Amy Malek Explained

Amy Malek
Birth Date:c. 1979/1980
Birth Place:United States
Alma Mater:Emory University,
New York University,
University of California, Los Angeles
Occupation:Chair and Director of a university department, assistant professor, scholar, sociocultural anthropologist
Known For:Iranian Diaspora Studies
Website:http://www.amymalek.com/

Amy Malek (born c. 1979/1980), is an American assistant professor, scholar, and sociocultural anthropologist.[1] She serves as the endowed Chair and Director in Iranian and Persian Gulf Studies (IPGS) at Oklahoma State University, Stillwater.[2] Her work focuses on the migration, citizenship, memory, and culture in the Iranian diaspora.[3] Malek is an Iranian-American.[4]

Education and career

Malek has a bachelor's degree (2003) from Emory University; and a Master of Arts degree (2005) in Near Eastern studies from New York University. She holds a Ph.D. (2015) in anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). While attending UCLA, she took an interest in studying the second generation of Iranian immigrants.[5] [6] [7]

From 2016 to 2022, she was an assistant professor of international studies at the College of Charleston.[8] From 2019 to 2021, Malek was an associate research scholar at Princeton University’s Sharmin and Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies.[9] [10] In Fall of 2022, she joined Oklahoma State University, Stillwater.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: February 17, 2020 . Global Cafe: Contests of Inclusion: A Comparative Ethnography of Iranians in the U.S. & Canada . 2022-09-29 . University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
  2. News: August 24, 2022 . Dr. Amy Malek Joins the School of Global Studies as Assistant Professor . States News Service . Gale Academic OneFile .
  3. Moghaddari . Sonja . 2020 . Localizing Iranian diaspora politics: A comparative approach to transnational critique and incorporation . Confluences Méditerranée . fr . 113 . 2 . 77–89 . 10.3917/come.113.0077 . 226593150 . 1148-2664.
  4. News: Johnston . Holly . Omar . Shahla . October 15, 2020 . Iran's jailed dual nationals: pawns in an IRGC power play . Rudaw .
  5. News: Amirani . Shoku . 2012-09-29 . Tehrangeles: How Iranians made part of LA their own . en-GB . BBC News . 2022-09-29.
  6. News: 2010-07-12 . Art Review: Snapshots from an emerging culture . 29 . The Los Angeles Times . 2022-09-29.
  7. News: 2013-06-06 . Los Angeles, l'autre capitale de l'Iran . fr . Le Monde.fr . 2022-09-29.
  8. Web site: Bajoghli . Narges . October 2, 2017 . 'The last Iranian Americans': The Trump administration's "Travel Ban 3.0" runs the risk of turning current Iranian Americans into the last of their kind . 2022-09-29 . . en.
  9. Web site: 2020 . Sharmin and Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies Annual Review . Issu.
  10. News: Parvini . Sarah . 2020-11-24 . Iranian diaspora has eyes on new president . A1, A7 . The Los Angeles Times . 2022-09-29.
  11. News: December 31, 2010 . Found in Translation - Exile as a Productive Experience in the Work of Iranian Artists . Nukta Art, vol. 5, no. 2.
  12. News: Newcomb . Rachel . April 16, 2020 . Iranian Americans' stories of rejection and belonging . . 0190-8286.

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