Fall 2015 seminar: Ph.D. candidate, anthropology
Amir Mohamed is a Ph.D. student and sociocultural anthropologist interested in urban citizenship, transgression, and the intersection of politics, space, and aesthetics. Before studying at Cornell, Mohamed received his M.A. in social science from the University of Chicago and his dual B.A. in history and anthropology from Monmouth University. His current research, situated in urban Guatemala, investigates how and to what effect residents transform the built environment into a medium for sociopolitical deliberation and critique.