Mounira M. Charrad
Ph.D., Harvard University
Associate Professor

Contact
- E-mail: charrad@utexas.edu
- Phone: 512-232-6311
- Office: RLP 3.526
- Campus Mail Code: A1700
Interests
Gender & Women's Rights; Political Sociology; Social Theory; Colonialism; Comparative-Historical Sociology; Globalization; Middle East and North Africa.
Biography
Mounira (Maya) Charrad is an award-winning author. She received her Ph.D. from Harvard University and her undergraduate degree from the Sorbonne in Paris. Her research has centered on state formation, colonialism, law, citizenship, kinship and women’s rights. More specifically, she has considered strategies of state building in kin-based societies and how struggles over state power shaped the expansion or curtailment of women's rights. Challenging explanations of politics based on a textual approach to religion, she calls attention instead to social solidarities and where they are grounded (kinship, ethnicity, or associations). She is currently studying women’s associations, secularism, and civil society with a focus on Tunisia. Her work has been translated into French, Arabic, and Chinese, and featured on websites and in the media. Her research has been funded by several grants including the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Mellon Foundation, the American Association of University Women, and the American Institute of Maghribi Studies.
Professor Charrad teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in political sociology, comparative historical sociology, social theory, and gender politics. She supervises doctoral students doing interesting work on a range of U.S. and international topics. She has served on the boards of several major journals and has held positions in professional associations.
She is affiliated with the Plan II Honors Program; the Center for European Studies; the Center for Middle East Studies; the Center for Women’s and Gender Studies; the Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice; and the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies. She also holds a courtesy appointment in the Department of Middle East Studies. She is a non-resident fellow at the Baker Institute, Rice University.
Courses
SOC 395G • Sociol Of Women's Movements
44174 • Spring 2022
Meets T 3:30PM-6:30PM RLP 1.302F
(also listed as WGS 393)
UGS 302 • What Is Power
60455 • Spring 2022
Meets MW 4:00PM-5:30PM RLP 0.118
Wr
ID
SOC 320K • Political Sociology
44795 • Fall 2021
Meets TTH 5:00PM-6:30PM RLP 0.122
Wr
(also listed as GOV 355P)
T C 302 • What Is Power?
42765 • Fall 2021
Meets TTH 12:30PM-2:00PM RLP 0.122
Wr
ID
UGS 302 • What Is Power-Wb
61775 • Spring 2021
Meets MW 3:00PM-4:30PM
Internet; Synchronous
Wr
ID
WGS 393 • Gender And Politics-Wb
46190 • Spring 2021
Meets T 3:30PM-6:30PM
Internet; Synchronous
UGS 302 • What Is Power
59695 • Spring 2020
Meets MW 1:30PM-3:00PM MAI 220D
Wr
ID
WGS 393 • Gender And Politics
45223 • Spring 2020
Meets M 6:00PM-9:00PM RLP 1.302F
SOC 336G • Gender Pol In Islamic World
43579 • Fall 2019
Meets MW 5:00PM-6:30PM WCP 5.118
GCWr
(also listed as ISL 373, MES 341, R S 358, WGS 340)
T C 302 • What Is Power?
