Ahmed Afzal
Election
Position
Name
Ahmed Afzal
Candidate statement
Associate Professor in Anthropology, California State University, Fullerton
Bio: Born and raised in Pakistan, I completed my undergraduate education at Vassar College and my graduate studies at the London School of Economics (MSc, Cultural Geography) and Yale University (MPhil and PhD, Cultural Anthropology). I currently serve as an Associate Professor in the Anthropology Department at California State University, Fullerton.
Candidate Statement:
Since 2001, I have conducted ethnographic research within South Asian American communities. My work among South Asian Muslims in Houston culminated in the publication of Lone Star Muslims: Transnational Lives and the South Asian Experience in Texas (NYU Press, 2015). My interdisciplinary research and teaching interests are at the intersection of transnationalism, digital and mass media, gender and sexuality, new immigrant experiences, and queer and Asian American studies.
As a dedicated member of the Association for Asian American Studies (AAAS), I have had the honor of serving as a mentor for the AAAS mentoring initiatives and as a Book Awards Jury Member for Social Sciences, Outstanding Scholarship Award. It would be an honor to serve as the Board representative for Southern California. I welcome this significant opportunity to advance initiatives that ensure social justice, inclusion, and diversity within AAAS’s programs and membership, representing our community's diverse identities, interests, and backgrounds.
Bio: Born and raised in Pakistan, I completed my undergraduate education at Vassar College and my graduate studies at the London School of Economics (MSc, Cultural Geography) and Yale University (MPhil and PhD, Cultural Anthropology). I currently serve as an Associate Professor in the Anthropology Department at California State University, Fullerton.
Candidate Statement:
Since 2001, I have conducted ethnographic research within South Asian American communities. My work among South Asian Muslims in Houston culminated in the publication of Lone Star Muslims: Transnational Lives and the South Asian Experience in Texas (NYU Press, 2015). My interdisciplinary research and teaching interests are at the intersection of transnationalism, digital and mass media, gender and sexuality, new immigrant experiences, and queer and Asian American studies.
As a dedicated member of the Association for Asian American Studies (AAAS), I have had the honor of serving as a mentor for the AAAS mentoring initiatives and as a Book Awards Jury Member for Social Sciences, Outstanding Scholarship Award. It would be an honor to serve as the Board representative for Southern California. I welcome this significant opportunity to advance initiatives that ensure social justice, inclusion, and diversity within AAAS’s programs and membership, representing our community's diverse identities, interests, and backgrounds.