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Hajjar Selected for Plous Award Honor
By BILL SCHLOTTER
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Lisa Hajjar is an associate professor in the Law and Society Program.
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Lisa Hajjar, an associate professor in the Law and Society Program, has been chosen the 2003 winner of the Harold J. Plous Award, given annually to one of UCSB's top assistant professors.
The award, presented by the Academic Senate, recognizes Hajjar's "innovative research, inspirational teaching, and generous community service, which embodies the well-rounded academic excellence that the Plous celebrates," according to the committee chaired by physicist David Cannell.
As the Plous winner, Hajjar will give a public lecture on "Torture and the Future," a current research subject. The date will be announced later.
"I am very honored to win this award," said Hajjar. "Since arriving at UCSB several days after 9/11, I have been greatly inspired and heartened by colleagues and students who have mobilized to teach and learn what the 'war on terrorism' means for the U.S. and the world."
An expert on the Middle East, Hajjar earned a bachelor's degree in international relations from Tufts University, and followed it with a master's in Arab studies from Georgetown University, and a Ph.D. in sociology from the American University.
Hajjar joined the UCSB faculty as an assistant professor in 2001 and was recently promoted to associate professor.
Her most recent research, which the Plous search committee called "groundbreaking," looks at the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It will soon be published as a book titled "Authority, Resistance, and the Law: A Study of the Israeli Military Court System in the West Bank and Gaza."
Her other research interests include cause lawyering; linkages between domestic violence, political authoritarianism, and Islam; and the complex role that human rights organizations play in geopolitical conflict situations.
In the classroom, Hajjar "is an exciting, energetic, and accessible instructor," the Plous committee said. "She is a demanding, passionate teacher who cares both about her subject matter and her students."
In addition to her Law and Society Program duties, she is also affiliated with UCSB's Global and International Studies Program, the Center for Middle East Studies, and the Department of Sociology. She has performed a variety of other duties, including serving on campus faculty search committees and doctoral grant committees.