Psychology Lecture Series: "Demystifying Muslim Adolescents: A social network framework of civic identity development" by Maneeza Dawood, M.A., M.Phil.

The psychology department welcomes Maneeza Dawood as the final speaker in its 2020-2021 lecture series:  Intervention Science: Harnessing Psychology to Address Oppressive Systems

"Demystifying Muslim Adolescents: A social network framework of civic identity development"

Building on work within social, cultural and Islamic psychology, I develop and empirically test a social network framework of civic identity development among Muslim adolescents who experience threats to their religious identity. In this talk I will highlight four research studies designed to explore the social networks of Muslim high school students in the classroom in four European countries, explore Muslim adolescents’ social relationships in the context of an identity-based after-school program, and examine the implicit colonial beliefs that color existing social psychological literature on Muslim populations. Implications for social and cultural psychology, network science, and intervention science are discussed.

Maneeza Dawood, M.A., M.Phil., is a fifth-year doctoral student at the Department of Psychology at Columbia University, working with Dr. Valerie Purdie-Greenaway. She earned her undergraduate degree in psychology from Columbia University. Prior to beginning her doctorate, she worked as a research coordinator in the Division of Behavioral Medicine at the Columbia University Medical Center. She has advised and trained many students in the lab as a mentor and led numerous volunteers and organizers at an annual scholastic tournament as a founder.

Free and open to the public. Maneeza will be available for an informal chat with students/faculty/staff after the lecture presentation.
This event may be used to satisfy the Lecture Reflection Requirement in PSYC204/206, PSYC303, PSYC490 and PSYC493/494.