"Race and Gender in Post 9/11 Hate Acts Against American Muslims           Henke Lounge

In conjunction with the Arab Heritage Celebration, Dr. Louise Cainkar will speak in the Henke Lounge on November 16 at 12:00pm. Dr. Louise Cainkar is a professor of sociology at Marquette University as well as a recipient of the Carnegie Corporation Scholar Award, with which she is studying the Islamization of the Arab Community in Metropolitan Chicago. Her work in this area also examines Islamic revival among second-generation Arab immigrants and the relative importance of local, transnational, and global factors.  She will be speaking about hate acts against American Muslims after 9/11.