Afshan Jafar
Biographic Data
| ID | 274033 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Afshan Jafar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Afshan |
| FAMILY NAME | Jafar |
| SIGNATURE | JAFAR A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Connecticut College, New London, CT, USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3193-6755 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 129 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The Lasting Impact of a First Impression: An Exercise for the First Day of Class
This article details an exercise for the first day of class in an introductory sociology course. Students in two sections of Introduction to Sociology taught by the same professor and covering the same content, with the exception of the exercise on the first day of class, were surveyed at the end of the semester regarding the first day. Student responses in the section with the experiment reveal that students believe that the activity is useful i…
Asking the Right Questions: Teaching about Islam and Globalization
This article describes an exercise designed to introduce the topic of Islam and Muslims in a Sociology of Globalization course. The activity asks students to complete a sentence regarding Muslim women. Rather than provide any definitive answers regarding Islam or Muslims, the purpose of the exercise is for students to see the reductive nature of the questions that are often asked about Islam and Muslims. Students who took the course in the spring…
Student Engagement, Accountability, and Empowerment: A Case Study of Collaborative Course Design
This article describes an experiment in collaborative course design in a midlevel sociology course. Unlike most of the literature on collaborative teaching and learning, which often deals with collaboration among students, this article discusses collaboration between the instructor and students. The students in this course collaborated with the instructor in designing the course—choosing the readings and developing the assignments—from the first …
A Gender Lens on Religion
This special issue is the result of concerns about the marginalized status of gender within the sociology of religion. The collection of exciting new research in this special issue advocates for the importance of a gender lens on questions of religion in order to highlight issues, practices, peoples, and theories that would otherwise not be central to the discipline. We encourage sociologists who study religion to engage more in interdisciplinary…
Bodies Without Borders
1. The Global Martial Circuit and Globalized Bodies Lionel Loh Han Loong 2. West Indian Immigrant Women, Body Politics and Cultural Citizenship Kamille Gentles-Peart 3. Don't You See? (Personal Reflection) Monica Moreno Figueroa 4. New Femininity, Neoliberalism and Young Women's Fashion Blogs in Singapore and Malaysia Joel Gwynne 5. Fashion of Fear: Securing the Body in an Unequal Global World Barbara Sutton 6. My Struggle with the Headscarf (Per…
Global Beauty, Local Bodies
This collection of original scholarly work and first-person accounts takes globalization processes and the transnational links these processes create as the jumping-off point for an examination of wha
Engaging Fundamentalism: The Case of Women's NGOs in Pakistan
Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have recently become the focus of much scholarly debate. Yet, we know little about the pressures that NGOs face and the contexts that they operate within, for most empirical research focuses solely on the relationship between NGOs and the state. By contrast, this article focuses on the relationship between women's NGOs and religious fundamentalism in Pakistan. I rely on ethnographic data collected in Pakistan …
Women, islam, and the state in Pakistan
Little red riding hood in college
Consent or coercion? Sexual relationships between college faculty and students
A Gender Lens on Religion
This special issue is the result of concerns about the marginalized status of gender within the sociology of religion. The collection of exciting new research in this special issue advocates for the importance of a gender lens on questions of religion in order to highlight issues, practices, peoples, and theories that would otherwise not be central to the discipline. We encourage sociologists who study religion to engage more in interdisciplinary…
Women, islam, and the state in Pakistan
Engaging Fundamentalism: The Case of Women's NGOs in Pakistan
Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have recently become the focus of much scholarly debate. Yet, we know little about the pressures that NGOs face and the contexts that they operate within, for most empirical research focuses solely on the relationship between NGOs and the state. By contrast, this article focuses on the relationship between women's NGOs and religious fundamentalism in Pakistan. I rely on ethnographic data collected in Pakistan …
Student Engagement, Accountability, and Empowerment: A Case Study of Collaborative Course Design
This article describes an experiment in collaborative course design in a midlevel sociology course. Unlike most of the literature on collaborative teaching and learning, which often deals with collaboration among students, this article discusses collaboration between the instructor and students. The students in this course collaborated with the instructor in designing the course—choosing the readings and developing the assignments—from the first …
Asking the Right Questions: Teaching about Islam and Globalization
This article describes an exercise designed to introduce the topic of Islam and Muslims in a Sociology of Globalization course. The activity asks students to complete a sentence regarding Muslim women. Rather than provide any definitive answers regarding Islam or Muslims, the purpose of the exercise is for students to see the reductive nature of the questions that are often asked about Islam and Muslims. Students who took the course in the spring…
Consent or coercion? Sexual relationships between college faculty and students
Consent or coercion? Sexual relationships between college faculty and students
Women, islam, and the state in Pakistan
Little red riding hood in college
Engaging Fundamentalism: The Case of Women's NGOs in Pakistan
Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have recently become the focus of much scholarly debate. Yet, we know little about the pressures that NGOs face and the contexts that they operate within, for most empirical research focuses solely on the relationship between NGOs and the state. By contrast, this article focuses on the relationship between women's NGOs and religious fundamentalism in Pakistan. I rely on ethnographic data collected in Pakistan …
Bodies Without Borders
1. The Global Martial Circuit and Globalized Bodies Lionel Loh Han Loong 2. West Indian Immigrant Women, Body Politics and Cultural Citizenship Kamille Gentles-Peart 3. Don't You See? (Personal Reflection) Monica Moreno Figueroa 4. New Femininity, Neoliberalism and Young Women's Fashion Blogs in Singapore and Malaysia Joel Gwynne 5. Fashion of Fear: Securing the Body in an Unequal Global World Barbara Sutton 6. My Struggle with the Headscarf (Per…
Global Beauty, Local Bodies
This collection of original scholarly work and first-person accounts takes globalization processes and the transnational links these processes create as the jumping-off point for an examination of wha
A Gender Lens on Religion
This special issue is the result of concerns about the marginalized status of gender within the sociology of religion. The collection of exciting new research in this special issue advocates for the importance of a gender lens on questions of religion in order to highlight issues, practices, peoples, and theories that would otherwise not be central to the discipline. We encourage sociologists who study religion to engage more in interdisciplinary…
Student Engagement, Accountability, and Empowerment: A Case Study of Collaborative Course Design
This article describes an experiment in collaborative course design in a midlevel sociology course. Unlike most of the literature on collaborative teaching and learning, which often deals with collaboration among students, this article discusses collaboration between the instructor and students. The students in this course collaborated with the instructor in designing the course—choosing the readings and developing the assignments—from the first …
Asking the Right Questions: Teaching about Islam and Globalization
This article describes an exercise designed to introduce the topic of Islam and Muslims in a Sociology of Globalization course. The activity asks students to complete a sentence regarding Muslim women. Rather than provide any definitive answers regarding Islam or Muslims, the purpose of the exercise is for students to see the reductive nature of the questions that are often asked about Islam and Muslims. Students who took the course in the spring…
The Lasting Impact of a First Impression: An Exercise for the First Day of Class
This article details an exercise for the first day of class in an introductory sociology course. Students in two sections of Introduction to Sociology taught by the same professor and covering the same content, with the exception of the exercise on the first day of class, were surveyed at the end of the semester regarding the first day. Student responses in the section with the experiment reveal that students believe that the activity is useful i…
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