<?xml version="1.0"?>
<News hasArchived="false" page="1" pageCount="1" pageSize="10" timestamp="Thu, 03 Sep 2026 08:10:09 -0400" url="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/cahss/posts.xml?tag=uzma-rashid">
<NewsItem contentIssues="true" id="57147" important="false" status="posted" url="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/cahss/posts/57147">
<Title>LLC Alumni Highlights: Dr. Uzma Rashid</Title>
<Body>
<![CDATA[
    <div class="html-content">
    <br>Dr. Uzma Rashid, Assistant Professor of Sociology at the <a href="http://umt.edu.pk/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">University of Management and Technology in Lahore</a>, Pakistan, has recently been appointed as Associate Dean for the School of Social Sciences and Humanities.<br><br>She recently presented in the Fulbright and Humphrey Alumni conference held in Islamabad, titled "<em>Lag raha he madam Amreeka se wapas ai he~!" ["It does look like madam has returned from the United States"]: Gendered religious identities and sustainable development in Pakistan.</em> It was an autoethnographic account of her own gendered religious performances since her return from the US, and she looked at those within the larger context of the country's issues of intolerance and discrimination. <br><br>She has just had an abstract entitled "<em>Muslim women as leaders within and outside the Muslim community: Trends and challenges"</em> accepted for presentation at the Summer Global Symposium on Women's Leadership to be held at the University of Riverside, CA, June 3-4 2016<br><br>Congratulations Uzma!<br><br><img src="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/attachments/news/000/057/147/49a0fa0ea45d6c65e0524d65fb737c84/IMG-20151205-WA0024.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><br>
    </div>
]]>
</Body>
<Summary>Dr. Uzma Rashid, Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Management and Technology in Lahore, Pakistan, has recently been appointed as Associate Dean for the School of Social...</Summary>
<AttachmentKind>Photo</AttachmentKind>
<AttachmentUrl>https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/attachments/1e623c6f8186456f68277e88b31af815/6a9963a1/news/000/057/147/49a0fa0ea45d6c65e0524d65fb737c84/IMG-20151205-WA0024.jpg?1453441698</AttachmentUrl>
<Attachments>
<Attachment kind="Photo" url="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/cahss/posts/57147/attachments/19264"></Attachment>
</Attachments>
<TrackingUrl>https://my3.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/57147/guest@my.umbc.edu/1916b7ae28972f7aa0f7218d9273b74e/api/pixel</TrackingUrl>
<Tag>alumni</Tag>
<Tag>highlights</Tag>
<Tag>llc</Tag>
<Tag>uzma-rashid</Tag>
<Group token="llc">Language, Literacy and Culture Doctoral Program</Group>
<GroupUrl>https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/llc</GroupUrl>
<AvatarUrl>https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/537/e594b22cf15b445f7476775aa508e9c3/xsmall.png?1375383725</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="original">https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/537/e594b22cf15b445f7476775aa508e9c3/original.jpg?1375383725</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="xxlarge">https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/537/e594b22cf15b445f7476775aa508e9c3/xxlarge.png?1375383725</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="xlarge">https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/537/e594b22cf15b445f7476775aa508e9c3/xlarge.png?1375383725</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="large">https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/537/e594b22cf15b445f7476775aa508e9c3/large.png?1375383725</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="medium">https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/537/e594b22cf15b445f7476775aa508e9c3/medium.png?1375383725</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="small">https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/537/e594b22cf15b445f7476775aa508e9c3/small.png?1375383725</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="xsmall">https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/537/e594b22cf15b445f7476775aa508e9c3/xsmall.png?1375383725</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="xxsmall">https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/537/e594b22cf15b445f7476775aa508e9c3/xxsmall.png?1375383725</AvatarUrl>
<Sponsor>Language, Literacy and Culture Doctoral Program</Sponsor>
<ThumbnailUrl size="xxlarge">https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/057/147/f80aa233184527ebd7b36f7a59cf2e4e/xxlarge.jpg?1453441653</ThumbnailUrl>
<ThumbnailUrl size="xlarge">https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/057/147/f80aa233184527ebd7b36f7a59cf2e4e/xlarge.jpg?1453441653</ThumbnailUrl>
<ThumbnailUrl size="large">https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/057/147/f80aa233184527ebd7b36f7a59cf2e4e/large.jpg?1453441653</ThumbnailUrl>
<ThumbnailUrl size="medium">https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/057/147/f80aa233184527ebd7b36f7a59cf2e4e/medium.jpg?1453441653</ThumbnailUrl>
<ThumbnailUrl size="small">https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/057/147/f80aa233184527ebd7b36f7a59cf2e4e/small.jpg?1453441653</ThumbnailUrl>
<ThumbnailUrl size="xsmall">https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/057/147/f80aa233184527ebd7b36f7a59cf2e4e/xsmall.jpg?1453441653</ThumbnailUrl>
<ThumbnailUrl size="xxsmall">https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/057/147/f80aa233184527ebd7b36f7a59cf2e4e/xxsmall.jpg?1453441653</ThumbnailUrl>
<PawCount>3</PawCount>
<CommentCount>4</CommentCount>
<CommentsAllowed>true</CommentsAllowed>
<PostedAt>Fri, 22 Jan 2016 00:49:18 -0500</PostedAt>
<EditAt>Fri, 05 Feb 2016 08:55:37 -0500</EditAt>
</NewsItem>

</News>
