University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor Professor of Psychology
she/her/هي(heyya)
gawad@umich.edu
Global Islamic Studies Center;
GISC Faculty
About
Dr. Germine Awad's scholarship is characterized by three interrelated areas of inquiry: prejudice and discrimination, identity and acculturation, and multicultural research methodology. Much of her research is guided by the questions “What factors lead to discrimination against minoritized ethnic groups?” and “What impacts perceptions of experienced discrimination?” The two populations that she has primarily focused on are Arab/Middle Eastern Americans and African Americans. Dr. Awad is concerned with how prejudicial attitudes and ideology impact attitudes towards minoritized ethnic groups generally and within specific domains such as the workplace and higher education. In addition, she examines how racial/ethnic identity and acculturation impact minoritized ethnic groups’ perceptions of discrimination. Specifically, she has conducted studies testing a combined race and ethnicity question with MENA/Arab Americans and investigated the ways this community identifies in terms of race and ethnicity.
