JUNAID RANA
Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies

1208 W. Nevada St., MC-142
Urbana, IL 61801
(217) 333-3679
jrana@illinois.edu

Junaid Rana is an assistant professor of Asian American Studies and Anthropology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Trained as a cultural anthropologist he specializes in the study of South Asian diaspora, in particular Pakistani immigrants. His research and teaching interests include the study of race/racism, Islam and Muslims, and community organizing. He is currently completing a book manuscript entitled Constructing the Enemy: Race, Muslims, and South Asian Diaspora, that addresses the complex relationship of Islamophobia, global racial formations, and transnational migration.

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