Lila Sharif
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Mail code: 4308Campus: Tempe
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Dr. Lila Sharif (she/her/hers) is a creative writer, researcher, and educator. She is new faculty in the School of Social Transformation at Arizona State University where she teaches courses on Indigenous ontologies, race/ethnicity, Arab and Muslim experiences in the United States, food studies, global feminisms and a host of other topics. Her current work conceptualizes land, food, and culture through a global indigenous perspective. Her first solo-authored book is about how the olive—which has been cultivated in Palestine for 7,000 years—comes to signify the rootedness, decolonial aspirations, and gathering of a community in the context of ongoing settler colonialism in their homeland. She has published essays as well as poetry in academic and public journals. She co-edited a special issue of Amerasia on the topic of Critical Refugee Studies alongside Yen Le Espiritu, and co-authored the book Departures, which introduces the field of Critical Refugee Studies. She is a co-founding member of the Critical Refugee Studies Collective and a co-founding steering member of the Palestinian Feminist Collective. Sharif is the first Palestinian to earn a Ph.D. in ethnic studies. She earned a dual Ph.D. in sociology and ethnic studies before becoming a postdoctoral fellow in gender and women's studies at UC Berkeley. She is an Aries who enjoys short walks to the fridge.
PhD University of California, San Diego
Courses
2024 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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IED 592 | Research |
WST 590 | Reading and Conference |
WST 378 | Global Feminist Theory |
WST 378 | Global Feminist Theory |
JUS 598 | Special Topics |
2023 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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WST 378 | Global Feminist Theory |
WST 378 | Global Feminist Theory |
2023 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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IED 592 | Research |
IED 585 | Capstone |
WST 590 | Reading and Conference |
WST 378 | Global Feminist Theory |
WST 378 | Global Feminist Theory |