Shelia Nair Professor Office Hours: Office Address: SBS 306 Phone Number: 928-523-0180 Shelia.Nair@nau.edu

Dr. Nair’s recent research has addressed the following: the intersection of immigration, human rights, and globalization with an emphasis on labor migration in Southeast Asia; the relationship between consumption and cultural commodification; and the politics of protest movements.

“The State of Malaysian Studies,” Critical Asian Studies, 37:1 (2005): 161-175.

Geeta Chowdhry and Sheila Nair, editors, Power, Postcolonialism and InternationalRelations: Reading Race, Gender and Class. London and New York: Routledge, 2002. (Paperback edition 2004).

Sheila Nair, “Human Rights and Postcoloniality: Representing Burma,” in Power,Postcolonialism and International Relations: Reading Race, Gender and Class. (London and New York: Routledge, 2002/2004).

Courses Dr. Nair frequently teaches at the Undergraduate level include:
POS 120 World Politics
POS 370 Asian Politics: Southeast Asia
POS 380 Advanced International Relations
POS 421C Human Rights Issues (Senior Capstone)
POS 482 U.S. Foreign Policy (Undergraduate/Graduate)

Courses Dr. Nair frequently teaches at the Graduate level include:
POS 552 Political Economy
POS 676 Area Studies
POS 680 International Relations Theory
POS 683 Human Rights in International Relations
POS 684 International Hierarchies