42245 • Spring 2019
Meets MW 12:30PM-2:00PM MEZ 2.118
Wr
ID
UGS 302 • What Is Power
62220 • Fall 2018
Meets TTH 3:30PM-5:00PM RLP 0.120
Wr
ID
T C 302 • What Is Power
42935 • Spring 2017
Meets MW 12:30PM-2:00PM CLA 0.122
Wr
ID
SOC 320K • Political Sociology
45369 • Fall 2016
Meets TTH 3:30PM-5:00PM CLA 0.118
Wr
(also listed as GOV 355P)
SOC 336G • Gender Pol In Islamic World
45460 • Fall 2016
Meets TTH 2:00PM-3:30PM CLA 0.102
GC
(also listed as ISL 373, MES 341, R S 358, WGS 340)
SOC 388L • Historical And Comparatv Meths
44695 • Spring 2016
Meets W 3:00PM-6:00PM CLA 1.302A
UGS 302 • What Is Power
61585 • Spring 2016
Meets TTH 12:30PM-2:00PM CLA 0.108
Wr
ISL 373 • Gender Pol In Islamic World
40651 • Fall 2015
Meets TTH 11:00AM-12:30PM CLA 3.106
GCWr
(also listed as MES 341, R S 358, WGS 340)
T C 357 • Veils: Hist, Cul, And Polit
42080 • Fall 2015
Meets TTH 3:30PM-5:00PM CLA 0.108
GCIIWr
SOC 388L • Historical And Comparatv Meths
46375 • Fall 2014
Meets M 6:00PM-9:00PM CLA 1.302A
SOC 336G • Gender Polit In Islamic World
46465 • Spring 2014
Meets MW 4:00PM-5:30PM CLA 0.126
GC
(also listed as ISL 373, MES 341)
T C 302 • What Is Power?
43730 • Spring 2014
Meets MW 12:30PM-2:00PM CLA 0.122
Wr
ID
T C 357 • The Veil: Hist, Cul, And Polit
43510 • Fall 2013
Meets TTH 11:00AM-12:30PM CLA 0.118
SOC 320K • Political Sociology
45725 • Spring 2013
Meets MW 3:00PM-4:30PM CLA 0.120
Wr
(also listed as MES 341)
SOC 388L • Historical And Comparatv Meths
45920 • Spring 2013
Meets T 6:00PM-9:00PM CLA 1.302A
SOC 336G • Gender Polit In Islamic World
45605 • Fall 2012
Meets TTH 2:00PM-3:30PM NOA 1.102
GC
(also listed as ISL 373, MES 341, R S 358, WGS 340)
T C 357 • The Veil: Hist, Cul, And Polit
43045 • Fall 2012
Meets TTH 11:00AM-12:30PM BUR 480
SOC 320K • Political Sociology
45500 • Spring 2012
Meets MW 3:00PM-4:30PM BUR 231
Wr
SOC 336G • Gender Polit In Islamic World
45605 • Spring 2012
Meets MWF 11:00AM-12:00PM ENS 109
GC
(also listed as ISL 373, MES 322K, WGS 340)
SOC 388L • Historical And Comparatv Meths
45540 • Fall 2011
Meets T 6:00PM-9:00PM BUR 480
T C 357 • The Veil: Hist, Cul, And Polit
42935 • Fall 2011
Meets M 3:00PM-6:00PM BUR 480
SOC 388L • Historical And Comparatv Meths
46535 • Spring 2010
Meets T 6:00PM-9:00PM BUR 480
T C 357 • The Veil: Hist, Cul, And Polit
43620 • Spring 2010
Meets M 4:00PM-7:00PM WEL 3.260
SOC 336G • Gender Polit In Islamic World
45705 • Spring 2009
Meets MW 3:00PM-4:30PM PHR 2.114
(also listed as MES 322K, R S 358, WGS 340)
SOC 395G • Gender And Development
46770 • Fall 2008
Meets T 6:00PM-9:00PM BUR 231
(also listed as MES 381, WGS 393)
WGS 345 • Global Gender Inequality
48780 • Fall 2008
Meets MW 3:00PM-4:30PM BUR 208
WGS 340 • Gender Polit In Islamic World
48805 • Spring 2008
Meets MW 3:00PM-4:30PM PHR 2.114
WGS 345 • Global Gender Inequality
48395 • Spring 2007
Meets MW 3:00PM-4:30PM PHR 2.114
SOC 395G • Gender And Development
47705 • Fall 2006
Meets T 7:00PM-10:00PM BUR 214
(also listed as MES 381, WGS 393)
WGS 340 • Gender Polit In Islamic World
49620 • Fall 2006
Meets MW 12:00PM-1:30PM BUR 214
WGS 340 • Gender Polit In Islamic World
47660 • Fall 2005
Meets MW 4:00PM-5:30PM PMA 6.122
WGS 345 • Gend Inequality: Comp Persp-W
47700 • Fall 2005
Meets MW 7:00PM-8:30PM BUR 214
C2
SOC 320K • Political Sociology
44005 • Spring 2005
