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Anwar Ouassini, PhD

Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice
Delaware State University
Dover, DE 19901

aouassini [at] desu.edu
302.857.6670

Education

2013 - PhD Sociology, University of New Mexico (UNM)

SELECT POSITIONS

2016- Delaware State University (DSU)

  • Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice (2024-Present)
  • Associate Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice (2020-2024)
  • Assistant Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice (2016-2020)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Arab/African Criminology Global Race and Ethnic Studies Political Sociology Social Movements Sociology of Religion International-Comparative Criminology Computational Methods

ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS (selected publications)

Books (selected)

Ouassini, N & Ouassini, A. (2023). Arab criminology. Taylor & Francis.

Peer Reviewed Articles and Book Chapters (selected)

Ouassini, A., & Ouassini, N. (2024). Southernising Arab Criminology. In L. Dal Santo & C.S. Penna, (Eds), Southernising Criminology. London, UK: Routledge.

Amini, M., Ouassini, A., & Miller, R. (2023). American-Muslims, Abortion, and the Construction of a “Normative Communal Conservatism”. Journal of Religious & Theological Information, 1-15.

Ouassini, A., & Ouassini, N. (2023). Between Criminality and Terrorist Violence: The Abu Sayyaf Group in the Philippines. In S. Romaniuk & A. Roul (Eds.), Handbook of Terrorist and Insurgent Groups: A Global Survey of Threats, Tactics, and Characteristics. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, Routledge.

Ouassini, N., & Ouassini, A. (2023). Terrorism, Insurgency, and Peace: The Afghan Taliban and Composite Factions. In S. Romaniuk & A. Roul (Eds.), Handbook of Terrorist and Insurgent Groups: A Global Survey of Threats, Tactics, and Characteristics. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, Routledge.

Ouassini, N., Ouassini, A & Amini, M. (2023). “The Algerian Way: The Cycle of Securitization as a Response to COVID-19.” The African Review, 1-12. Tutu, R. A., Ouassini, A., & Ottie-Boakye, D. (2023). Health literacy assessment of faith- based organizations in Accra, Ghana. Cogent Social Sciences, 9(1), 2207883.

Ouassini, A., Ouassini, N., & Amini, M. (2023). The “IslamoCovid” Response: British Muslim Mobilization (s) at the Intersection of COVID-19 and Islamophobia. Journal of Media and Religion, 21(4), 193-206.

Ouassini, A., & Hunter, M. (2023). Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs). In The Handbook of Homeland Security. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, 163.

Ouassini, A., & Dao, B. (2023). Third Department of the People’s Liberation Army General Staff Headquarters (3PLA). In The Handbook of Homeland Security. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, 301.

Ouassini, N., & Ouassini, A. (2023). Domestic Violence, Human Rights, and Reform in Mauritania. International Responses to Gendered-Based Domestic Violence: Gender-Specific and Socio- Cultural Approaches, New York, Routledge, 168.

Ouassini, N., & Ouassini, A. (2022). Media Ownership and Development in Post- Qaddafi Libya. In Media Ownership in Africa in the Digital Age. London, Routledge, 210-222.

Ouassini, A., & Amini, M. (2022). Mipsterz: Cultural Capital, Racialization, and the Emergence of Muslim Cool. Hipster Culture: Transnational and Intersectional Perspectives, Bloomsbury, 357.

Ouassini A., & Amini M., (2022). “Native Transnational ‘Flows’: Hip Hop, Social Justice, and the Construction of a Global Indigenous Identity.” In Lakeyta M. Bonnette-Bailey and Adolphus G. Belk (Eds)., For the Culture: Hip Hop and Social Justice. University of Michigan Press.

Ouassini, A., Amini, M., & Ouassini, N. (2022). # ChinaMustexplain: Global Tweets, COVID-19, and Anti-Black Racism in China. The Review of Black Political Economy, 49(1), 61-76. 2

Ouassini, A., & Amini, M. (2022). Cyber Dimensions of Terrorism Funding. Countering Terrorist and Criminal Financing. Romaniuk. S (Eds). London: Taylor & Francis.

Ouassini, A., & Ouassini N., (2022). ‘Saudi Arabia’s Efforts in Combatting the Financing of Terrorism’ Countering Terrorist and Criminal Financing. Scott Romaniuk. London: Taylor & Francis. Boynton, K,

Ouassini, A., & Amini, M. (2022). Limits of the Law and Legal Frameworks for Preventing and Countering the Flow of Terrorists Funds. Countering Terrorist and Criminal Financing. Romaniuk. S (Eds). London: Taylor & Francis.

Ouassini, A. (2022). The silent inquisition: Islamophobic microaggressions and Spanish Moroccan identity negotiations in contemporary Madrid. Social Compass, 69(1), 76-94. Boynton, K.,

Ouassini, A., & Amini, M. (2021). # EndSARS: Nigeria, Police Brutality, and the African Movement for Black Lives. Harvard Africa Policy Journal.

Amini, M., & Ouassini, A. (2021). Divergent Islamic perspectives: Yoga through the lens of societal custom. Culture and Religion, 21(2), 199-214.

Ouassini, N., & Ouassini, A. (2021). Resisting Extremist Ideologies: Counterterrorism, Women, and Religious Reform in Morocco. African Journal of Criminology and Justice Studies: AJCJS, 13(1), 94-110.

