Associate Professor, Sociology and Gender and Women's Studies
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignEmotion, Feminism, Feminist Study, Gender and Women's studies, LGBT refugees, Post Colonial, queer studies, Sexuality Studies, Sociology, Urban Studies
Bio
Ghassan Moussawi is an associate professor of gender and women's studies and sociology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. His research lies at the intersections of transnational gender and sexuality studies, inequalities, race and ethnicity, postcolonial feminisms, affect and emotion studies, violence and war, and queer of color critique, with keen attention to nation and empire.Research interests
Transnational gender and sexualities
Race and ethnicity
Queer theory
Queer of color critique
Urban studies
Feminist theory and methods
Transnational mobility
Affect and emotions
Violence and War
Empire
LGBT refugees and immigrantsEducation
PhD, Rutgers University
Feminist Study, Rhetoric, Writing
Almjeld's research centers on digital rhetorics, identity performances, feminist methodologies and community engagement. Her recent work considers ways that gendered identities and digital spaces intersect to encourage certain identities and empower and limit identity performances. Almjeld is particularly interested in girlhood identities in regard to girls as technology users and girls as leaders. For several years she has lead girls' technology and leadership summer camps and afterschool programs and is currently researching the language of leadership related to girls and girlhood. Almjeld also participates in and researches community engagement partnerships in higher education. She is currently working with a team of researchers to study the barriers university faculty face when working with community partners and strategies for overcoming those obstacles.