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Nadia Abu El-Haj ( ; born 1962) is an American academic with a PhD in anthropology from Duke University . She is a professor of anthropology at Barnard College , Columbia University .1 The author of Facts on the Ground: Archaeological Practice and Territorial Self-Fashioning in Israeli Society (2001) and The Genealogical Science: The Search for Jewish Origins and the Politics of Epistemology (2012), Abu El-Haj was the subject of dueling online petitions arguing whether she should be tenured during the 2006–07 academic year when she was recommended for tenure. Abu El-Haj received tenure in November 2007. The New York Times .2 Columbia University Department of Anthropology .
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Nadia Abu El Haj (born 1962 ) is an American academic with a PhD in Anthropology from Duke University. She is an associate professor of anthropology at Barnard College . The author of Facts on the Ground: Archaeological Practice and Territorial Self-Fashioning in Israeli Society (2001), Abu El Haj was the subject of dueling online petitions [1] arguing whether she should be tenured during the 2006-07 academic year when she was recommended for tenure. Barnard granted Abu El Haj the faculty's tenure request in November 2007. The New York Times . Barnard College Department of Anthropology .
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Nadia Abu El Haj (born 1962 ) is an American academic with a Ph.D in Anthropology from Duke University . She is an associate professor of anthropology at Barnard College . The author of Facts on the Ground: Archaeological Practice and Territorial Self-Fashioning in Israeli Society (2001) and The Genealogical Science: The Search for Jewish Origins and the Politics of Epistemology (2012), Abu El Haj was the subject of dueling online petitions arguing whether she should be tenured during the 2006–07 academic year when she was recommended for tenure. Barnard granted Abu El Haj the faculty's tenure request in November 2007. Barnard College Department of Anthropology .
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Nadia Abu El-Haj (born 1962 ) is an American academic with a PhD in Anthropology from Duke University .She is a professor of anthropology at Barnard College , Columbia University . The author of Facts on the Ground: Archaeological Practice and Territorial Self-Fashioning in Israeli Society (2001) and The Genealogical Science: The Search for Jewish Origins and the Politics of Epistemology (2012), Abu El-Haj was the subject of dueling online petitions arguing whether she should be tenured during the 2006–07 academic year when she was recommended for tenure. Columbia University Department of Anthropology .
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American anthropologist (1962-) Nadia Abu El-Haj ( Arabic : نادية أبو الحاج ; born 1962) is an American anthropologist at Barnard College and Columbia University . The author of Facts on the Ground: Archaeological Practice and Territorial Self-Fashioning in Israeli Society (2001) and The Genealogical Science: The Search for Jewish Origins and the Politics of Epistemology (2012), Abu El-Haj was the subject of dueling online petitions arguing whether she should be tenured during the 2006–07 academic year when she was recommended for tenure. Abu El-Haj received tenure in November 2007. Columbia University Department of Anthropology .
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american academic with a phd in anthropology from duke university
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american anthropologist
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