Meets TTH 12:30PM-2:00PM BUR 216
WGS 340 • Gender Polit In Islam World-W
46115 • Spring 2005
Meets TTH 5:00PM-6:30PM BUR 231
C2
SOC 395G • Gender And Development
45213 • Fall 2004
Meets M 1:00PM-4:00PM BUR 232
(also listed as MES 381, WGS 393)
MES 698A • Thesis
38505 • Spring 2004
(also listed as MES 698B)
SOC 320K • Political Sociology
42205 • Spring 2004
Meets TTH 12:30PM-2:00PM BUR 216
SOC 395G • Gender And Development
42470 • Spring 2004
Meets W 4:00PM-7:00PM BUR 214
(also listed as MES 381, WGS 393)
MES 698B • Thesis
39365 • Fall 2003
SOC 395G • Gender And Development
42825 • Spring 2003
Meets T 4:00PM-7:00PM BUR 231
(also listed as MES 381, WGS 393)
WGS 340 • Gender Polit In Islamic World
45575 • Fall 2002
Meets TTH 11:00AM-12:30PM RAS 313B
MES 381 • Gender & Devel In Middle East
38295 • Spring 2002
Meets W 4:00PM-7:00PM BUR 339
Publications
BOOKS AND VOLUMES
Women Rising: Resistance, Revolution and Reform in the Arab Spring and Beyond, Rita Stephan & Mounira M. Charrad, eds., New York University Press, forthcoming.
Patrimonial Capitalism and Empire, Mounira M. Charrad & Julia Adams, eds. UK: Emerald Publishing (Book Series, Political Power and Social Theory), 2015.
Patrimonial Power in the Modern World,Julia Adams & Mounira M. Charrad, eds., The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences (New York, NY: Sage), Vol. 636 (1), July 2011. 230 pp.
Women’s Agency: Silences and Voices, Guest Editor for Special issue, Women’s Studies International Forum, Vol. 33 (6), December 2010.
States and Women's Rights: The Making of Postcolonial Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2001. xi + 341 pp. (Hardcover and paperback).
- Arabic Translation published by the Centre de Traduction Nationale, Tunis, Tunisia. 2012.
- Translations into French and Chinese: forthcoming.
Panels and Symposia on States and Women’s Rights
- Review Symposium, Political Sociology: States, Power & Societies (Political Sociology Section, American Sociological Association). Winter 2005, Vol. 12, No. 1: 1-9.
- Author-Meets-Critics Panel, Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Meeting, San Francisco, August 13, 2004.
- Author-Meets-Critics Panel, Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, March 2003.
- Author-Meets-Critics Panel, Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, February 2003.
Femmes, Culture et Société au Maghreb, 2 vols. Volume I: Culture, Femmes et Famille. Volume II: Femmes, Pouvoir Politique et Developpement. Co-editor with R. Bourqia and N. Gallagher. Casablanca, Morocco: Afrique Orient, 1996. 183 pp and 205 pp. (Paperback).
ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS (*) indicates peer reviewed journals.
(*) “’You Killed our Brothers:’ The ‘Reclamation’ Master Frame in the 2011 Arab Uprisings.” Mounira M.Charrad, Amina Zarrugh & Hyun Jeong Ha. Under Review.
(*) “’Present in the Society’: Professional Women Leaders and Family Law Reform in Morocco.” Mounira M. Charrad & Rita Stephan. Under review.
“Living History Interview: Mounira Maya Charrad,” 24(2) Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems 24 (2); & Journal of Gender, Race & Justice 18(2), 2016: 457-76.
- Reprinted in Gender in Constitutional Law, 3 vols., edited by Catharine A. MacKinnon, Elizabeth A. Long and James Barr Ames, forthcoming.
