My Biography
Dr. Joseph’s areas of expertise are the Middle East and Arab region, Lebanon, family systems, socialization of children and youth for citizenship, sectarianism, women and gender, selfhood/subjectivity, gender/nation/state, gender/religion/state, gendered and cultural frameworks for mental health, and gendered/intersectional frameworks for STEM education. Having received a PhD in 1975 at Columbia University, Dr. Joseph focused on the politicization of religion and community formation in working class neighborhoods in Lebanon; socialization of children for citizenship in the aftermath of civil war in Lebanon, among other pursuits relating to youth socialization for citizenship; mapping the production of knowledge on Arab women; gendering STEM education; and reconceptualizing trauma. For further information, please visit http://sjoseph.ucdavis.edu. Dr. Joseph’s first AAA Annual Meeting was in 1968.