Neema Noori, Ph.D.

Professor of Sociology
Center for Interdisciplinary Studies University College

678-839-6329
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Pafford Social Science Building - Room 209
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Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1 to 5pm.

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Neema Noori, Ph.D.
Biography

Dr. Neema Noori is a Professor in the Department of Anthropology, Psychology, and Sociology. He received his Ph.D. in Sociology from Columbia University in 2006. After completing his dissertation, Dr. Noori taught for three years in the Department of International Studies at the American University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. He joined the Department of Sociology and Criminology at the University of West Georgia in 2008.

Dr. Noori's areas of interest include political sociology, globalization, historical sociology, higher education, and development--primarily in the context of the Middle East and Central Asia. To date, his research has followed two trajectories. The first builds on his dissertation and is focused primarily on NGO and government development policy in Post-Soviet Central Asia. The second trajectory expands his regional specialization to include Iran and the Persian Gulf. Partly in response to witnessing the proliferation of American-style universities in the Middle East, he has published several research articles and book chapters on the globalization of the American model of higher education. Though his regional focus has shifted, both sets of projects are largely united by an interest in examining the interplay of global organizations with actors and institutions that function at a sub-national level.

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Publication List

Noori, Neema. 2006. "Expanding State Authority, Cutting Back Local Services: Decentralization and its Contradictions in Uzbekistan". Central Asia Survey 24, 533-549.