Nadia Abu El Haj
Nadia Abu El-Haj | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1966 (age 58–59) |
| Occupation(s) | Anthropologist, academic |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Bryn Mawr College (AB) Duke University (PhD) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Barnard College, Columbia University |
| Website | Barnard faculty profile |
Nadia Abu El-Haj (Arabic: نادية أبو الحاج; born 1962) is an American anthropologist at Barnard College and Columbia University.
The author of Facts on the Ground: Archaeological Practice and Territorial Self-Fashioning in Israeli Society (2001) and The Genealogical Science: The Search for Jewish Origins and the Politics of Epistemology (2012), Abu El-Haj was the subject of dueling online petitions arguing whether she should be tenured during the 2006–07 academic year when she was recommended for tenure. Abu El-Haj received tenure in November 2007.