Lisa Bhungalia, 
Ph.D. Student
lbhungal@maxwell.syr.edu


M.A. New York University, Humanities and Social Thought, 2005
B.A. Ohio State University, English, 2000

Education     
In progress   
Ph.D. Geography, Syracuse University
Advisor: Dr. Don Mitchell
Working dissertation title: Managing Crisis: When Humanitarianism Becomes Government, the Politics of Humanitarian Relief in Balata Refugee Camp

2005            
M.A. Humanities and Social Thought, New York University
Advisor: Dr. Sofia Shwayri
Thesis title: Urbicide in the West Bank: The Politics of Development and Demolition (1967-Present)

2000            
B.A. English, Ohio State University

Research Interests:
Political geography, state theory, humanitarianism, social theory, Palestine-Israel

Publications
Forthcoming, 2009   
“A liminal territory: Gaza, executive discretion, and sanctions turned humanitarian.” Geojournal (Critical Geopolitics, Special Issue).

Conference Presentations
2008  
“A liminal territory: Gaza, executive discretion, and sanctions turned humanitarian,”” paper presented at the Critical Geopolitics Conference, Durham, UK, September

2008  
“Quarantining of Gaza: Violence, Biopolitics and International Law,” paper presented at the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, April

2008  
Panelist, “Geographies of Detention and Confinement Panel: Challenges of Fieldwork,” panel discussion panel at the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, April

2008  
Panelist, “What's Activist? The next generation talks praxis,” panel discussion at the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, April

2008  
Co-organizer and panel co-chair, “Beyond Walls and Cages: Linking Immigrant Rights and Prison Abolition Movements,” discussion panel at the Left Forum, New York, NY, April

2007  
“Urbicide in the West Bank: Politics of Development and Demolition (1967 – Present),” paper presented at the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April

Grants and Fellowships
2008  
National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant, National Science Foundation, “Managing Crisis: When Humanitarianism Becomes Government, the Politics of Humanitarian Relief in Balata Refugee Camp”

2008  
Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs Goekjian Summer Research Grant, Maxwell School of Syracuse University

2008  
Maxwell Dean's Summer Research Award for dissertation research, Maxwell School of Syracuse University

2007  
Moynihan Middle Eastern Studies Summer Research Grant for preliminary dissertation research, Maxwell School of Syracuse University

2007  
Maxwell Dean's Summer Research Award for preliminary dissertation research, Maxwell School of Syracuse University

2006-09  
Graduate Research and Teaching Assistantship Award, Syracuse University

Graduate Research and Teaching Assistantships
2007-08    
Teaching assistant to Jennifer Hyndman, Geography 273: Global Political Economy, Department of Geography, Syracuse University

2007-08    
Research assistant to Don Mitchell, Department of Geography, Syracuse University

2007    
Research assistant to Alison Mountz, Department of Geography, Syracuse University

2007    
Teaching assistant to Don Mitchell, Geography 272: World Cultures, Department of Geography, Syracuse University

Fieldwork and Research
2009     
Cairo, Egypt
American University in Cairo, Arabic Language Institute

2008            
Damascus, Syria
Damascus University, Arabic Language Institute
Dalalah Institute, Modern Standard Arabic Intensive
Conducted preliminary research on Palestinian refugee camps in Syria and Lebanon

2007            
Israel and the Palestinian Territories
Birzeit University, Arabic Studies Program
Conducted pre-doctoral research on humanitarian relief in the West Bank

2003   
Israel and the Palestinian Territories
Conducted fieldwork for master’s thesis on the transformation of Palestinian urban spaces in the West Bank from 1967 to the early twenty-first century

Synergistic Activities
2007-08        Board member, Desis Rising Up and Moving, New York City
2007             Right to Education Campaign, Volunteer, Birzeit University
2007             Alternative Tours Organizer, Israeli Committee Against Home Demolitions
2007             Antipode Summer Institute for the Geographies of Justice participant
2006-07        Reviewer for the Maxwell Review, Syracuse University
2005-06        Board member of the North Star Fund Community Funding Board, New York City
2005-06        Community organizer for Desis Rising Up and Moving, New York City

Doctoral Committee:  Don Mitchell, Alison Mountz, Jennifer Hyndman and Tom Perreault