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Dr Shana Cohen
Lecturer in in Sociology (MA, PhD)
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I have taught at the University of Sheffield since 2006. Before that, I held a research position at Sheffield Hallam University and taught in the sociology department and human services program at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. |
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My research interests are divided into two strands. The first focuses on social change and international development. I have conducted research on the transformation of the middle class in Morocco and on sustainability of social projects in India. One of my current research projects involves investigating social mobility and quality of life among middle-income and low-income families in Morocco, with the intention of debating the concentration on poverty among development studies scholars and policy officials.
The second strand looks at the impact of social services and the status of professional social service. I have worked with a number of community and national organizations in the US, the UK, Morocco, and India on program design and evaluation. I am currently writing a book outlining a sociological approach to social service evaluation. I am also developing a research project on how social work reflects state investment into class structure, class relations, and principles of public altruism. |
| Funded Research Projects |
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Sponsor |
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| 2009 |
American Institute for Maghrib Studies |
Social Mobility and Change in Contemporary Morocco |
| 2009 |
Leverhulme Research Fellowship |
To conduct original research in Morocco on social mobility and quality of life among middle-income families caring both for children and ageing parents. |
| 2008-9 |
Nuffield Small Social Science Grant |
A project to conduct interviews with two generations of social workers in Washington, D.C. in order to analyze the impact of policy and political environment on the profession and on larger issues of the state’s role in social mobility and social cohesion. |
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(Forthcoming) Who is Responsible for the Poor?. NYC, NY: Rowman and Littlefield Press.
(Forthcoming) Social Change and Social Intervention. Boulder, CO: Paradigm Press.
(with Nasreen Akhtar) 2007. “Promoting Social Investment in Sustainability,” The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic, and Social Sustainability.
2007. “A New Meaning for the Wandering Jew,” in Susan Ossman (ed.) Places We Share, Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
2006. Morocco: Globalization and Its Consequences. NYC, NY: Routledge Press.
(with Larabi Jaïdi) 2006. Morocco: Globalization and its Consequences. NYC, NY: Routledge Press (for the series ‘Mapping the Global Spaces’).
2006. “The Middle Classes and Low-Income Groups during Market Reform,” Bulletin Economique et Social (Morocco). A full list of publications can be downloaded by clicking the link on the right of this page. |
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At undergraduate level, I teach the Globalization module and Social Divisions.
I am part of the course team for the MA in Global Social Policy. MA in Global Social Policy |
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