Contact Information
3120 Lincoln Hall
Urbana IL 61801
MC 454
Office Hours
Biography
Before joining the Sociology Department Ph.D. program, Umair taught as adjunct faculty at the Humanities and Social Sciences Department of Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS). He is currently conducting dissertation fieldwork in Pakistan.
Research Interests
Social movements, political parties, state/society relations, class theory, capitalism, religion and politics, urban sociality and politics.
Education
MA Sociology, University of Illinois, Urban-Champaign
MA South Asian Studies, University of Illinois, Urban-Champaign
BSc (Hons) Politics and Economics, LUMS, Pakistan
Grants
Department of Sociology Summer Research-Travel Grant 2021
Awards and Honors
Global South Languages Fellowship 2020-21 (Center for South Asia and Middle Eastern Studies, UIUC)
Bastian Dissertation Research and Writing Fellowships - Summer 2022, Fall 2022 (Sociology Department, UIUC)
Courses Taught
At UIUC:
Soc 100 Intro to Sociology TA discussion sections (Fall, Spring 2021-22)
SAME 150 Arab Spring, The New Middle East discussion sectiosn (Fall 2013, Fall 2014)
At LUMS, Pakistan (Teaching Fellow, Adjunct Instructor)
Intro to Sociology (Fall 2022, 2023; Spring 2023)
Social Movements (Spring 2023, Fall 2023)
Political Sociology (Fall 2022)
Intro to Political Science (Spring 2019)
Islamic Movements (Fall 2017)
Pakistan Studies (Fall & Spring 2016-2017)
Highlighted Publications
Book Review: Sovereign Attachments: Masculinity, Muslimness, and Affective Politics in Pakistan; Men and Masculinities journal May 2022 print edition. Available online: https://doi-org.proxy2.library.illinois.edu/10.1177/1097184X211064324
Report commissioned by Human Rights Commission of Pakistan: Mapping Social Movements in Pakistan 2010-20, Available online: http://hrcp-web.org/hrcpweb/thematic-reports/