Caroline Seymour-Jorn

Associate Professor

Office: Curtin Hall 797
Phone: 414-229-5058
e-mail: csjorn@uwm.edu

Degree:

Ph.D., Anthropology, 1995, University of Chicago
M.A., Anthropology, 1990, University of Chicago

Research Interests:

Middle Eastern women's literature, intellectuals in the Middle East, Arab-American culture.

Teaching Interests:

Arabic Language and Literature, Anthropology of the Middle East.

Recent Publications:

"Etidal Osman: Egyptian Women's Writing and Creativity" Journal of Middle East Women's Studies. Vol. 2 No. 1 Winter 2006

"Arabic Language Learning among Arab Immigrants in Milwaukee, Wisconsin: A Study of Attitudes and Motivations". Journal of Muslim Affairs, Vol. 24, No. 1, April 2004.

"View from the Margin: Writer Ni'mat al-Bihiri on Gender Issues in Egypt". Critique, Spring 2004, 13(1).

"A New Language; Salwa Bakr on Depicting Egyptian Women's Worlds." Critique 11(2). Fall, 2002.

"The Arab Apocalypse as a Critique of Colonialism and Imperialism." Etel Adran: Critical Essays on the Arab-American Writer and Artist. Eds (Majaj and Amireh). MacFarland, 2002.