Academics

Faculty & Staff

Amani El-Jack, PhD

  • Assistant Professor of Women’s Studies, College of Liberal Arts Lecturer of Women's Leadership in a Global Perspective
    McCormack Graduate School
  • Telephone: 617.287.6783
  • Office Location: Wheatley Hall, 6th Floor, Room 67

Areas of Expertise

Gender; transnational migration; militarization/war; post-conflict reconstruction processes; globalization/global south with specific emphasis on Africa.

Degrees

PhD, Women’s Studies, York University

Professional Publications & Contributions

  • “Education is My Mother and Father: The ‘Invisible’ Women/Girls of South Sudan.” Forthcoming in Refuge Journal Special Issue: Higher Education of Refugees (vol. 27 no. 2).
  • “Protracted Sudanese Refugees: Why Gender Matters?” (March 2011), Washington DC: Middle East Institute.
  • Participative Social Assessment of Darfur and Southern Sudan. (2008). With S. Abdelnour, B. Badri, S. McGrath, D. Wheeler, & O. Branzei. Centre for Refugee Studies, York University, Toronto, Canada.
  • “Gendered Implications: Development-Induced Displacement in the Sudan.” (2007). In Development’s Displacements: Ecologies, Economies and Cultures at Risk. P. Vandergeest, P. Idahosa, and P. Bose (eds.). Vancouver, Canada: UBC Press.
  • “Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) in Sudan, Egypt, Libya & Chad.” (2005). In Explosive Remnants of War and Mines Other Than Anti-Personnel Mines. R. Moyes (ed.). London, UK: Landmine Action.
  • Gender and Armed Conflict: Overview Report. (2003). Brighton, UK: BRIDGE (Institute of Development Studies), University of Sussex.
  • “Gender Perspectives on the Management of Small Arms and Light Weapons in the Sudan.” (2002). In Gender Perspectives on Small Arms and Light Weapons: Regional and International Concerns. V. Farr and K. Gebre-Wold (eds.). Bonn, Germany: Bonn International Center for Conversion.

Additional Information

Projects in Progress:

Are We There Yet? Engendering Displacement, Development and Armed Conflicts in Sudan. Book proposal and manuscript in progress. The manuscript examines gender relations of displacement that are the result of the complex interplay between militarized conflict and development-induced displacement in southern Sudan.

“Wars and Conflicts in Africa.” A 25-page manuscript accepted by editors Nnoromele Salome and Anyanwu Ogechi for a text book they are editing on African Studies.

“Reconceptualizing Women Combatants: Toward a More Effective and Integrated Disarmament, Demobilization, Reintegration, and Transitional Justice.” Journal article in progress.

Courses Taught:

WOST 110: Women in Global Perspectives
WOST 280 Special Topics: Gender and Migration (online course)
WOST/AFRSTY 300L: Women in African Cultures
WOST 478/9: Independent Study
WOST 498: Honors Research Tutorial

PAF-G-697: Gender and Dispute Resolution around the World (online course), Women's Leadership in a Global Perspective Graduate Certificate Program