Razan Bayan

Razan Bayan (peace studies and history) holds B.A.s in human rights and history from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, with minors in Arabic, African/Middle Eastern Studies, and Mathematics. Razan's culminating project as part of the University Honors Program at SMU was a study on the collective amnesia in Muslim American youth regarding the Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib detention centers.

 

Razan's research interests include the War on Terror and securitization; U.S. militarism and imperialism; state violence against Muslims; colonial history and postcolonialism; and Islamophobia studies. At Notre Dame, Razan plans to study the history of U.S. government-inflicted violence against Muslims during the War on Terror and the reactions of the general public to its revelation.