“Women are Complete, not Complements”: Debates in the Writing of a New Constitution in Tunisia.” Mounira M. Charrad and Amina Zarrugh in Women Rising: Resistance, Revolution and Reform in the Arab Spring and Beyond, R. Stephan & M. M. Charrad, eds., New York University Press, forthcoming.
“Sustained Reforms of Islamic Family Law: Tunisia under Authoritarian Regimes, 1950s to 2010,” Mounira M. Charrad & Hyun Jeong Ha in Family Law and Gender in the Modern Middle East,A. Wing & H. Kassim (eds.), NY: Cambridge University Press, forthcoming.
“Family Law and Islam,” in Family Futures, Sean Nicklin, ed., Publication for the 20th Anniversary of the International Year of the Family. Leicester, UK: Tudor Rose in collaboration with the United Nations Department of Economic & Social Affairs, Division for Social Policy & Development, forthcoming.
“Constructing Citizenship: Gender and Changing Discourses in Tunisia.” Mounira M. Charrad and Amina Zarrugh. Gendered Citizenship: The Challenges of Representation. Edited by H. Danielson, K. Jegerstedt, R. L. Muriaas & B. Ytre-Arne. Palgrave, 2016.
(*) “Limits of Empire: The French Colonial State Local Patrimonialism.” Mounira M. Charrad & Daniel Jaster, in M. M. Charrad & J. Adams, eds., Patrimonial Capitalism and Empire, UK: Emerald Publishing (Book Series, Political Power & Social Theory, Vol. 28) 2015.
(*) “Introduction: Old (Patrimonial) Political Forms Made New." Julia Adams and Mounira M. Charrad, in Patrimonial Capitalism and Empire. UK: Emerald Publishing. Book Series Political Power and Social Theory, Mounira M. Charrad & Julia Adams, eds., Vol. 28, 2015.
“From Colonialism to the Arab Spring: Gender, Religion and State,” Mounira M. Charrad and Amina Zarrugh in Emerging Trends in the Social and Behavioral Sciences, Robert A. Scott & Stephen M. Kosslyn, eds, Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons, 2015.
(*) “Equal or Complementary? Women in the New Tunisian Constitution after the Arab Spring,” Mounira M. Charrad & Amina Zarrugh, Journal of North African Studies19 (2), 2014.
- Reprinted in Andrea Khalil, ed., Gender, Women and the Arab Spring, Routledge, 2015.
“The Arab Spring and Women’s Rights in Tunisia.” Mounira M. Charrad & Amina Zarrugh. E-International Relations, September 4, 2013.
(*) “Central and Local Patrimonialism: State Building in Kin-Based Societies.” in Patrimonial Power in the Modern World, Julia P. Adams & Mounira M. Charrad, eds, The Annals, The American Academy of Political and Social Sciences. New York, NY: Sage, Vol. 636 (1) July 2011, pp. 49 - 68.
(*) “Patrimonialism, Past and Present: An Introduction.” Mounira M. Charrad and Julia P. Adams in Patrimonial Power in the Modern World, Julia P. Adams & Mounira M. Charrad, eds, Vol. 636 of The Annals, The American Academy of Political and Social Sciences. New York, NY: Sage, Volume 636, Issue 1, July 2011, pp. 6-15.
(*) “Gender in the Middle East: Islam, States, Agency.” Annual Review of Sociology. Vol 37, 2011, pp. 417-37.
(*) “Women’s Agency across Cultures: Conceptualizing Strengths and Boundaries,” in Women’s Agency: Silences and Voices, Special issue, Women’s Studies International Forum, Vol. 33 (6), December 2010, pp. 517-22
(*) “Kinship, Islam or Oil: Culprits of Gender Inequality?” Politics and Gender (A Journal of the American Political Science Association). Vol. 5 (4), December 2009: 546-553.
