Nafisa Tanjeem
Nafisa Tanjeem is an Assistant Professor of Global Studies and Gender, Race, and Sexuality Studies at Lesley University.
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Views Friday, August 07, 2020 How COVID-19 Is Normalizing an eLearning-Industrial-Complex in US Higher Education In an Intercept piece earlier this year, Naomi Klein uses the term “coronavirus capitalism” to describe how the cataclysmic global Covid-19 pandemic is normalizing oppressive, capitalist practices that were previously unthinkable. She explains the way predatory ideas and practices of the government... Read more |
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Views Sunday, July 26, 2020 Eclipsed Race and Class? Calling AOC a 'B*tch' Is Not Just About Sexism In response to Congressman Ted Yoho's horrible sexist abuse, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) offered a powerful critique of the culture of misogyny, impunity, and dehumanization of women in a passionate speech on the House floor last Thursday. Using the same brush to paint... Read more |
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Views Thursday, July 16, 2020 Despite Trump Reversal on Visas, Struggles of International Students Haven't Ended In an unprecedently swift immigration policy reversal, the Trump administration was forced to rescind the policy that barred international students taking online-only classes from staying in the United States. As a former international student and an immigrant faculty of color at a U.S. university... Read more |