283 research outputs found
Vora Neha, Impossible Citizens: Dubai’s Indian Diaspora
No full textLe Golfe arabique, troisième pôle migratoire mondial, est un terrain d’étude en extension, pour les spécialistes des migrations (Gardner, 2005 ; Ali, 2010 ; Kamrava et Babar, 2012 ; Mahdavi, 2011) comme pour ceux des études urbaines (Elsheshtawy, 2010 ; Kanna, 2011). Neha Vora pour sa part s’intéresse aux modes d’appartenance des migrants dans le contexte de l’État rentier autoritaire de Dubaï. Ici, la gouvernementalité crée, grâce à des structures rigides de citoyenneté et de migration, des ..
Vora Neha, Impossible Citizens: Dubai’s Indian Diaspora
No full textLe Golfe arabique, troisième pôle migratoire mondial, est un terrain d’étude en extension, pour les spécialistes des migrations (Gardner, 2005 ; Ali, 2010 ; Kamrava et Babar, 2012 ; Mahdavi, 2011) comme pour ceux des études urbaines (Elsheshtawy, 2010 ; Kanna, 2011). Neha Vora pour sa part s’intéresse aux modes d’appartenance des migrants dans le contexte de l’État rentier autoritaire de Dubaï. Ici, la gouvernementalité crée, grâce à des structures rigides de citoyenneté et de migration, des ..
Neither Here Nor There: Mixed Identity and Belonging in the United Arab Emirates
No full textA Master of Arts thesis in International Studies by Sarah Zahaf entitled, “Neither Here Nor There: Mixed Identity and Belonging in the United Arab Emirates”, submitted in April 2025. Thesis advisor is Dr. Neha Vora. Soft copy is available (Thesis, Completion Certificate, Approval Signatures, and AUS Archives Consent Form).In the United Arab Emirates (UAE), mixed individuals are faced with the difficult task of navigating identity in a highly pluralistic, globally connected landscape. Considering that migrants constitute 88% of the UAE’s population, citizen and non-citizens residents both experience exposure to multiple cultures while trying to balance their heritage with new cultural influences. This is especially true in households with parents of different national, ethnic, or racial backgrounds, what I simply term mixed. This thesis examines how mixed young adults with dual or multiple cultural backgrounds in the UAE articulate their belonging and their sense of identity. Research on mixed backgrounds have highlighted a life of complexity, with individuals constantly facing both challenges and benefits of a multicultural background. Using narrative semi-structured interviews with a total of 34 people, this thesis explores how mixed young individuals in the UAE narrate evolving stories that blend Emirati, South Asian, Western, and many other influences in their lives; in so doing, it sheds light on the complex process of identity construction within the UAE.College of Arts and SciencesDepartment of International StudiesMaster of Arts in International Studies (MAIS
Searching for coherence: A study on education and identity construction in the United Arab Emirates
No full textA Master of Arts thesis in International Studies by Reem Al Mheiri entitled, “Searching for coherence: A study on education and identity construction in the United Arab Emirates”, submitted in July 2025. Thesis advisor is Dr. Neha Vora. Soft copy is available (Thesis, Completion Certificate, Approval Signatures, and AUS Archives Consent Form).As a federation of seven constituent monarchies, the United Arab Emirates recognized early on the need for a unifying force to transcend tribal allegiances and genealogical affiliations, particularly against the backdrop of a vibrant cosmopolitan past and a growing migrant population. A clear manifestation of this state effort was the construction and promotion of a homogenized national identity through educational systems. Curricular reforms thus reflected evolving articulations of the Emirati national identity, closely aligned with shifting state priorities. Nonetheless, citizens were not passive recipients of these state-sanctioned articulations. They actively negotiated and reinterpreted them to reflect their own social realities, paving the way for alternative articulations of identity. While extant literature has examined recent curricular reforms in the UAE’s educational system, the topic of how national identity is constructed for citizens through the subject of social studies remains unexplored. The study investigated how the Emirati national identity is constructed through social studies textbooks and the implications of imposing a homogenous national identity onto a heterogeneous populace. Data collection involved a qualitative content analysis of thirty-nine social studies textbooks targeting primary and secondary students across three terms for the academic year 2023/2024, alongside a series of semi-structured interviews to discern on how identity is constructed, negotiated, and expressed in the United Arab Emirates. The findings of this study suggest that the intricate interplay between tribalism, state narratives and ethnic heterogeneity generates varied levels of belonging and an incoherent understanding of national identity among the UAE’s citizens, due to the lack of synergy between the state-constructed national identity and it’s articulation by the populace.College of Arts and SciencesDepartment of International StudiesMaster of Arts in International Studies (MAIS
Ahmed Kanna, Am´elie Le Renard og Neha Vora, Beyond Exception: New Interpretations of the Arabian Peninsula, Cornell University Press, 2020
No full textAhmed Kanna, Am´elie Le Renard og Neha Vora, Beyond Exception: New Interpretations of the Arabian Peninsula, Cornell University Press, 202
Anatomy of an Article: The Peer‐Review Process as Method
No full textIn this article, we provide an unprecedented insider view of the peer-review process. Specifically, we highlight how an author (Vora) revised a manuscript submitted to American Anthropologist in a manner that resulted in its eventual publication in the journal. This included responding in various revisions of the manuscript to comments from the editor (Boellstorff), as well as a reviewer who has agreed to reveal her identity (Karen Ho). By showing examples of this revision process, we explore the "anatomy of an article," illustrating how a deeper understanding of the peer-review process can contribute to anthropological professionalization and successful publishing. © 2012 by the American Anthropological Association
