Dr. Anita M. Weiss, Professor Emerita
Department of Int’l & Global Studies
University of Oregon
(Participating Faculty in Asian Studies, PPPM, Religious Studies, & Sociology)
5206 University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403-5206 USA
Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it.
Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. (–Goethe)
Receiving Faculty Excellence Award from then UO President Scott Coltrane
Education
Ph.D. (Sociology), University of California at Berkeley (1983) M.A. (Sociology), University of California at Berkeley (1976) B.A. (Sociology & South Asian Studies), Rutgers University (1975) Special Certificate in Asian Studies Award, Rutgers University (1975)
Regional Expertise
- Primary: South Asia (Pakistan and India)
- Secondary: Middle East/North Africa and Southeast Asia
Summary of Interests
Culture and Development in Pakistan; Social Change and Political Transformations in Pakistan; Comparative International Development; Development and Human Rights; Gender and International Development; Political Islam; Religion and Social Change; Sociology of South Asia; Women, Legal Reform and Social Change in the Muslim World
(Selected) Courses and Seminars that I used to teach
| INTL 422/522: Aid to Developing Countries Spring 2023 | |
| INTL 399 Islam and Global Forces Fall 2015 | |
| INTL 399 Pakistan & Afghanistan: Connecting the Problems and the Solutions Taught in Summer 2012 | |
| INTL 407/507 Militant Islam last taught Fall 2019 | |
| INTL 407/507 Women’s Movements around the World (formerly taught in summer) | |
| INTL 421/521: Gender and International Development Now being taught by Yvonne Braun
INTL 423/523: Development and the Muslim World No longer being taught |
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| INTL 442/ 542: South Asia : Development and Social Change Spring 2020
INTL 607 Graduate Core Seminar (IS graduate students only) INTL 640: Gender Analysis in Development Planning Special graduate Reading seminar last taught in Spring 2017 |
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| INTL 656 Proseminar: Research & Writing in International Studies (IS graduate students only) no longer being taught | |
| last updated 20 September 2023 | |