Lorna Lueker Zukas (National University, San Diego, California)

Submitted: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 16:40:43 -0700


Lorna Lueker Zukas
Associate Professor Sociology
College of Letters and Sciences
Social Sciences
National University
Room 104
11255 North Torrey Pines Road
La Jolla, California   92037  USA

phone:      (858) 642-8437
fax:        (858) 642-8715
e-mail:     lzukas@nu.edu


Education

Doctoral dissertation completed at the University of California, San 
Diego: "Women, War, and Social Change: The Challenge to Independence in 
Zimbabwe," which addresses the tensions between tradition and modernity in 
the face of colonialism and revolution.


Activities and publications:

Director of the Center for Cultural and Ethnic Studies. 

Work in progress: "From Glorious Revolution to Failed State: Women 
Ex-Combatants and Mugabe's Zimbabwe," which addresses Robert Mugabe's rise 
to power in the Zimbabwean liberation struggle and his failure to support 
the women who helped him win.

Latest publication involves the rise of socialism and the reconfiguration 
of political landscapes in sub-Saharan Africa. Other publications focus on 
human rights, gender in economic development, and gender and information 
technology in sub-Saharan Africa.