Ouassini, A & Ouassini N., (2021) “Mother of the Revolution”: Tawakol Karman, Islamic feminism, and non-violent mobilization in Yemen. In Hamling, Anna (Eds). Women and Nonviolence. UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Ouassini, A., & Ouassini, N. (2021). Between a rock and the Kasbah: Tourism gentrification, cultural repackaging, and identity in Tangier. Journal of Asian and African Studies, 56(4), 774-788.

Ouassini, A., & Amini, M. (2021). Cybersecurity in Ghana: Past, present, and future. In Routledge Companion to Global Cyber-Security Strategy. London: Routledge.

Ouassini, A., Boynton, K., Romaniuk, S., & Manjikan, M. (2021). The Silicon Valley of the Middle East: Cybersecurity, Saudi Arabia, and the path to Vision 2030. Routledge Companion to Global Cyber-Security Strategy. London: Routledge.

Ouassini, A. (2021). We are all amina filali: social media, civil society, and rape legislation reform in Morocco. Women & Criminal Justice, 31(1), 77-82.

Ouassini, N., & Ouassini, A. (2020). Criminology in the Arab world: Misconceptions, nuances and future prospects. The British Journal of Criminology, 60(3), 519-536.

Ouassini, A. (2020). The Ummah racial project: Arab satellite television, Islamic movements, and the construction of Spanish Moroccan identity. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 43(4), 751-767. 3

Ouassini, A. (2019). We have come back home: The Spanish Moroccan community, collective memory, and sacred spaces in contemporary Spain. Religions, 10(2), 128.

Ouassini A. & Amini M., (2019). “Shifting Islamic Paradigms: Just Sustainabilities and American Muslims in the Age of Trump,” Glocalism: Journal of Culture, Politics, and Innovation. (1).

Ouassini A., & Ouassini, N., (2019). The Greater Jihad: Abdul Ghaffar Khan and the Islamic Nonviolence Philosophy in the Indian Subcontinent.” In Anna Hamling (Eds), Contemporary Icons of Non-violence.” Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 172.

Ouassini, A., & Ouassini, N. (2019). ‘Kill 3 million and the Rest Will Eat of Our Hands’: Genocide, Rape, and the Bangladeshi War of Liberation. Genocide and Mass Violence in Asia, 118(1), 40.

Ouassini, A. (2018) Afghanistan: The Shifting Religio-order and Islamic Democracy. The Politics and Religion Journal, 12(2), 309-326.

Ouassini, A., & Amini, M. (2018). The Pershing Myth: Trump, Islamophobic Tweets, and the Construction of Public Memory. Journal of Social Science Research, 12(1), 2499-2504.

RESEARCH FUNDING (selected)

DNREC (Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control) Research Grant. Co- Principal Investigator (Awarded, $250,000)

NSF Research Grant: Scaling Social Capital and Health among Migrants and African Americans across Space: A Community Engaged Approach. Co-Principal Investigator (Awarded, $622,524)

Strategies to Effectively Promote Vaccination for Universal Coverage Project (STEP-For-U Project) Phase I: Social Capital, Health Literacy, and COVID-19 in Delaware. Co-Principal Investigator (Awarded, $203,342).

My Vaccine Counts w/Public Health Management Corporation (IMAC- PHMC). Co-Principal Investigator (Awarded, $470,212)

PRESENTATIONS (selected)

Ouassini, N & Anwar Ouassini. November 2024. “Towards a Decolonized Arab Criminology” American Society of Criminology (ASC Conference)

Boynton & Anwar Ouassini. April 2024. “EndSARS: Nigeria, Police Brutality, and the African Movement for Black Lives” Virginia State University: 8th Annual Social Justice Conference (Conference).

Tutu, Anwar Ouassini, & Ottie-Boakye- March 2023. Health Literacy Priorities and Activities of Migrant Faith Based Organizations: Opportunities and Limitations. American Association of Geographers (AAG) (Conference)

Anwar Ouassini & Amini, February 2023. The AU’s Sixth Region: Expanding Engagement, Perspectives, and Capabilities. African, African American Diaspora Conference (AAAD) (Conference)

Anwar Ouassini & Amini, January 2022. Mipsterz: Cultural Capital, Racialization, and the Emergence of Muslim Cool. M. Ruhr-Universität Bochum, American Studies Center (Invited Presentation).

Anwar Ouassini & Amini March 2022: “Racializing Inclusion: Ideological Appropriation and the Global Muslim Community” Eastern Sociological Association (Conference).

Amini, M. & Anwar Ouassini, January 2020: “Imprisonment through a Custom Lens: Mass Incarceration, Urf, and the Islamic Legal Framework.” American Association for Law Schools. Washington D.C (Conference).

Anwar Ouassini & Amini, M: 2019. “Native Transnational ‘Flows’: Hip Hop, Social Justice, and the Construction of a Global Indigenous Identity.” Southwest Popular and American Culture Association, Albuquerque, NM (Conference).

Courses Taught at Delaware State University

  • Comparative Criminal Justice Systems
  • Complex Organizations
  • Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice
  • Cultural Sociology
  • Global Criminology (Graduate)
  • Global Justice (Graduate)
  • Independent Study
  • Race and Ethnicity
  • Serial Killers
  • Sociology 101 (online)
  • Sociology of Work
  • Social Institutions
  • Sociological Theories
  • Theories of Justice (Graduate)