About Me
Zein Murib (PhD, University of Minnesota) is an Associate Professor of Political Science and affiliated faculty in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Fordham University. Dr. Murib's research and teaching interests are informed by feminist and queer theory and located at the intersection of scholarship on gender and sexuality, interest groups and social movements, marginalized political identities in US politics, and democratic backsliding.
Dr. Murib's first book, Terms of Exclusion: Rightful Citizenship Claims and the Construction of LGBT Political Identity (Oxford University Press), received the American Political Science Association Best Book on LGBTQ Politics Award for 2023. It is available for purchase at OUP and on Amazon.
Murib's next book project examines the politicization of prescription hormones in the US across five cases: hormone-augmented beef and dairy production, social media carnivore influencers, anti-trans healthcare bans, reproductive technologies, and the weight-loss drug Ozempic. I argue that the strict regulation (or lack thereof) applied to these five cases reveals how gendered, raced, and classed hierarchies of membership are shaped. These variations in political, social, and economic membership therefore function as indicators of who is considered a citizen.
Dr. Murib's award-winning research has been published in peer-reviewed journals such Politics, Groups, and Identities, Politics & Gender, American Politics Research, Laws, Transgender Studies Quarterly, and New Political Science.
In addition to research, Dr. Murib is engaged in several service activities that draw on their academic expertise in LGBTQ politics, including regular analysis for Good Authority. Dr. Murib is currently an Editorial Board member for the European Journal on Politics and Gender and previously served as Social Media Editor for Politics, Groups, and Identities.
Dr. Murib is frequently interviewed by journalists interested in developing a better understanding of developments in LGBTQ politics and is available for commentary on the politics of sexuality, gender, and race; intersectionality and critical race theory; and political movements. Dr. Murib's writing for public audiences has been featured in Slate, Teen Vogue, and Washington Post.
Dr. Murib's first book, Terms of Exclusion: Rightful Citizenship Claims and the Construction of LGBT Political Identity (Oxford University Press), received the American Political Science Association Best Book on LGBTQ Politics Award for 2023. It is available for purchase at OUP and on Amazon.
Murib's next book project examines the politicization of prescription hormones in the US across five cases: hormone-augmented beef and dairy production, social media carnivore influencers, anti-trans healthcare bans, reproductive technologies, and the weight-loss drug Ozempic. I argue that the strict regulation (or lack thereof) applied to these five cases reveals how gendered, raced, and classed hierarchies of membership are shaped. These variations in political, social, and economic membership therefore function as indicators of who is considered a citizen.
Dr. Murib's award-winning research has been published in peer-reviewed journals such Politics, Groups, and Identities, Politics & Gender, American Politics Research, Laws, Transgender Studies Quarterly, and New Political Science.
In addition to research, Dr. Murib is engaged in several service activities that draw on their academic expertise in LGBTQ politics, including regular analysis for Good Authority. Dr. Murib is currently an Editorial Board member for the European Journal on Politics and Gender and previously served as Social Media Editor for Politics, Groups, and Identities.
Dr. Murib is frequently interviewed by journalists interested in developing a better understanding of developments in LGBTQ politics and is available for commentary on the politics of sexuality, gender, and race; intersectionality and critical race theory; and political movements. Dr. Murib's writing for public audiences has been featured in Slate, Teen Vogue, and Washington Post.