Soofia K. Hussain

Soofia K. Hussain is a full professor of sociology at Nassau Community College , Garden City. She has a doctorate from Columbia University and specializes in the areas of family, gender roles, bureaucracy - besides, of course, migration. Dr. Hussain is the author of many published articles and has presented extensively at professional conventions.

Striped Zebra

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Striped Zebra: The Immigrant Psyche is a presentation on the forthcoming research volume on the subject of migration. The metaphor of Striped Zebra postulates that – upon migration – an immigrant’s mind assumes a “dyadic” structure, in which two parallel streams of thought run side by side. One of these, called the “Seed” values is … Read more