Dr. Manal Hamzeh
Professor
Office: 246C Garcia Center
Dr. Manal Hamzeh is a full professor, co-founder of the Department of Borderlands and Ethnic Studies (BEST) at New Mexico State University (2022—), director of the new BEST Research Center and co-founding faculty of Women’s Studies/Gender & Sexuality Studies (2008-2022). Manal designed the BEST’s graduate certificate of decolonial research methodologies and knowledge creation (2023-2024). Manal is the sole author of Women Resisting Sexual Violence and the Egyptian Revolution: Arab Feminist Testimonies (2020) and Pedagogies of DeVeiling (2012). Manal and Jamil Khoury, theater director/writer and producer of Silk Road Rising, are co-authors of the short animation film, The Four Hijabs (2016). Manal led the artistic creation of Three Women of Tahrir: Stories from the Egyptian Revolution—a graphic documentary book (2022). She was a co-editor of the Journal of Chicana/Latina Studies: The Journal of Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social (2022-2023).
