Transnational Feminisms, Queer of Color Critique, U.S. Imperialism and Militarism, Cold War Politics, Anti-Muslim Racism, Anticolonial Feminisms, Digital Humanities
Biography
Aiza Khan is a doctoral student in the Department of Gender Studies at UCLA. Their current research draws on transnational feminisms, decolonial feminist thought, and queer and trans of color critique to look at feminist histories, construction of nation-states, citizen-subject formation and political Islam in South and Central Asia. They hold a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service from Georgetown University and a Master of Arts in Middle Eastern Studies from Hamad bin Khalifa University.