Orfalea Center Graduate Students
Christina Guirguis
Departments
Global Studies
Research Clusters
Social Data and the Archive
Affiliation Period
8/2023 - 12/2024
Research Project
International Peace and Security Studies (IPS)/ Global Security and Cooperation Program (GSC): Archive and Alumni Survey Review
Research Description
This project consisted of conducting and analyzing an alumni survey and working with the SSRC to create an archive of the International Peace and Security Studies (IPS)/ Global Security and Cooperation Fellowship Programs (GSC). The goal of the survey was to understand the impact of the program on the fellow’s research and career trajectories, as well as tracking shifts in the field of International Peace and Security Studies since the 1980s, when the fellowship program was initiated. The project concluded with a panel at the Security in Context conference at UC Santa Barbara. The panel consisted of project researchers who shared the outcomes of the fellowship alumni survey, as well as of several alumni, who shared their experiences in the program and its impact on their careers.
Research Interests
Orfalea Center Productions
Student Bio
Tina Guirguis is a PhD candidate in Global Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her research examines the biopolitical and bioeconomic dimensions of contemporary sanitation infrastructure mega projects, hygiene campaigns, and excremental politics in China, India, and Egypt. She pays particular attention as to how gender, hygiene, and social norms are not only enforced through sanitation initiatives, but made into moral codes which take on new dimensions within speculative bioeconomies of excrement. Prior to joining UCSB, Tina completed her BA in Political Science at UC Irvine, and received her MA in Political Studies from the American University of Beirut. Tina will be working with Professor Janet Afary in the area of Gender and Islam.