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Nafisa Tanjeem

Nafisa Tanjeem

Nafisa Tanjeem is an Assistant Professor of Gender, Race, and Sexuality Studies and Global Studies at Lesley University. Her website is here and she can be contacted at ntanjeem@lesley.edu.

Articles by this author

 
"Pregnancy could be a rewarding yet challenging and stressful experience for women," writes Tanjeem. "Pregnant women need not the additional burden of dealing with the impossible “choice” of getting the vaccine in the absence of reliable clinical trial data." (Photo: John Moore/Getty Images)

The Impossibility of an "Informed Choice": The Covid-19 Vaccine and Pregnant Women

And why scientific protocols should move away from protecting women from research and support women through research.

Nafisa Tanjeem ·

"One of the increasingly popular survival mechanisms for struggling universities is to succumb to the eLearning market," write Tanjeem and Illuzzi. (Photo: iStock/Getty Images)

How COVID-19 Is Normalizing an eLearning-Industrial-Complex in US Higher Education

We should think critically about whether the emergency response at a moment of crisis is being used to justify the questionable collaboration of neoliberal universities with a billion-dollar eLearning industry that prioritizes profit over learning.

Nafisa Tanjeem ·

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) wears a face mask to protect herself from the coronavirus during a press conference in the Corona neighborhood of Queens on April 14, 2020 in New York City. (Photo: Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images)

Eclipsed Race and Class? Calling AOC a 'B*tch' Is Not Just About Sexism

What Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez experienced last week is a continuation of the trend of using sexist and racist slurs against powerful women of color.

Nafisa Tanjeem ·

International travelers leave the Customs and Immigration area of Dulles International Airport (IAD) June 29, 2017, outside Washington, D.C., in Dulles, Virginia. (Photo: Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images)

Despite Trump Reversal on Visas, Struggles of International Students Haven't Ended

If the violence or discrimination doesn't seem as spectacular as the recent ICE directive to the U.S. liberal taste, it too often gets normalized and remains ignored.

Nafisa Tanjeem ·

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