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Gray, Doris


Associate In	Office:	DIF 332
	Phone	850-645-7661
	Fax:	850-644-0524
	email:	dgray2@fsu.edu

Dr. Gray comes to academia after a career in journalism. She spent more than a decade as a foreign correspondent for the German Press Agency in various African countries. She received her Ph.D. with distinction in French and Francophone Studies from Florida State University. Dr. Gray's research interest focuses primarily on North Africa, particularly contemporary issues of women's rights, Islamic feminism and social changes in the Maghreb since the Arab spring. She is the recipient of a NEH summer grant (Berbers of North Africa, 2007), an AIMS research grant for Algeria (2008), a Senior Fulbright Fellowship to Morocco (2009), a COARC research grant for Tunisia (2011/2012). She has been a guest speaker at universities and research centers in France, the UK, Algeria, Morocco, Iraq and at various institutions in the United States. She has published numerous articles and book chapters She is the author of:
Doris H. Gray. Beyond Islamism and Feminism: Women’s Rights in North Africa. London, I.B. Tauris, 2012. Doris H. Gray. Muslim Women on the Move: Women in Morocco and France speak out. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, Lexington Books, 2008.
Courses taught at FSU:
• Contemporary France (FRE 3501) • Graduate Reading Knowledge (FRE 5060) • Islam and Identity (FRE 5900) • France and the Maghreb (FRW 4761, FRW 5765) Dr. Gray has also taught in the Women's Studies Program • Women and Gender in Africa (WST 4930, WST 5934) • Contemporary Muslim Women (WST 4930, WST 5934) • Intro to Women's Studies (WST 3015) In the German division: • German Literature in Translation (GET 3130) • Graduate Reading Knowledge (GER 5060)

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