Dr. Tariq Khan

Biography

Tariq Khan is a lecturer in the Department of Psychology with a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He employs an interdisciplinary approach to understand the intertwined forces shaping social, political, economic, and cultural institutions. His wide-ranging research interests and teaching experience span fields including global capitalism, transnational studies, U.S. history, psychology, sociology, ethnicity and race studies, gender studies, colonialism and postcolonialism, labor and working-class history, radical social movements, and public history. He has contributed to community-based research and published works such as a chapter in 'Wobblies World: Global History IWW' and 'Frantz Fanon' in the anthology 'Fifty Key Scholars Black Social Thought.' His forthcoming book, 'Republic Kept Clean: Settler Colonial Violence Shaped Antileft Repression,' reflects his focus on historical narratives from below and their implications for understanding contemporary issues.

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