Dr. Manal Hamzeh, Assistant Professor of Women's Studies
Email: manahamz@nmsu.edu
Office: 646-8173
Office Hours for FA09: W 4-5pm AND by Appointment on Skype (username: drhamzehnmsu)
Education: Ph.D., Curriculum and Instruction, 2007 (New Mexico State University); M.S., Clinical Audiology, 1986 (Gallaudet University); M.A., Human Development and Early Childhood Special Education (George Washington University); B.A., Communication Disorders (Speech, Hearing, Language Sciences), 1983 (George Washing University)
Teaching Interests: Feminist Research Methods; Feminist Postcolonial Theory; arab-muslim women and the hijabs
Courses Taught: Feminist Research Methods; Feminist Postcolonial Theories; Women in arab/muslim Cultures; Representing Women across Cultures.
Research Interests: My research focuses on normative discourses shaping girls' experiences of their bodies. My specific area of emphasis is on/with muslim girls' negotiating the hijab discourse, or the many veils in their lives. My research is guided by questions exploring arab-muslim girls' language of critique and acts of deveiling the hijab discourse. At this point, my empirical research is guided by a commitment to access the lives of muslim girls, work with them to challenge and interrupt the hijab discourse in their lives, and find ways to widen their opportunities of learning. I approach this research as an arabyyah/muslimah feminist working in the diaspora while being guided by feminist postcolonial theories.
Upcoming Events
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October 28th, 2009: As a Visiting Professor at the Women and Gender Studies Institute of the University of Toronto will present "Interrogating the Hijab Discourse," part of the "Brown Bag" lectures series of the Center of Women Studies in Education-Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE).
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November 10th, 2009: Video lecture for the College of Education at Monash University, Australia, "Negotiating the Neoliberal Discourse: Crossing Pedagogies of an arabyyah-muslimah Professor at New Mexico State University."
Select Publications
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Hamzeh, M., & Oliver, K. (2009). Gaining Research Access into the Lives of Muslim Girls: Researchers Negotiating Muslimness, Modesty, Inshallah, and Haram. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education 22(6),1-16.
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Oliver, K., Hamzeh, M., & McCaughtry, N. (2009). Girly girls can play games/Las niñas pueden jugar tambien': Co-creating a Curriculum of Possibilities with 5th Grade Girls. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 28(1), 90-110.
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Oliver, K., & Hamzeh, M., (in press). Boys won't let us play': 5th Grade Girls Publicize Self-Identified Crisis and Possible Changes to Their School Physical Activity Opportunities, Research Quarterly in Exercise and Sport.
