Najia Aarim-Heriot
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On leave for the academic year 2007-2008
- Associate Professor
Ph.D., Temple University, 1996
- E308 Thompson Hall
Office Phone: 716/673-3883
E-mail: najia.aarim@fredonia.edu
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Specializes in African-American and Asian-American history, and Race and Ethnic Studies
Teaches the following courses:
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- HY 203 History through Films
- HY 220 Introduction to Ethnicity
- HY 333 African-American History to 1865
- HY 334 African-American History since 1865
- HY 344 African-American Social Thought
- HY 345 Asian-American History
- HY 387 Comparative Slave Societies
- HY 399 African-American Social Thought
- HY 499 Research Seminar in Race and Ethnicity in American History
- HY 643 Graduate Research Seminar in African-American Studies
Current research focuses on comparative ethnic and racial studies, Asian-American and African-American history, impact of transnational migrations in the western world (especially the US, France, and Great Britain), questions of pluralism, consequences of diasporas, ethics of immigration restriction, migration and human rights, race and ethnic relations in France, and race relations in a global perspective. Other interests include film studies, gender relations, women's literary and oral traditions, Islamic civilization and Islamic law. |
