2007 - Present |
Membership |
Editorial board member |
Arab World Geographer |
2009 - Present |
Membership |
Editorial board member |
Political Geography |
2014 - Present |
Membership |
Advisory committee member and research-ethics advisor |
YouCitizen (European Research Council project on youth citizenship in post-conflict societies) |
09/2000 |
Professional Activity |
Co-organizer with Eleonor Kofman and Parvati Raghuram, ‘New patterns, new theories: a conference on international migration’ |
Nottingham Trent University, UK |
2002 - 2003 |
Professional Activity |
End-of-award rapporteur |
Economic and Social Research Council (UK) |
2002 |
Professional Activity |
Guest Editor, special issue on ‘The geopolitics of international migration’ |
Political Geography |
09/2003 |
Professional Activity |
Co-organizer with Kathrin Horschelmann, University of Plymouth (UK), three-part session entitled ‘Population, youth, and society in transition: identities, citizenship, and representation in the New Europe,’ |
Royal Geographical Society-Institute of British Geographers Annual Conference, London |
05/2005 |
Professional Activity |
Panel participant for new funding program on migration, development, and human rights |
Macarthur Foundation planning committee |
2005 - 2007 |
Professional Activity |
Master’s Degree Thesis Coordinator |
Loughborough University, Department of Geography |
2005 - 2007 |
Professional Activity |
Department Disabilities Coordinator |
Loughborough University, Department of Geography |
2005 |
Professional Activity |
Book manuscript reviewer |
PearsonPrentice Hall |
2005 - 2006 |
Professional Activity |
External examiner, PhD thesis |
Durham University |
09/2006 |
Professional Activity |
Co-organizer with Peter Hopkins, University of Lancaster (UK), and Joe Liebovitz, University of Edinburgh (UK), three-part session entitled ‘Urban politics of identity and territoriality,’ |
Royal Geographical Society-Institute of British Geographers Annual Conference, London |
10/2006 |
Professional Activity |
Co-organizer with Patricia Ehrkamp, University of Kentucky, workshop on ‘Immigrant activism in national and transnational contexts’ |
11th Annual Metropolis Conference, Lisbon, Portugal |
2006 - 2007 |
Professional Activity |
Undergraduate Admissions Tutor |
Loughborough University, Department of Geography |
2007 |
Professional Activity |
Coastal Zone Management Search Committee member |
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, Department of Geography |
2007 |
Professional Activity |
Contributor, Consultation on Refugee Rights and Responsibilities |
Information Centre about Asylum and Refugees in the UK |
2007 |
Professional Activity |
Grant proposal reviewer |
Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada |
2007 |
Professional Activity |
Grant proposal reviewer |
National Geographic Society |
2007 |
Professional Activity |
End-of-award rapporteur |
Economic and Social Research Council (UK) |
2007 - 2012 |
Professional Activity |
Faculty Associate, Office of Academic Integrity |
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC |
2007 - Present |
Professional Activity |
Faculty Associate, Walker Institute of International and Area Studies |
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC |
02/2008 |
Professional Activity |
Participant/Lecturer |
South Carolina Geographic Alliance GeoFest |
06/2008 |
Professional Activity |
Participant/Lecturer |
South Carolina Geographic Alliance Summer Geography Institute |
2008 - 2009 |
Professional Activity |
Awards Committee |
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, Department of Geography |
2008 - 2013 |
Professional Activity |
Undergraduate Advisor |
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, Department of Geography |
2008 - 2012 |
Professional Activity |
Graduate Admissions Committee |
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, Department of Geography |
2008 - 2010 |
Professional Activity |
Library Representative |
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, Department of Geography |
03/2009 |
Professional Activity |
Lecturer, Global Migration |
Shepherd’s Center community lecture series |
06/2009 |
Professional Activity |
Participant/Lecturer |
South Carolina Geographic Alliance Summer Geography Institute |
2009 |
Professional Activity |
Book manuscript reviewer |
PearsonPrentice Hall |
2009 |
Professional Activity |
Book manuscript reviewer |
Zed Books |
2010 |
Professional Activity |
Guest Editor, with Peter Hopkins, University of Newcastle (UK), special issue on ‘Spaces of multiculturalism’ |
Space and Polity |
2010 - 2012 |
Professional Activity |
Editorial board member |
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers |
04/2011 |
Professional Activity |
Participant, Teacher workshop on religious diversity in South Carolina |
sponsored by South Carolina Geographic Alliance, in conjunction with Patricia Ehrkamp, University of Kentucky |
