DR. ELHUM HAGHIGHAT

Department of Political Science ​​​, Lehman College, City University of New York 

&

The Graduate Center - City University of New York

Faculty profile: 

 https://www.cuny.edu/about/centers-and-institutes/demographic-research/faculty-staff/#haghighat

 https://www.gc.cuny.edu/people/elhum-haghighat

Faculty member/affiliate of the following programs at the CUNY Graduate Center: 

• MA program, Middle Eastern Studies - Middle East & Middle Eastern American Center.
• MA program & certificate in Women & Gender Studies.
• CUNY Center for Demographic Research & Demography Certificate Program.

Emails:

• elhum.haghighat@lehman.cuny.edu
• ehaghighat@gc.cuny.edu
• dr.elhum.haghighat@outlook.com

Office: (347) 577-4051

​​I am professor and Chair of the Political Science Department at Lehman College- The City University of New York (CUNY) and faculty member of the CUNY's Graduate Center. My research is interdisciplinary and focuses on Demography (intersectionality of politics & demography, contextual demography), Development & Democratization, Politics of Inequality and Social Stratification, Gender and Social Justice. In addition, I have a continued interest in the nexus between education, work and social mobility. My regions/countries of expertise are the greater Middle East & North African region (MENA) and the United States.

My Books

• Demography & Democracy: Transitions in the Middle East & North Africa, published by Cambridge University Press
• Women in the Middle East & North Africa: Change & Continuity, published by Palgrave-Macmillan​​

My scholarly writings have appeared in a variety of peer reviewed journals including Middle East Critique; American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences; Identities: Journal of Politics, Gender and Culture; Industrial Relations, A Journal of Economy and Society; International Review of Sociology/Revue Internationale de Sociologie, International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, International Studies in Sociology of Education; Diaspora: Journal of Transnational Studies; Review of Middle East Studies (RoMES); International Journal of Middle East Studies (IJMES).

​I studied and worked in the Washington DC area for years. I have held positions as a senior research scientist, consultant, quantitative and policy analyst for the U.S. Department of Labor, The World Bank, the Executive Office of Public Leadership of the ETS (all in Washington, D.C.). I published several reports and articles on politics of inequality and social justice, education, immigration, development and policies. In addition, I have held visiting professorial posts at Bucknell University and Temple University prior to my positions at CUNY. 

​My current scholarly works are on demographic and democratic transitions in the MENA region and the contextual analysis of these transitions. I am also working on projects related to Gender, Space, and Politics.

Research

• Demography (intersectionality of demography & politics, contextual demography, Comparative, Middle East & North Africa)
• Population & Development
• Power, Resistance, & Democratization, social movements in the Middle East & North Africa region
• Identity Politics
• Popular Culture & Politics 
• Gender & Space (Middle East & North Africa, Iran)
• Gender Politics in Iran

Teaching

• Gender & Body Politics (U.S., Comparative, Middle East)
• Politics of Inequality: Class, Gender, Race, Ethnicity, Identity, Nationality & Intersectionality
• Identity Politics
• Social Research Methods (Introductory & Advanced)
• Political & Social Demography
• Demography of the Middle East
• Population, Development & Social Change
• Comparative Politics (Middle East) 
• Culture & Politics
• Education Policies, & Politics (U.S. & Comparative)
• Gender & Development
• Gender & Globalization