The Racial Violence Hub

Feminist Scholars on Policing and Empire

Presenters

Dr. Inderpal Grawal

Professor Emeritus of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Yale University. She is one of the founders of the field of transnational feminist studies, and known for her work on transnational feminism, cultural theory, feminist theory, and her extensive research on cultures of colonialism and empire.

Dr. Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian

Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, a Palestinian feminist, is the Lawrence D. Biele Chair in Law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Faculty of Law, Institute of Criminology, and Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare.

Dr. Sunaina Maira

Professor of Asian American Studies, and affiliated with the Middle East/South Asia Studies program and the Cultural Studies Graduate Group. Her research and teaching focus on Asian, Arab, and Muslim American youth culture, migrant rights and refugee organizing, and transnational movements challenging militarization, imperialism, and settler colonialism.