The effects of Wnt5a and Wnt3a and PCP signaling on Schwann cell biology and myelination
No full textPlanar cell polarity (PCP) is known as the polarization of cells within the plane of the tissue layer. This form of polarization controls several epithelial and non-epithelial morphological processes, such as the orientation of primary cilia in the inner ear, convergent extension (CE) and directed migration. A three tiered model of PCP regulation has been proposed which consists of the global, core, and effector modules. However there is one addition level of modulation through non-canonical Wnt signaling pathway. Of the many Wnt proteins a few have been identified to signal primarily through this pathway. One such protein is Wnt5a, which has been shown to modulate PCP during directed cell migration. In this study we gather preliminary data for the presence of PCP signaling components in Schwann cells and investigate the effect of Wnt5a and its antagonist Wnt3a on Schwann cell proliferation, migration and myelination.M.S.Includes bibliographical referencesby Neha Jan
Book review: Neha Vora, \u3ci\u3eTeach for Arabia: American Universities, Liberalism, and Transnational Qatar\u3c/i\u3e
No full textWith a provocative title that inherently questions who might be served and educated best by the branch campuses of top US universities in Qatar and Gulf states, Vora’s new book debunks some old myths and reminds readers from the outset that “liberalism has Arabian roots” (18). Vora wonders about and studies the transplant of liberal education into “so-called illiberal” countries like Qatar and other Gulf States. Her timely book offers on-the-ground perspectives of students and faculty in these transplant institutions as they engage with curriculum and one another in a new knowledge economy. The book contributes to scholarship about how the cultural ideological framework of liberalism informs and shapes discourses on educational policies and the restructuring of nationalistic reforms for development across the Arab world.
Vora frames the book through a knowledge economy perspective that is tension filled. For example, throughout the book she examines the effects of educational reform and nationalism as they are enacted in the US branch campuses of the Gulf. As Vora notes, branch campuses such as Education City in Qatar are simultaneously “spaces of contradiction” and “sites of new agencies and belongings” (29). As such, she argues that conceptions of knowledge economy become realigned with on-the-ground Arab nationalist orientations in combination with notions of the civilizing mission of Western knowledge economies. Furthermore, Vora examines the tensions that non-national students—the majority of the student population in the branch campuses—and Qatari students attending college experience, but as the author notes, there is no critical mass of Qatari students, and more importantly, there is little Qatarization of the workforce in this oil-rich Gulf state, wherein most people do not work. ...
As Teach for Arabia demonstrates, Gulf branch campuses are contested pedagogical, national, public, and global terrains wherein a microcosm of the world gets educated. Unlike many other places, diversity characterizes their populations of students, faculty, and staff. Ironically, even in this transnational, diverse milieu, there is a paucity of recognition and understanding of the Qatari student population vis-à-vis their work futures and their academic trajectories socioeconomically and culturally within the campuses and nationally. As Vora astutely shows throughout the book, the divergent discourses of nationalism and education reforms puts young college students at cross-roads in the “new” Qatari society
Review of Beyond Exception: New Interpretations of the Arabian Peninsula
No full textThis is a published review of the book Beyond Exception: New Interpretations of the Arabian Peninsula, by Ahmed Kanna, Amélie Le Renard, and Neha Vora
The effects of immediate versus delayed feedback after multiple-choice questions on subsequent exam performance
No full textThis thesis investigates the effects of immediate versus delayed feedback following multiple-choice questions on subsequent performance on multiple-choice and recall questions. In three experiments, students in a college psychology lecture course received immediate or delayed feedback following multiple-choice questions on an initial unit exam which was followed up with exam(s) including both multiple-choice and short-answer questions. In the first experiment, the kind of feedback did not affect performance on the same multiple-choice questions when they were repeated on the final. In the second experiment, two subsequent follow-up exams included first a short-answer version of the multiple-choice question and then the same multiple-choice question. Performance on the short-answer questions was better following delayed feedback than following immediate feedback. However, the kind of feedback had no effect on the performance of the repeated multiple-choice questions. Also, the interval between the initial exam and the follow-up exam had no effect on performance. The third experiment examined whether delayed feedback increased confidence more than immediate feedback and whether the increase in confidence mediated the improved performance on subsequent short-answer questions. The delayed feedback had no effect on confidence for the subsequent short-answer and multiple-choice responses. Together, these results demonstrate that delayed feedback improves performance on the short-answer questions by increasing the subsequent generation of the correct response but does not influence recognition of it.M.S.Includes bibliographical referencesIncludes vitaby Neha Sinh
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