printer-friendlyLinda Herrera is a social anthropologist with regional specialization in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). She works in the fields of global studies in education, critical ethnography, and youth studies. Her work examines the intersection between education and learning as local practice and global process. She has undertaken ethnographic studies of Egyptian schools and biographical research on educators and learners in the region. She has also carried out critical analysis of the role of international development policies on education in the MENA region. More recently she has turned her attention to the sociology of generations, the Arab uprisings, and youth struggles for dignity, livelihoods, and democracy.
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Education Policy, Organization and Leadership
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Associate Professor
Education Policy, Organization and Leadership
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Degrees
- Ph.D., Comparative and International Education, Columbia University
- M.A., Anthropology and Sociology, American University in Cairo
- B.A., Middle East Studies, University of California, Berkeley
Key Professional Appointments
- Senior Lecturer of Development Studies, International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, 2005-2011
- Associate Professor, Education Policy, Organization and Leadership, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, 2011--
Selected Publications
- Herrera, L. (Forthcoming) Youth and Citizenship in the Digial Era: A view from Egypt. In Harvard Educational Review.
- Herrera, L. &. M. Peters (2011) The Educational and political significance of new social media: a dialogue with Linda Herrera and Michael A. Peters. In E-Learning and Digital Media. 8(4), 364-374. More about this publication...
- Herrera, L., Bayat, A. (Eds.). (2010). Being young and Muslim: new cultural politics in the global south and north. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. More about this publication...
- Herrera, L. (2008) “Education and empire: democratic reform in the Arab World?” International Journal of Educational Reform. 17(4): 355-574. More about this publication...
- Herrera, L. & Torres, C.A. (Eds.) (2006). Cultures of Arab schooling: critical ethnographies from Egypt. New York, NY: State University of New York Press. More about this publication...