11/2011 |
Professional Activity |
Lecturer, Lebanon and the Arab World in Transition |
Palmetto Forum lecture series |
2011 - 2012 |
Professional Activity |
Colloquium Coordinator |
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, Department of Geography |
02/2012 |
Professional Activity |
Participant/Lecturer |
South Carolina Geographic Alliance GeoFest |
2012 - 2013 |
Professional Activity |
Graduate Admissions Committee Chair |
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, Department of Geography |
2012 |
Professional Activity |
Book manuscript reviewer |
Pluto Press |
2012 - 2013 |
Professional Activity |
Specialty CommitteeChair, Global and Multicultural Understanding, Carolina Core |
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC |
2012 - 2016 |
Professional Activity |
Director, Islamic World Studies Program |
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC |
10/2013 - 11/2013 |
Professional Activity |
Lecturer, four-part series on immigration and ‘welcoming the stranger’ |
St. Martin’s-in-theFields Episcopal Church, Columbia SC |
2013 - 2014 |
Professional Activity |
Grant proposal reviewer |
National Science Foundation |
2013 - 2015 |
Professional Activity |
Book manuscript reviewer |
Oxford University Press |
2013 - 2015 |
Professional Activity |
Graduate Council |
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC |
2013 - 2016 |
Professional Activity |
Graduate Director |
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, Department of Geography |
2013 - 2016 |
Professional Activity |
Advisory Committee Member, Walker Institute of International and Area Studies |
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC |
04/2014 |
Professional Activity |
Organizer with Peter Hopkins, University of Newcastle (UK), two-part session on Critical Geographies of Religion |
Association of American Geographers, Tampa (Annual Meeting) |
04/2014 |
Professional Activity |
Organizer, author-meets-the-critics panel for Jamie Winders’ Nashville in the New Millennium: Immigrant Settlement, Urban Transformation, and Social Belonging |
Association of American Geographers, Tampa (Annual Meeting) |
2014 |
Professional Activity |
Book manuscript reviewer |
Routledge |
2014 |
Professional Activity |
Grant proposal reviewer |
Berlin American Academy |
2014 |
Professional Activity |
Grant proposal reviewer |
National Geographic Society |
2014 |
Professional Activity |
Chair, Graduate Council Fellowship and Awards Committee |
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC |
2014 - 2016 |
Professional Activity |
Vice Chair, Urban Geography Speciality Group |
American Association of Geographers |
01/2015 |
Professional Activity |
Lecturer, ‘Islam and Islamic Radicals in Europe’ |
Palmetto Forum lecture series |
02/2015 |
Professional Activity |
Participant, AP Geography Teacher Workshop |
South Carolina Geographic Alliance |
05/2015 |
Professional Activity |
Lecturer, four-part series on immigration |
Shepherd’s Center community lecture series |
09/2015 |
Professional Activity |
Guest Editor, Intervention: The legacies of the U.S. Civil Rights Act, fifty years on (special section featuring collection of short essay-editorials) |
Political Geography |
11/2015 |
Professional Activity |
Organizer, public panel on Syrian Refugee Crisis |
sponsored by Islamic World Studies Program and Walker Institute of International and Area Studies |
2015 - 2016 |
Professional Activity |
Graduate Curriculum Committee |
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC |
02/2016 |
Professional Activity |
Co-organizer, public performance of one-woman play, My Name is Rachel Corrie |
cosponsored by Islamic World Studies Program and Students for Justice in Palestine |
04/2016 |
Professional Activity |
Panelist, ‘Islamophobia: A Response’, public panel discussion sponsored by Carolina Peace Resource Center and USC Islamic World Studies Program |
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC |
07/2016 |
Professional Activity |
Invited Contributor, blog ‘Echoes of Cologne’ forum (‘“Welcome culture” has ended in Europe; it never started in the U.S.)’ |
Society and Space blog |
2016 |
Professional Activity |
Grant proposal reviewer |
Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada |
2016 |
Professional Activity |
Book manuscript reviewer |
Wayne State University Press |
2016 - Present |
Professional Activity |
Chair, Urban Geography Specialty Group |
American Association of Geographers |
2016 |
Professional Activity |
External examiner, PhD thesis |
Macquarie University, Australia |
2016 |
Professional Activity |
Grant proposal reviewer |
National Science Foundation |
|
Professional Activity |
Regular manuscript reviewer |
Geoforum, Annals of the American Association of Geographers, Gender, Place and Culture, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Antipode, and Social and Cultural Geography |