Jen’nan Ghazal Read, associate professor of sociology and global health at Duke University and a contributor to The Immanent Frame, will be featured in Duke’s “online ‘office hours'” series next Friday. From the Duke website:
Muslims in post-9/11 America, including the political integration and assimilation experiences of Arab Americans and U.S. Muslims, will be among the topics discussed during a live webcast with Jen’nan Ghazal Read, associate professor of sociology and global health at Duke. This latest installment of Duke’s new online “office hours” series will run live on Duke’s Ustream channel beginning at 2 p.m. EDT Friday, Sept. 11.
Viewers can submit questions in advance or during the session by email to live@duke.edu, on the Duke University Live Ustream page on Facebook or via Twitter with the tag #dukelive.
A Carnegie scholar studying Muslim American political assimilation, Read is the author of the book “Culture, Class and Work Among Arab-American Women” (LFB Scholarly Publishing, 2004). She recently wrote an op-ed about media coverage of Muslims during Ramadan and blogged about President Obama’s speech to the Muslim world earlier this summer.
See the official press release here, and remember to watch on Friday, September 11, at 2 p.m. EDT.