Contact Information
3120 Lincoln Hall
Urbana IL 61801
MC 454
Biography
Before joining the Sociology Department, I have worked as a news editor, freelance researcher, and a college instructor in Pakistan. I worked in different editorial positions at national dailies The Express Tribune (2009-12 and 2015-16) and Daily Times (2016-19), and as adjunct faculty at the Humanities and Social Sciences Department of Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS).
Research Interests
Social movements, political economy, critical theory, state/society relations
Education
MA in South Asian Studies, University of Illinois, Urban-Champaign
BSc (Hons) Politics and Economics, LUMS, Pakistan
Awards and Honors
Global South Languages Fellowship 2020-21
Newspaper articles:
My news reports, features, and op-eds can be accessed here:
https://tribune.com.pk/author/226/umair-rasheed; https://dailytimes.com.pk/writer/umair-rasheed/; https://www.trtworld.com/author/umair.rasheed