Amy Malek
American professor, sociocultural anthropologist, department chair
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Amy Malek (born c. 1979/1980), is an Iranian-American assistant professor, scholar, and sociocultural anthropologist.[1] She serves as the endowed chair and Director in Iranian and Persian Gulf Studies (IPGS) at Oklahoma State University, Stillwater.[2] Her work focuses on the migration, citizenship, memory, and culture in the Iranian diaspora.[3] Malek is an Iranian-American.[4]
Amy Malek | |
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| Born | c. 1979/1980 United States |
| Alma mater | Emory University, New York University, University of California, Los Angeles |
| Occupations | Chair and Director of a university department, assistant professor, scholar, sociocultural anthropologist |
| Known for | Iranian Diaspora Studies |
| Website | http://www.amymalek.com/ |
Education and career
"...[first- and second-generation Iranian Americans are] alternately included and excluded in the only home one has known, while also feeling attachments to a place one may never have experienced and may or may not be welcome even to visit."
Malek has a bachelor's degree (2003) from Emory University; and a Master of Arts degree (2005) in Near Eastern studies from New York University.[2] She holds a Ph.D. (2015) in anthropology from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).[2] While attending UCLA, she took an interest in studying the second generation of Iranian immigrants.[6][7][8]
From 2016 to 2022, she was an assistant professor of international studies at the College of Charleston.[1][4][9] From 2019 to 2021, Malek was an associate research scholar at Princeton University’s Sharmin and Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies.[10][11] In the Fall of 2022, she joined Oklahoma State University, Stillwater.[2]
Publications
- Malek, Amy (September 1, 2006). "Memoir as Iranian exile cultural production: A case study of Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis series". Iranian Studies. 39 (3). Taylor & Francis, Ltd.: 353–380. doi:10.1080/00210860600808201. JSTOR 4311834. S2CID 161807564.[12]
- Malek, Amy (2011). "Public performances of identity negotiation in the Iranian diaspora: the New York Persian Day Parade". Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East. 31 (2). Duke University Press: 388–410. doi:10.1215/1089201X-1264316. S2CID 145683784.
- Malek, Amy (June 5, 2012). "Persian Dispersion, A Discussion Of the Effect Of Iranians on Los Angeles-and Angelenos On Iran". Zocalo Public Square.
- Malek, Amy (2015). "Claiming Space Documenting Second-generation Iranian Americans in Los Angeles". Anthropology of the Middle East. 10 (2): 16–45. doi:10.3167/ame.2015.100203.
- Malek, Amy (Winter 2019). "Paradoxes of Dual Nationality: Geopolitical Constraints on Multiple Citizenship in the Iranian Diaspora". The Middle East Journal. 73 (4). Middle East Institute: 531–534. doi:10.3751/73.4.11. S2CID 213776999.
- Malek, Amy (January 9, 2020). "Malek: For Iran's diaspora, plane crash brings grief across oceans and borders". Ottawa Citizen. Postmedia Network Inc.
- Malek, Amy (16 March 2020). "Negotiating Memories". In Whitney, Katherine; Emery, Leila (eds.). My Shadow Is My Skin: Voices From the Iranian Diaspora. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press (published March 16, 2020). pp. 102–111. ISBN 9781477320273.[5]
- Malek, Amy (September 12, 2020). "Clickbait orientalism and vintage Iranian snapshots". International Journal of Cultural Studies. 24 (2): 266–289. doi:10.1177/1367877920957348. S2CID 225005767.