Sociologist Lori Peek (photo at right) will discuss “Behind the Backlash: Muslim Americans after 9/11” at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 16 in Room 126 of the ITLE building. Peek, a professor at Colorado State University, will speak about her field research in New York City after 9/11, which captured the experiences of second-generation Muslim Americans.

“Dr. Peek is a gifted and engaging speaker,” said OSU professor Brenda Phillips. “Her work speaks compellingly of the challenges young Muslim men and women faced in traversing public spaces as they endured hateful stares and actions; the discrimination that they encountered in the educational system, work place and housing markets; and the racial and religious profiling that occurred in airports and other places after the terrorist attacks.”

Peek also will provide data on hate crimes against Muslims across the U.S., including Oklahoma in the aftermath of the OKC bombing.

Peek co-directs the Center for Disaster and Risk Analysis at Colorado State. In 2009, she received the American Sociological Association Early Career Award for Outstanding Scholarship. She also has contributed to the advancement of disaster studies as associate chair of the Social Science Research Council Task  Force on Hurricane Katrina and Rebuilding the Gulf Coast.

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