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Louise A. Cainkar
Marquette University
Occupation
Associate Professor
Contact
Secondary Phone: 414-288-5714
Fax: 414-288-6444
Social & Cultural Sciences
Marquette University PO Box 1881
Milwaukee WI 53201
United States
ABOUT
Associate Professor of Sociology and Social Welfare and Justice at Marquette University. Author of: Homeland Insecurity: The Arab American and Muslim American Experience after 9/11. (2009, New York: Russell Sage Foundation) and a wide range of articles and chapters on the Arab American and Muslim American Experience. Recent publication: "Global Arab Migrations and Diasporas" Arab Studies Journal. Spring 2013. Forthcoming 2013: “Homeland Imaginings among Diasporic Palestinian American Youth.” PoCoPages: Diasporas and Cultures of Mobilities. Judith Misrahi-Barak and Claudine Raynaud, eds. Presses Universitaires de la Méditerranée. Montpelier, France.
Discipline
Sociology
Sub Areas
Diaspora/Refugee Studies
Ethnic American Studies
Ethnography
Geographic Areas of Interest
Jordan
North America
Palestine
Yemen
Specialties
Arab Migration
Arab/Muslim Immigrants In US
Palestinians
Languages
Arabic (intermediate)
Education
PhD | 1988 | Socio | Northwestern U
MA | 1982 | Socio | Northwestern U
Abstracts
“Half/Half”: The Experiences of Palestinian American Teens brought back “Home” for High School. HOMELAND IMAGININGS of PALESTINIAN YOUTH IN THE US DIASPORA Counting Arab Americans in light of the Threat Narrative and White Privilege Sports and Racialized Diasporas: A Transnational Comparative Study of News Media, FIFA, and Middle Eastern and African Diaspora support for Morocco in Europe, North America, and South America.