Faculty Profiles
Lisa Hajjar
Associate Professor
Ph.D., The American University
Research Interests
International Affairs from Georgetown University (1986) and a PhD in Sociology from The American University (1995). Her areas of expertise include sociology of law, law and society, international and global studies, and political sociology. Her research interests include human rights, international law, torture, war and conflict. Her first book, Courting Conflict: The Israeli Military Court System in the West Bank and Gaza (University of California Press, 2005), is a sociological study of law and conflict in Israel/Palestine. She is currently working on a book about anti-torture lawyering in the United States in the post-9/11 period.
Teaching Areas
Hajjar's teaching areas include sociology of law, political sociology, social movements, global and international sociology, and topical courses relating to war and conflict.
Contact Information
office
Social Sciences and Media Studies Bldg 3018phone
office hours
on leave F12,W13, S13Crash Policy
Students who wish to be added to a waitlist for my course(s) can send me an email message with "waitlist" and the NUMBER of the coures(s) in the subject line. Any request that does not include this information in the subject line will not be added to the waitlist. I will add names in the order in which I received messages. I will distribute add codes on a space-available basis after the quarter has begun.