(*) “Tunisia at the Forefront of the Arab World: Two Waves of Gender Legislation.” Washington and Lee Law Review. Vol. 64 (4), Fall 2007: 1513-27.
- Revised and Reprinted in Women in the Middle East and North Africa: Agents of Change, edited by Fatima Sadiqi and Moha Ennaji. New York: Routledge, 2010.
(*) “Contexts, Concepts and Contentions: Gender Legislation in the Middle East.” Hawwa: Journal of Women in the Middle East and the Islamic World. 2007. Vol. 5 (1): 55-72
- Reprinted in Women of the Middle East, ed. Fatma M. Gocek, New York: Routledge, Routledge Major Works Series, 2015
“Unequal Citizenship: Issues of Gender Justice in the Middle East and North Africa.” In Maitrayee Mukhopadhyay, ed., Gender Justice, Citizenship and Development, Ottawa, Canada: International Development Research Centre, 2007.
"Becoming a Citizen: Lineage Versus Individual in Morocco and Tunisia." In Gender and Citizenship in the Middle East, Suad Joseph, ed. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2000, pp. 70-87.
- Translated into Arabic and published in Beirut by AnNahar Press, 2003.
"Cultural Diversity Within Islam: Veils and Laws in Tunisia." In Women in Muslim Societies: Diversity Within Unity, H.L. Bodman and N. Tohidi, eds. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 1998, pp. 63-79.
(*) “Policy Shifts: State, Islam and Gender in Tunisia, 1930s -- 1990s.” In Social Politics, Summer 1997, Vol. 4 (2): 284-319.
- Revised and reprinted as “Family Law and Ideological Debates in Postcolonial Tunisia.” in Yount, K.M.and H. Rashad (eds.). Family in the Middle East: Ideational Change in Egypt, Iran, and Tunisia: Routledge, 2008.
- Expanded as “Continuity or Change: Family Law and Family Structure in Tunisia.” With Allyson Goeken. In African Families at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century, ed. By Yaw Oheneba-Sakyi and Baffour K. Takyi, Westport, CT: Praeger, 2006.
- "Femmes au Maghreb: Perspectives et Questions." co-authored with R. Bourqia and N. Gallagher. In Femmes, Culture et Société au Maghreb. Casablanca, Morocco: Afrique Orient, 1996, pp. 9-14.
"Repudiation versus Divorce: Responses to State Policy in Tunisia." in Women, the Family and Policy: A Global Perspective, E. N. Chow and C. W. Berheide, eds. State University of New York Press, 1994, pp. 51-69.
(*) “State and Gender in the Maghrib.” In Middle East Report, March-April, 1990, pp. 19-24.
- Updated in Women and Power in the Middle East, Suad Joseph and Susan Slyomovics, eds., Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001, pp. 61-71.
- Translated and revised as "Formation de L'Etat et Statut Personnel: Esquisse d'une Analyse Comparative et Théorique." in R. Bourqia, M. Charrad and N. Gallagher, eds., Femmes, Culture et Société au Maghreb, vol. 2. Casablanca, Morocco: Afrique Orient, 1996, pp. 15-31.
- Reprinted in Arab Women: Between Defiance and Restraint, ed. By Suha Sabbagh, New York: Interlink Publishers, 1996, 221-31.
"Employment Effects on Fertility Control in Tunisia." with R. Suzman and K. Miller. In Recent Empirical Findings on Fertility: Korea, Nigeria, Tunisia, Venezuela, Philippines. Occasional Monograph Series, No. 7, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., December 1976.
"Les Cadres Politiques au Niveau Local en Tunisie." In Social Stratification and Development in the Mediterranean Basin, Mubeccel B. Kiray (ed.). The Hague: Mouton, 1973.
ESSAYS AND COMMENTARIES
“Feminist Associations under Authoritarianism in Tunisia.” Mounira M. Charrad & Maro Youssef. Bakcer Institute for Public Policy Blog, Rice University. Baker Institute for Public Policy Blog, Rice University. Published by The Houston Chronicle. May 15, 2017.
