Fauzia Husain

Fauzia Husain is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Queen's University, affiliated with the Department of Sociology within the Faculty of Arts and Science. Her research focuses on how Muslim communities navigate stigma and cultural contradictions in global contexts, particularly examining Muslim women's agency in professional and intimate spheres. She employs ethnographic methods to explore topics such as workplace stigma, halal dating practices, and immigrant integration.

Education:

• PhD in Sociology, University of Virginia (2019)
• MA in Media and Public Affairs, George Washington University
• MA in Sociology, University of Virginia

Research Interests: Gender, Sexuality, Cultural Sociology, Globalization, Immigration, Muslim Communities, Islamophobia, Qualitative Methods.

Key Research Themes: Her work analyzes how Muslim women in majority and minority contexts negotiate race, class, and gender inequalities. Current projects investigate immigrant women's family dynamics in new cultural settings and resistance to moral panics around sex education in public schools.

Publications: Includes her 2024 book The Stigma Matrix (Stanford UP) and articles in Signs and Poetics. Her research has been supported by grants from the National Science Foundation and Fulbright Program.

Awards:

• Distinguished Article Award (ASA Sexualities Section, 2021)
• U.S. Fulbright Scholarship (2007)
• Multiple university fellowships

Advising & Grants: Supervises MA/PhD students on cultural sociology, gender/sexuality topics, and immigrant integration. Research interests include moral panics around school curricula and pronoun usage among Muslim communities.