Sara Hassani
Assistant Professor
Education:
Ph.D. - Politics New School for Social Research
Brief Biography:
Sara Hassani is Assistant Professor of Political Science and Women’s and Gender Studies at Providence College. Her work in political theory explores themes of political violence, state, policing, and resistance. She is currently working on a manuscript based on her APSA award-winning dissertation, which examines the elevated rates of self-immolation among young women in Afghanistan, Iran, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. Grounded in historical research and interviews with survivors and their caretakers and communities, it sheds light on the multidimensional operation of police power enacted on women’s bodies and the unconventional political agency they exercise under and against that police power.
Area(s) of Expertise:
Political theory, critical theory, feminist theory, intersectionality, political violence, policing, resistance, self-destructive violence, biopolitics, necropolitics, gender, and Central Asian politics.
