DEI Research and Engagement

DEI Research and Engagement

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are addressed across the research of the school. Sample scholarly and public outputs are presented below in alphabetical order of our faculty names within each category type. They cover topics such as race, gender, health disparities, migration, social justice, marginalized groups, alternative media, and much more.

Bettering NJ Together
With the people and communities of New Jersey, SC&I scholars focus on some of the most pressing issues of our time that impact the people of New Jersey in every area of our state, whether we live in urban, suburban, or rural communities.

Journal Articles

Kumar, D. (2018). Fighting from the margins: Neoliberalism, imperialism and the struggle to democratize the university. Democratic Communiqué, 27 (2), 4-24

Kumar, D. (2016). Imperialist feminism. International Socialist Review, 102 (fall), 56-70.

Kumar, D. (2017). Islamophobia and empire: An intermestic approach to the study of anti-Muslim racism. In N. Massoumi, T. Mills, & D. Miller (Eds.), What is Islamophobia? Racism, social movements, and the state (pp. 49-73). London: Pluto Press.

Kumar, D. (2017). Liberalism’s spawn: Imperialist feminism from the 19th century to the War on Terror. In A. Abraham-Hamanoiel, D. Freedman, G. Khiabany, K. Nash, & J. Petley (eds.) Liberalism in neoliberal times: Dimensions, contradictions, limits (pp. 239-250). London: Goldsmiths University Press.

Kumar, D. (2017). National security culture: Gender, race, and class in the production of imperial citizenship. International Journal of Communication, 11 (May), 2154-2177.

Kumar, D., “Race, Ideology, and Empire,” Dialectical Anthropology, Vol 39, Issue 1, 2015. This issue of DA was dedicated to essays critically appraising Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, and my invited essay responds to the solicited essays.

Conference Proceedings

Media

Kumar, D. (2015, December 21). The roots of Islamophobia. Jacobin.

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Kumar, D. and Barrett, P. What role did Sexism play in Warren’s failed presidential bid? Commondreams

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Matsaganis, M. D., Zhou, X., Cui-Laughton, C., & Zheng, Z. (2016). New York City’s ethnic media in the digital age. University at Albany, State University of New York and Center for Community and Ethnic Media.

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Politano, T. (2020). Juan Placencia Starts Over Again. The Acid & Fat of the American Dream. Edible Jersey, Oct. 2020

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DiStefano, M. J., Rivera, Y. M., Thrul, J., & Ali, J. (2019). Promoting justice in locating and tracking research participants through social media. American Journal of Bioethics, 19(6), 71-73. DOI 10.1080/15265161.2019.1602187

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White, K, Bald As I Am (short documentary film, in production), Producer, Videographer