“Comment on Making Morocco: Colonial Intervention and the Politics of Identity by Jonathan Wyrtzen.” Trajectories, Comparative and Historical Sociology Section, American Sociological Association, 2016. Vol 28, No.1: 14-15.
“Five Years Later: Gender Equity in the Law after the Arab Spring in Tunisia.” Mounira M. Charrad & Amina Zarrugh. Baker Institute for Public Policy Blog, Rice University. Published by The Houston Chronicle. March 21, 2016.
“Contradictions of the Tunisian State: Women’s Rights and Gendered Repression.” Mounira M. Charrad and Amina Zarrugh. Baker Institute for Public Policy Blog, Rice University. Published by The Houston Chronicle. July 30, 2015.
Guest Editor, Book Symposium on Interpretation and Social Knowledge: On the Use of Theory in the Human Sciences, by Isaac Ariail Reed, Trajectories, Comparative and Historical Sociology Section, American Sociological Association, Summer 2013, Vol. 24 (2): 1-17.
“State and Law: A Perspective from Political Sociology,” Symposium on Politics and Law, AMICI, Sociology of Law Section, American Sociological Association, January 2013. Vol. 21 (1): 9-12.
“Revolutions, Old and New,” with Danielle Kane, Trajectories, Comparative and Historical Sociology Section, American Sociological Association, Vol. 24, no. 1, Fall 2012.
“Family law reforms in the Arab world: Tunisia and Morocco.” Report for the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) Division for Social Policy and Development Expert Group Meeting, New York, May 2012.
“Arab Women’s Rights: Lessons from Tunisia and Morocco.” in Arab Women Leadership Outlook, 2009-2011. 2009. Dubai: Dubai Women’s Establishment: 59-60.
“Patrimonial States in Early Modern Europe and in the Contemporary Era: Similarities?” Essay on The Familial State by J. Adams, Political Power & Social Theory, 2008, Vol. 19: 243–251.
“A Brief History of Family Law in Morocco.” Essay for an exhibition on Women, Power and Politics, International Museum of Women. 2008.
- Translated in French, Spanish and Arabic.
“The Sociology of Islam: ASA Session Brings Fresh Perspective.” with Christopher Pieper, Sociology of Religion, Newsletter of the Sociology of Religion Section of the American Sociological Association, Volume IX, Number 2, Winter 2008, pp. 5 and 8.
“Teaching Comparative and Historical Sociology: Challenges and New Directions.” Trajectories, Newsletter of the Comparative and Historical Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association, Vol. 19 (1), Fall 2007.
“Waves of Comparative & Historical Sociology.” Essay on Remaking Modernity by J. Adams, E. Clemens & A. Orloff. International Journal of Comparative Sociology, 2006, 47 (5): 351-8.
“Broadening the Discourse: States in Kin-based Societies” in Political Sociology: States, Power, & Societies (Political Sociology Section, American Sociological Association). Winter 2005, 12 (1): 1: 8-9.
“Code of Personal Status, Tunisia.” Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East & North Africa, 4 vols. 2d ed., Philip Mattar ed., Detroit, MI: Macmillan Reference USA, 2004: 2230-31.
“Why study Colonialism?” Comparative & Historical Sociology, (Comparative & Historical Sociology Section, American Sociological Association), Spring 2003, Vol 15 (1): 18-21.
“Bringing in Tribe: Beyond a State/Class Paradigm.” Comparative & Historical Sociology, (Comparative & Historical Sociology Section, American Sociological Association), Summer 1999, 11 (3): 1-3.
BOOK REVIEWS
“Rulers and Families.” Review essay on The Familial State: Ruling Families and Merchant Capitalism in Early Modern Europe by Julia Adams, contribution to a review symposium, Comparative and Historical Sociology Section Newsletter, ASA, Vol. 17 (2), Spring 2006.
"Review" of Gender and National Identity: Women and Politics in Muslim Societies, ed. by Valentine M. Moghadam. In Contemporary Sociology, Vol. 24 (6), November 1995.
