America Outstanding Book Award in 2002. Also, she is the co-editor of Contours of Citizenship: Women, Diversity and the Practices of Citizenship (Ashgate 2010), and has published in prestigious academic journals like Gender & Society, Violence Against Women, Social Justice, and Indian Journal of Gender Studies.
Thursday, October 25, 2012 5:00 – 7:00 PM Marillac Room 101
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