At FDU: Riad Nasser

Office Tel.: # 973-443-8386
Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the center cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world.
W. B. Yeats, "The Second Coming"

Riad Nasser

Associate Professor, Department of Sociology

Education:
BA - Sociology, Tel-Aviv University.
MA - International Development, Clark University.
Ph.D. Sociology, University of Maryland.
Fields of Interest: Globalization, Nationalism (Media and Schools), and Ethnicity.

Courses: Globalization, Culture and Identity, Conflicts in Sociological and Cultural Perspective, Nationalism and Ethnicity, Classical & Contemporary Theory, Research Methods, Comparative Perspectives on Religion, Minorities in the Middle East, Schools and Society and Introduction to Sociology.

Publications:
1.Nasser, R. 2005. Palestinian Identity in Jordan and Israel. New York and London: Routledge Publication.


2. Nasser, R. 2004. Exclusion and the Making of Jordanian National Identity. Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, Vol. 10, pp.221-249.


3. Nasser, R. and Nasser, I. 2008. Textbooks as a Vehicle for Segregation and Domination: State Efforts to Shape Palestinian Israelis’ Identities as Citizens. Journal of Curriculum Studies, Vol. 40 (5).

4. Nasser, R. 2008. An unconvincing argument for cultural determinism. A Review of Islamic Imperialism: A History, by Efraim Karsh. Exploring Globalization: An Online Scholarly Journal, January.

Forthcoming Publications
Nasser, R. Recovered Histories and Contested Identities: Jordan, Israel, and Palestine. Associated Press (FDU Press). MS B scheduled for completion in 2008.

Ongoing Research
Return of the Sacred: Religious and Ethnic Identity in Christian, Jewish and Islamic Sunday Schools.

This study focuses on Christian, Jewish, and Islamic Sunday schools in the U.S. as part of a recently growing phenomenon of private/religious schools in Western countries. It attempts to understand religion’s role in shaping ethnic and collective identifications in a formally secular state as the U.S..

Awards
Outstanding Faculty Award –(EOF)Educational Oportunity Fund at FDU, 2005.

New Programs
1. Middle East Studies Minor – Developed a new interdisciplinary minor for Middle East Studies.
The minor offers students on both campuses a variety of courses from anthropology, communication, economics, literature, history, philosophy, political science, religion, and sociology. The program was launched in spring 2007.

2. Globalization and Society – Interdisciplinary minor. For the third year, enrollment in the minor continues to increase.

3. New Courses in Sociology and Middle East Studies include: Minorities in the Middle East, Arab-Islamic Culture and Civilization, and Arab Nationalism.

Email address: nasser@fdu.edu