Bahira Trask
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Bahira S. Trask is an American anthropologist, academic, and author. She is a Professor and the former Chair of the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences at the University of Delaware (UD).[1]
Bahira S. Trask | |
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Occupation(s) | Anthropologist, academic and author |
Academic background | |
Education | BA in Political Science PhD in Anthropology |
Alma mater | Yale University University of Pennsylvania |
Academic work | |
Institutions | Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Delaware |
Trask's research focuses on globalization, women's employment, and family dynamics in Western and non-Western countries. She has authored and edited multiple books including Women, Work, and Globalization: Challenges and Opportunities, Globalization and Families: Accelerated Systemic Social Change, and Cultural Diversity and Families. She has been elected as a fellow to NCFR, and is the recipient of the UD Excellence in Teaching Award,[2] the Jan Trost Award from NCFR[3] and the Groves Feldman Award from the Groves Conference on Marriage and Families.[4]
Trask has held a guest editorship of the Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal.[5]