Amanda Lubit

I am a final year PhD student of anthropology at Queen’s University Belfast (UK) currently writing my dissertation, following a year of field work in Belfast. My dissertation examines the movements and visibility of Muslim women in politically and culturally segregated communities of post-conflict Northern Ireland. I engage with issues of gender, identity politics, spaces, relationality, and the body. This research has practical and policy implications. I have also made contributions to my field of study and practice through professional presentations, publications, participation in collaborative workshops and consortia, and as Reviews Editor for the Irish Journal of Anthropology. Previously, at Portland State University (USA), I completed a master’s thesis on post-conflict transformation practices in Libya. I then spent five years working globally with disaster-affected communities, post-conflict contexts and displaced persons to gain a practical understanding of social justice issues. I also served as an adjunct professor of anthropology at George Washington University (USA) lecturing on gender, development and humanitarianism in medical anthropology.