Dr. Sabrina Alimahomed, Associate Professor

Email: sabrina.alimahomed@csulb.edu
Office: PSY-134
Phone: (562) 985-7892

Main Courses:

• Race, Class, Gender (Soc. 346)
• Race, Racism, and Racial Relations (Soc. 536)
• Sociology of Gender (Soc. 325)
• Sociology Honors Program (Soc. 488H & Soc. 489H)

Research Interests:

• Race, gender, class, sexuality; race and racism; Islamophobia and anti-Muslim racism; transnational feminisms; War on Terror; U.S. Muslim communities; homeland security; women of color feminisms

Education:

• B.A. Interdisciplinary Studies, UC Berkeley, 2001
• M.A., Ph.D. Sociology, UC Riverside, 2011

Selected publications:

• Alimahomed-Wilson. 2017. “Invisible Violence : Gender, Islamophobia, and the Hidden Assault on U.S. Muslim Women.” Women, Gender, and Families of Color.
• Alimahomed-Wilson, Sabrina and Jake Alimahomed-Wilson. 2016. “Breaking the ‘Steel Ceiling’: Working-Class Women Resisting Sexism and Racism in the Union” Pp. 155-75, in Solidarity Forever? Race, Gender, and Unionism in the Ports of Southern California, Lanham MD: Lexington Books.
• Alimahomed, Sabrina. 2014. “Homeland Security Inc.: Public Order, Private Profit.” Race & Class: A Journal on Empire, Racism, and Globalization 55(4): 82-99.
• Alimahomed, Sabrina. 2011. “Generation Islam: Arab Americans and Racial Politics after 9/11.” Race/Ethnicity: Multidisciplinary Global Contexts 4(3): 381-397.
• Alimahomed, Sabrina. 2010. “Thinking Outside of the Rainbow: Women of Color Redefining Queer Politics and Identity.” Social Identities: Journal of Race, Nation, and Culture 16(2): 151-168.
• Edna Bonacich, Sabrina Alimahomed, and Jake B. Wilson. 2008. “The Racialization of Global Labor.” American Behavioral Scientist 52(3): 342-355.

Awards and Fellowships:

• American Fellowship Publication Grant, American Association of University Women (AAUW), 2016-2017
• Faculty Mentor Award, Special Recognition, EOP CSULB, 2013-2016
• Outstanding Student Mentorship Award, Muslim Student Association, CSULB, 2012
• Racial/Ethnic Minority Graduate Scholarship, Society for the Study of Social Problems, 2009-2010
• Dean’s Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, University of California, Riverside, 2009
• Teaching Assistant of the Year, Department of Ethnic Studies, University of California, Riverside, 2008
• Minority Pre-Doctoral Fellowship (MFP), American Sociological Association and NIMH, 2006-2008
• National Davis Putter Scholar, Davis-Putter Scholarship Fund, 2006
• Beth Hess Memorial Scholar, Sociologists for Women in Society, 2005
• Graduate Student Service Award, Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on the Status of LGBT persons, 2005