Huma Mohibullah

PhD Student

MA Anthropology, George Washington University, 2011
BA Social Science/Anthropology, University of Washington, 2009
 
E-mail: mohib@interchange.ubc.ca
 
Supervisors: Alexia Bloch and Gaston Gordillo
 
Research Interests:
Imagined Communities
Identity construction: Muslim, diaspora, gender, feminist, nationalist
Post 9/11: Islamophobia and related collective action (Muslim & non-Muslim)
Religious experience and affect
The American sex industry: notions of female empowerment and oppression
Race/Class/Ethnicity
 
Current Projects: I am studying identity construction, nationalism and collective action, themes that are linked in my doctoral research on post-9/11 Muslims in America.  Specifically, I am examining how over the past decade American Muslims have promoted an image of their communities as moderate, and also as much American as Muslim, through ad campaigns, rallies, and other political action. My fieldwork will primarily focus on groups who construct an image of, and identify as,  "moderate", but will also include groups who have been labeled along a political spectrum, including "fundamentalist."  It will be based in various mosques, Muslim community centers and non-governmental organizations in New York City, and will lend to an understanding of larger issues such as citizenship, processes of acculturation and collective action's role in shaping group identity.
 
Memberships:
American Anthropological Association
Canadian Anthropology Society
Liu Institute for Global Issues