Muna Adem Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
College Park , Maryland 20742
Education:
- 2023 Ph.D. Sociology, Indiana University
- 2019 M.S. in Applied Statistics, Indiana University
- 2017 M.A. in Sociology, Indiana University
- 2013 B.A., Journalism, California State University, Northridge
- Minor in Gender Studies. Summa Cum Laude
Biography:
Dr. Adem's research lies at the intersection of race, ethnicity, and immigration. She is interested in examining how ethnoracial demographic changes and immigration-driven diversity influence race relations, group divisions and ethnoracial inequalities, both in the US and Europe. Her current projects examine (1) the ways in which race and immigration status shapes (mis)trust and cooperation at the micro level, (2) the ways in which organizations and elite actors contribute to the (in)stability of ethnoracial and stratification systems, (3) attitudes toward citizenship ideologies, national and ethnoracial identities in the US and Europe, and (4) perceived discrimination, anti-Black distancing and incorporation of immigrant groups. To answer her research questions, Dr. Adem employs several strategies, including survey experiments and behavioral experiments, network and text analysis and mixed methods.