"Review" of Women and the Family in the Middle East: New Voices of Change, ed. by Elizabeth W. Fernea. In Contemporary Sociology, Vol. 16 (2), 2, March 1987.
"Review" of Muslim Law Courts and the French Colonial State in Algeria by Allan Christelow. In the Middle East Journal, Vol.41 (2), Spring 1987.
"Review" of Woman in the Muslim Unconscious by Fatna A. Sabbah. In Middle East Studies Association Bulletin, Vol. 20 (2), December 1986.
"Review" of Women in Muslim Family Law by J. L. Esposito. In Sociological Analysis, Vol. 43 (4), Winter 1982.
WORK IN PROGRESS
Gender Regimes: Feminism from Autocracy to Democracy in Tunisia. Book in preparation
Awards and Achievements
Book Awards
- Distinguished Scholarly Book Award, American Sociological Association.
- Best Book on Politics and History Greenstone Award, American Political Science Association.
- Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Award. Outstanding Book in Political Sociology, American Sociological Association, Section on Political Sociology.
- Outstanding Scholarly Book in Any Field Hamilton Award, University of Texas at Austin.
- Best First Book in the Field of History Award, Phi Alpha Theta International Honor Society in History.
- Best Book in Sociology Komarosvky Award, Honorable Mention, Eastern Sociological Society.
These awards were won for her book, States and Women's Rights: The Making of Postcolonial Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco (University of California Press, 2001).
Selected professional, scholarly awards and achievements include:
Council Member (elected), Section on Comparative and Historical Sociology, American Sociological Association, 2011-14.
Editorial Board, Contemporary Sociology, 2011-present.
National Endowment for the Humanities, Faculty Fellowship for Research, Sept 2010-June 2011.
American Institute of Maghrebi Studies, Grant for Field Research in Tunisia, 2009- 2010.
Advisor, Survey of Women’s Rights in the Middle East and North Africa, Freedom House, New York, 2009 and 2004.
Distinguished Service to the Tunisian American Community Ibn Khaldun Award, 2005. In recognition of “bringing a better understanding of Tunisian society, history, and culture to American universities, students, and educated public.”
Associate Editor, Editorial Board, Sociological Theory, 2006-Present.
Editorial Board, Politics and Gender, 2007-present
International Selection Committee, Middle East Research Competition, Ford Foundation, 2006-08.
Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Middle East Women’s Studies, 2004-present.
American Sociological Association-National Science Foundation Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline Grant, 2004.
Council Member (elected), Section on Comparative and Historical Sociology, American Sociological Association, December 1999-2003.
Board of Directors, American Institute of Maghribi Studies, 1999- 2003.
Chair (elected), Faculty Advisory Committee (Editorial Board), University of Texas Press, 2006-07.
Honorary Member, Phi Alpha Theta International Honor Society in History, 2002 – present.
International Advisory Board Member, Journal of North African Studies, 1997-present.
Professional Activities
EDITORIAL BOARDS
Member, Journal of Middle East Women’s Studies, 2014—present.
Member, International Journal of Gender and Women’s Studies, 2016-present.
International Advisory Board Member, Journal of North African Studies, 1997-present.
Member, Contemporary Sociology, 2012-15.
Advisory Board Member, Journal of Middle East Women’s Studies, 2004-2014.
Member, Politics and Gender, American Political Science Association, 2007- 2013.
Associate Editor, Sociological Theory, 2006-2010.
REFEREE FOR
American Sociological Review; American Journal of Sociology; Theory and Society; Sociological Theory; Social Problems; Qualitative Sociology; Party Politics; Politics and Gender; Middle East Journal; International Journal of Middle East Studies; International Journal of Feminist Politics; Islamic Law and Society; Journal of Middle East Women’s Studies; Journal of North African Studies; St Antony's International Review (University of Oxford); the National Science Foundation, Sociology Program; Cambridge University Press; University of California Press; Stanford University Press; Routledge Publishers; and Oxford University Press.
