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GRID Student Spotlight

  • Congratulations to GRID student Mahbubeh Moqadam for presenting at the American Sociological Association (ASA) Conference! Mahbubeh's presentation titled "On Transnational Feminist Solidarity: A Study on Socialist Feminists in the Middle East."
  • Congratulations to GRID student Nehal Elmeligy for presenting at the American Sociological Association (ASA) Conference! Nehal presentation titled "Victim Blaming in Contemporary Egypt: Mainstream Narratives Vs. Feminist Counternarratives" And congratulations to her for receiving honorable mention for her paper titled ...
  • Congratulations to GRID student Fatou H Jobe for presenting at the American Sociological Association (ASA) Conference! Her presentation titled "Fishmeal Processing as a Catalyst for Women and Youth Solidarity in the Gambia"
  • Congratulations to GRID student Asha Sawhney for presenting at the American Sociological Association (ASA) Conference! Asha presentation titled "Beyond Ethnicity and ‘Belonging:’ The Global Aspirations of Afghan Refugees in Delhi, India"
  • GRID student Mahbubeh Moqadam has published a peer-reviewed academic article in the Journal of Asian African Studies titled 'Ali Shariati and Crafting a Collective Revolutionary Islamic Identity for Women: A Socio-Historical Perspective' (November 2023). 
  •     GRID student Janet Husunukpe presented her paper 'Centering African Feminist Practice in De-colonial Discourse' at the African Studies Conference that took place in December 2023.
  •   GRID student Adetutu Fabusoro will be presenting at the Academy of Human Resource Development in February in Virginia. The title of her paper is 'Career Experiences of Non-Native English-Speaking Workers in Corporate Organizations in Relation to Communication Competence: A Structured Literature Review. Here is the...
  • Lila Ann M. Wong, one of the GRID fellows and a Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Anthropology at UIUC, is awarded a Wenner-Gren Foundation Dissertation Fieldwork Grant; she recently completed 14 months of ethnographic research in Burkina Faso studying the political economy of cultural development, with a special emphasis on Burkinabè women's efforts to build of careers in the performing...
  • Anissa Chitwanga, a GRID fellow, has been awarded the: "Daniel S. Sanders Peace and Social Justice Memorial Fund Travel Award." This award will be used for travel expenses to support Anissa's research presentation at the biennial Joint Conference on Social Work, Education, and Social Development (SWSD), scheduled for April 4-7, 2024, in Panama.
  • Lila Ann M. Wong, one of the GRID fellows and a Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Anthropology at UIUC, and her colleague Hamadou Traoré collaboratively developed the program "Éducation Autour de la Culture" (Education Centered on Culture) in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso. Involving multiple weekly workshops in storytelling, dance, theater, music, singing, and crafts for approximately 100...