Program: Anthropology & Education

Degree: Ph.D.

Previous Graduate Education:  M.A. Islam and Muslim/Christian Relations, Georgetown University; M.Ed. International Educational Development, Teachers College, Columbia University; M.Phil. Anthropology, Columbia University.

Research Interests: Globalization & Gender in Higher Education. Economic Transformation and Emerging Knowledge Markets. Transnational University Partnerships. Ethnophysiology, Cyborgization, & Politics of the Female Body.

Geographical Interests: Middle East and North Africa Region (MENA): specific focus on Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Sudan.

Selected Publications, Presentations, Works-in-Progress:
Dissertation (Work-in-Progress) Strategies, Spaces, and Status: Is Saudi Arabia’s Female Educated Elite “Driving” the Global Knowledge Economy?

Graham, L. (article under review) Public Policies, Private Places, and Women’s Bodies: Subtleties of Space in a Sudanese University.

Graham, L. (article under review) Bodies of Knowledge: Redefining and Relocating Political Power in the Sudan.

Graham, L. (article under review) The Practice of Learning in Sacred and Social Spaces: Analysis of a Mosque-School- Family Network in Post-9/11 NYC.

Graham, L. (2009, Dec.). Putting Words to Work: Globalization Discourse and Symbolic Capital among University Women in Saudi Arabia. Paper to be presented at the 108th American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.

Graham, L. (2009, March). “In Sudan, Your Body is Not Your Own:” Private Places, Public Practice, and Capitalist Dreams. Paper presented at “Neo-Imperialism” in Post-Independence Africa Conference, Yale University, New Haven, CT.

Graham, L. (2009, February). Emerging from the Womb: A Women’s University and Social Change in Sudan. Paper presented at the Ethnography in Education Research Forum, Center for Urban Ethnography, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.

Graham, L. (2008, September). Bodies of Knowledge: Redefining and Relocating Political Power in Sudan. Paper presented at the Oxford Ethnography and Education Conference, Oxford, UK.

Graham, L. (2008, March). Knowledge Economy and Political Power in Sudan: An Ethnographic Look at Educational Equity in Sudanese Universities.  Paper presented at the Comparative and International Education Society, New York, NY.

Graham, L. (2007, October). Sentinels of a Fragile Peace: Women, Education and Political Participation in Sudan. Paper presented at the African Studies Association, New York, NY.

Graham, L. (2007, March). Locating International Student Exchange: Education and Tourism in Tanzania. Paper accepted for the Society for Applied Anthropology Conference, Tampa, FL.

Graham, L. (2006, April). Education as the Foundation: Women Building Peace and Prosperity in Sudan. Paper accepted for the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy Conference, Washington, D.C.

Graham, L. (2006, March). Education and Tourism in Tanzania: Unlikely Partners in National Development? Paper presented at the Comparative and International Education Society Conference, Honolulu, HI.

Graham, L. (2005, May). National Education Policy in Sudan: Common Thread or Common Threat? Paper presented at the Human Rights in Africa Symposium, New York, NY.

Research Grants & Fellowships:
Boren Graduate Fellowship, U.S. Dept. of State 2009-2011 (to support dissertation research in Saudi Arabia)

Fairfax Professional Development Grant, Teachers College, Fall 2008

President’s Committee for Community and Diversity Grant, Teachers College, 2006, 2007, 2008

Foreign Language/ Area Studies Fellowship (FLAS) for Arabic, U.S. Dept. of Education 2006/07

Institutional Scholarship Award, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2006/07, 2007/08

Earth Institute Travel Grant, Columbia University Earth Institute, Winter 2006