SELECTED ACTIVITIES
Membership Committee, Human Rights Section, American Sociological Association, 2016-
Jessie Bernard Award Selection Committee, American Sociological Association, 2015-18.
Chair, Committee on Award for Best Book, Global and Transnational Sociology Section, American Sociological Association, 2016.
Tenure Review External Reviewer, Department of Sociology, Yale University, 2015.
Committee on Award for Best article in Global and Transnational Sociology, American Sociological Association, 2015.
Council (elected), Global and Transnational Sociology Section, American Sociological Association, 2014-2017.
Council (elected), Comparative and Historical Sociology Section, American Sociological Association, 2011-2014.
Nominee, Board of Directors, Middle East Studies Association, November 2009.
Nominee, Committee on Nominations, American Sociological Association, May 2009.
Life Time Achievement Award Committee, Association of Middle East Women’s Studies, 2007.
Lewis A. Coser Award for Theoretical Agenda Setting, Selection Committee, Theory Section, American Sociological Association, 2006-07.
Nominee, Committee on Nominations, American Sociological Association, October 2006.
Distinguished Book Award Committee, American Sociological Association, 2005-2007.
International Selection Committee, Middle East Research Competition, Ford Foundation, 2006-08.
International Advisory Panel, Center of Arab Women for Training & Research, Tunis, Tunisia, 2006. Project on The Dynamics of Discriminatory Social Beliefs & Practices & Gender Equity in the Arabic-Speaking MENA Region: Lessons Learned in the Last 20 Years.
Elected to the Nominating Committee, Middle East Studies Association, 2006.
Distinguished Scholarly Publication Award Committee Political Sociology Section, American Sociological Association, Summer 2003.
Nominee, Board of Directors, Middle East Studies Association, Fall 2002.
Elected to the Executive Board, Association of Middle East Women’s Studies, June 2002-2009.
Program Committee, Association of Middle East Women’s Studies, 2001–2008.
Elected to Council, Section on Comparative and Historical Sociology, American Sociological Association, December 1999-2003.
Elected to the Board of Directors, American Institute of Maghribi Studies, 1999- 2003.
Nominee, Presidency of the Association of Middle East Women's Studies, March 1999 (declined).
Member of the Program Committee, Middle East Studies Association, 1988.
Coordinator, French Sociology Group, University of California, San Diego, January 1984-June 1985. Organized discussions of French writings in Social Theory.
SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
Faculty Advisor, Politics, History & Society, Faculty & Graduate Student Network, 2007- present.
Faculty Advisor, Middle East Working Group, 2012-present.
Member (invited) Committee on Global Research Fellowships, International Office, 2016-
Graduate Steering Committee (appointed), Department of Sociology, 2016-
Recruitment Committee (appointed), Department of Sociology, 2016.
Member (elected), Executive Committee, Department of Sociology, 2014-2016.
Promotion Committee, Department of Sociology, 2015.
Chair, Political Sociology Specialization, 2005-07; and 2010-2014.
Chair (elected), Faculty Advisory Committee (Editorial Board), University of Texas Press, 2006-07.
Advisory Committee (Editorial Board), University of Texas Press, 2003-2008.
Nominated to run for the Faculty Council, March 2007.
Advisory Committee (Editorial Board), University of Texas Press, 2003-2008.
Consultant on International Research for the Internal Review Board, Office of Research Support and Compliance, 2003-2004.
Member, Social Theory Position Search Committee, 2003-2004.
Minority Liaison Officer, 2003-2005.
Hamilton Award Committee for Best Book by the Faculty of the University of Texas, 2002-2003.
Advisory Committee, France UT Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies, 2002-present.
President’s Committee on International Education Fee Scholarship Selection, 2001-2002.
Department of Education Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship Committee, Center for Middle East Studies, 2001-2002.
Executive Committee, 2001-2003.
Internal Review Committee, 2001-2002.