Former Human Rights journalist turned academic based in Pakistan, working on Folklore, South Asian Women’s Movements, and Media
Maria Amir is a former Human Rights journalist turned academic based in Pakistan, working on Folklore, South Asian Women’s Movements, and Media. She teaches courses in Gender Theory, Media Studies, and Folklore at the Lahore University of Management Sciences. She holds an MA in Mass Communication from Kinnaird College for Women, Lahore, an MSt in Women’s Studies from St Anne’s College, University of Oxford, and is in the final stages of her PhD in Global Gender Studies from SUNY Buffalo, USA.