Dr. Amal Fadlalla

Biography

Amal Hassan Fadlalla is an Associate Professor at the University of Michigan specializing in Anthropology, Women's Gender Studies, and Afro-American and African Studies. Her research focuses on global perspectives related to gender, health, reproduction, diaspora, transnationalism, population, development, and human rights. Fadlalla holds a B.S. and M.S. in Anthropology from the University of Khartoum and a Ph.D. from Northwestern University. She has authored critically acclaimed works, including 'Branding Humanity: Competing Narratives of Rights, Violence, and Global Citizenship' and 'Embodying Honor: Fertility, Foreignness, and Regeneration in Eastern Sudan.' Her academic articles have appeared in prominent journals such as Signs and Urban Anthropology, and she has contributed to several edited volumes addressing contemporary issues of inequality and insecurity in Africa and the Middle East. Fadlalla is committed to public scholarship and has engaged with various media platforms, sharing her insights on global issues. She has received numerous prestigious awards for her contributions to her field, including fellowships from the Rockefeller Foundation and the Population Council.

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