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Evelyn Alsultany

Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity
Evelyn Alsultany
Pronouns She / Her / Hers Email Evelyn.Alsultany@usc.edu

Research & Practice Areas

Representations of Arabs and Muslims in the U.S. Media; Islamophobia/Anti-Muslim Racism/Racialization of Muslims; Arab American Studies and Muslim American Studies; Cultural Studies and Media Studies; Race, Popular Culture, and Cultural Politics

Biography

Evelyn Alsultany is a Professor in the Department of American Studies and Ethnicity.

 

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Education

  • Ph.D. Modern Thought and Literature, Stanford University, 2005
  • M.A. Gender Studies and Feminist Theory, The New School for Social Research, 1998
  • B.A. Women’s Studies and Political Science, University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, 1995
    • Research Investigator, University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, 2005-2006

  • Research Specialties

    Representations of Arabs and Muslims in the U.S. Media; Islamophobia/Anti-Muslim Racism/Racialization of Muslims; Arab American Studies and Muslim American Studies; Cultural Studies and Media Studies; Race, Popular Culture, and Cultural Politics

  • Book

    • Alsultany, E. A. (2022). Broken: The Failed Promise of Muslim Inclusion. NYU Press.
    • Alsultany, E. A., Shohat, E. H. (2013). Between the Middle East and the Americas: The Cultural Politics of Diaspora. University of Michigan Press.
    • Alsultany, E. A. (2012). Arabs and Muslims in the Media: Race and Representation after 9/11. NYU Press.
    • Alsultany, E. A., Naber, N., Abdulhadi, R. (2011). Arab and Arab American Feminisms: Gender, Violence, and Belonging. (Alsultany, Evelyn Azeeza, Ed.). Syracuse University Press.
    • www.arabstereotypes.org, Guest Curator, “Reclaiming Identity: Dismantling Arab Stereotypes, Online Exhibit, Arab American National Museum, 2011-2012
    • https://islamophobiaisracism.wordpress.com/, Collaborated with colleagues at other universities to create, “#IslamophobiaIsRacism Online Syllabus.” , 2016-2017
    • https://www.bbc.com/ideas/videos/when-will-we-stop, Scripted and narrated BBC Video, “Orientalism,” The A to Z of Isms., Fall 2018
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