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Aneesa Baboolal

faculty

Aneesa Baboolal, PhD she/her

Assistant Professor

Crime & Justice Studies

Curriculum Vitae

Contact

508-999-8370

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Liberal Arts 399I

Education

2019University of DelawarePhD Sociology
2013University of AlabamaMA Women's Studies
2010John Jay College of Criminal Justice-City University of New YorkBA International Criminal Justice

Teaching

  • CJS 303 Islamophobia
  • CJS 315 Research Methods
  • CJS 333 International Crime and Justice

Teaching

Programs

Teaching

Courses

Selected topics in Black Studies. May be repeated with change of content/topic.

This course engages students with intersectional contexts of gendered and racialized crime and (in)justice. Areas of analysis include an introduction to historical and sociolegal processes of racialization and citizenship in the US, empire, and orientalism, pre and post-9/11 Muslimophobia via institutionalized policies and interpersonal violence, as well as examining the refugee crisis, intra-community prejudice, and social justice.

Engages students with transnational and intersectional contexts of crime and (in)justice, including international notions of justice. Areas of analysis include an introduction to the international criminal justice process, global trends in crime such as trafficking in humans, drugs, flora/fauna; green criminology, war crimes, and more. This course focuses on cross-cultural perspectives on gender-based violence, and globalized understandings of justice including human rights tribunals, truth commissions, grassroots movements, and more.

Topics will be determined by the faculty member and will therefore vary.

Teaching

Online and Continuing Education Courses

An introduction to both quantitative and qualitative approaches to research design and analysis. The goal of the course is to help students become competent at conducting and critiquing social research.
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Research

Research interests

  • Gender, Race/Ethnicity and Immigration
  • Qualitative Methodology
  • Intersectionality
  • Violence against women
  • Inclusivity In Higher Education

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Aneesa A. Baboolal is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Crime and Justice Studies at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Dr. Baboolal's research interests include gender-based violence across intersecting identities including, race/ethnicity, immigrant, and religious minority status. Her recent work examines how diverse Muslim communities respond to gendered and racialized violence in the United States post 9/11 and in recent years.

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