Anita M. Weiss

Anita M. Weiss received her doctorate in sociology from UC Berkeley and is now Professor Emerita of Global Studies at the University of Oregon, having retired in August 2023 after 36 years at the University of Oregon. She was recently named Distinguished Honorary Professor of Sociology at Quaid-i-Azam University. She has published extensively on social development, gender issues, and political Islam in Pakistan. Her eight books include the most recent, Countering Violent Extremism in Pakistan: Local Actions, Local Voices (Oxford University Press, 2020). Her current book project, Khuda ke Piyares: Finding Faith and Community in Local Shrines in Urban Rawalpindi, Pakistan, is in preparation.