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Past Member

Z. Fareen Parvez

Affiliation

Social Science

Field of Study

Sociology
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Fareen Parvez is researching predatory lending as it relates to other forms of exploitation in low-income urban communities in India. As poor families face downward mobility and regular threats of violence from “loan sharks,” this project investigates the relationships that sustain long-term indebtedness and how subaltern communities understand and resist them.

Dates at IAS

Member
School of Social Science

Degrees

University of California at Berkeley
Ph.D.
2011

Honors

2018
Honorable Mention, Section on Political Sociology, American Sociological Association
2018
Outstanding Book Award, Global Division of the Society for the Study of Social Problems
2018
Distinguished Book Award, Section on Religion, American Sociological Association

Appointments

University of Massachusetts-Amherst
2018
Associate Professor