Zareen Taj successfully presents

Wed, 24 Sep 2025 13:11:41 -0400
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The Language, Literacy, and Culture Program is pleased to announce that Zareen Taj of LLC Cohort 22 successfully and skillfully presented her dissertation research proposal on September 12, 2025.

Zareen's project is titled, Hazara Women's Resistance and Resilience: An Autoethnographic Study

After her presentation, Zareen had a substantive discussion with her committee about the next stages of her work. The committee agreed that the project is worthy of doctoral research and helped Zareen consider some key issues as she moves forward into the research and writing.

Many thanks to Zareen's committee members:

Co-Chairs:

Tania Lizarazo, MA/Global Studies

Joby Taylor, Shriver Center

Members:

Tanya Saunders, Language, Literacy, and Culture

Sally Scott, Shriver Center

Melissa Skye Kerr Chiovenda, George Mason University