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Dr. Attiya Ahmad serves as an Associate Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs at The George Washington University in Washington DC, USA, where she is a full-time faculty member in the MA Middle East Studies program and teaches core anthropology courses including Sociocultural Anthropology and Gender Studies.
Her academic foundation includes:
- Ph.D. from Duke University (2009)
- M.A. from Duke University (2005)
- B.A. Hons from the University of Toronto (2000)
Dr. Ahmad's research expertise spans gender and feminist studies, Islam and Muslim societies, transnationalism, migration and diaspora studies, tourism studies, political economy, and Middle East and South Asia studies. Her current projects investigate global halal tourism networks and the interplay between transnational labor migration and religious movements in the Arabian/Persian Gulf, with particular focus on South Asian migrant women's experiences.
Her publications from 2009-2017 reveal consistent ethnographic exploration of gendered Islamic reform and political economy in Gulf societies, examining marriage practices, labor conditions, religious education spaces, and emergent piety among migrant communities through critical feminist lenses.
Dr. Ahmad's scholarly contributions have been recognized through prestigious fellowships:
- ACLS/LUCE Fellowship in Religion, Journalism and International Affairs at Columbia University (2017-2018)
- Stanford Humanities Center Fellowship (2014-2015)
- Visiting Scholar at Boğaziçi University (2015)
- Postdoctoral Fellow at Georgetown University (2009-2010)
She actively shapes academic discourse through editorial roles at Feminist Studies and Anthropological Quarterly, though specific student advising details and grant histories are not documented in available materials. Her work bridges anthropology and international affairs through rigorous fieldwork in Gulf migration corridors.
