About
Dr. Nadine Naber
Dr. Nadine Naber is a public scholar, author, and teacher from Al-Salt, Jordan and the Bay Area of California. Nadine has been co-creating connections, research, and activism among scholars of color and social movements for the past 25 years. She is author/co-author of five books, an expert author for the United Nations; co-founder of the organization Mamas Activating Movements for Abolition and Solidarity (MAMAS); co-author of the forthcoming book, *Pedagogies of the Radical Mother* (Haymarket Press); and founder of programs such as the Arab and Muslim American Studies Program at the University of Michigan and the Arab American Cultural Center at the University of Illinois. Her work has been recognized through awards such as the Lifetime Achievement Prize from the American Studies Association (2022), the Y-Women’s Leadership Award, and awards from foundations such as Macarthur, Ford, Russell Sage, Open Societies, and Andrew W. Mellon.
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Anonymous
As a mid-career anthropologist, and in the midst of a career-shift, the workshop helped me reconnect with the experiences and beliefs that initially inspired me to practice ethnography and craft interdisciplinary scholarship. I also very much appreciated that we...
Anonymous
Nadine's workshops are grounded in the very things we are taught to suppress in academia: emotions and feelings. She does not teach productivity hacks or unveil secret codes. Rather, she facilitates space for minoritized scholars to sense, name, and work through our...
Margaret Fink, University of Illinois, Chicago
Nadine's workshop helped me articulate pragmatic and conceptual consequences of my work and was the first space I've ever been encouraged to claim and shape my own conceptual approach. The workshop coached me to realize where I get stuck and examine it as an...
Lisa Ortiz, Assistant Professor, Teaching, Learning, and Reading, University of Pittsburgh
One of the best decisions I’ve ever made was clicking on a link that a Woman of Color faculty member shared on social media promoting Nadine Naber’s work. I reached out to Nadine not necessarily knowing on what I wanted us to focus but inspired by the statement on her...
Anon
Dr. Naber’s workshop provides a space for collective inspiration, confidence, and healing—an invaluable grounding for critical scholars at any point in their career who want to reconnect with and emphatically claim the core urgencies of their work. I found myself...
Kimberly Segall, Professor, English and Cultural Studies, Seattle Pacific University
As the Director of the Social Justice major, I was interested in this workshop as our program is committed to de-imperializing the academy and following liberatory structures and supporting new faculty of color. But it is hard to describe what it is like to attend a...
Traci Levy, Associate Professor, Political Science, Adelphi University
Nadine's "Liberate Your Research" workshop influenced me more than I could have imagined. She created an authentic and welcoming space, deftly guiding participants to connect with their research and each other. I have found myself thinking about, defining, and shaping...
Anon
The workshop has stayed with me, it has really strengthened me and infused me with creative power – something I deeply cherish and commit to nurturing. Your work is really important and a gift that I receive with immense gratitude and awe. I have recovered my faith in...
Meghna Bhat, PhD
Nadine's patience, creativity and compassion sparked many "fires" of writing possibilities and projects/opportunities for me. I am excited about writing after ages!
Judith Touré, Professor Emerita, Education, Carlow University
Nadine's understanding and enactment of feminist pedagogy, while focused on the content, are truly inspirational and even heartwarming. Nadine's presentation on self-healing along with the encouragement and insightful feedback for reconceptualizing the...