IU School of Liberal Arts

Najja N. Modibo

Campus Address: CA 306B
Phone: (317)274-5027
Email: nmodibo@iupui.edu
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Appointments

Associate Professor of Labor Studies
Adjunct Professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies
Adjunct Professor of Sociology

Education

B.A. York University, Toronto, 1978
M.A. University of Toronto, 1980
Ph.D. University of Toronto, 1995

Academic Interests

Welfare and Workfare Policy, Organization of Work, the African American Experience, Critical Pedagogy, Women Workers, Globalization and the Caribbean, and Gendered-Racism.

Awards

Teaching Excellence Recognition Award (TERA), IUPUI, 1998. Minority Faculty Development Grant, Office for Professional Development, IUPUI, 2001. Overseas Conference Grant, Office of International Programs, IU, Bloomington, 2003. International Projects and Activities Grant, President’s Council on International Programs, IU, Bloomington, 2003.

Publications

Articles in Canadian Woman Studies/les cahiers de la femme, and Race, Class and Gender: An Interdisciplinary & Multicultural Journal.

Service

Caribbean Planning Committee, Central Indiana Community Foundation, Indianapolis, IN., Jobs with Justice Committee, Indianapolis, IN.

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