In Memoriam: Marnia Lazreg

A Graduate Center-affiliated sociologist is remembered as one of the most respected academic voices on women’s affairs in North Africa.

No Box to Check: When the Census Doesn’t Reflect You

While people of MENA heritage are by no means monolithic, they do share one common experience in the United States. On official forms, most don’t see themselves represented among the check boxes for race or ethnicity. With few good options, many end up being counted as “white.”

New Department of Social and Critical Inquiry Established in CLAS at UConn

The new Department of Social and Critical Inquiry unites four CLAS formerly non-departmentally organized units into a single department: the American Studies Program, the Asian and Asian American Studies Institute, the Native American and Indigenous Studies Initiative, and the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program.