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May Aldabbagh
New York University
Occupation
Assistant Professor
Contact
Primary Phone: +971-503944039
New York University Abu Dhabi
Sama Tower
Abu Dhabi 129188
United Arab Em
ABOUT
May Al-Dabbagh is an assistant professor at New York University in Abu Dhabi with an associated appointment in New York. She conducts research on women, gender, and work in the Gulf using a combination of social psychology, public policy, and postcolonial feminist lenses. A graduate of Dhahran Ahliyya Schools (Saudi Arabia), she then received a BA (Harvard University) and a PhD (Oxford University) in psychology. She has published in Organization Science, Journal of Middle East Women’s Studies, and Idafat: Arab Journal of Sociology (in Arabic). Her current research is on the construction of modern motherhood and work in the Gulf.
Discipline
Sociology
Sub Areas
Development
Gender/Women's Studies
Identity/Representation
Globalization
Gulf Studies
Geographic Areas of Interest
Arab States
Gulf
Saudi Arabia
UAE
Languages
Arabic (native)
Education
DPhil | 2004 | Experimental Psych | U of Oxford
BA | 1999 | Psychology | Harvard College
Abstracts
Mom-preneurs and Tech-preneurs: The Construction of Modern Motherhood and Work in the Gulf