https://www.carolferraraphd.com/pagecv daily 0.75 2025-04-24 https://www.carolferraraphd.com/contact daily 0.75 2021-07-14 https://www.carolferraraphd.com/community-outreach daily 0.75 2021-06-13 https://www.carolferraraphd.com/about daily 1.0 2025-05-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606ce33bf7c2c0534a57786a/1626132306606-D5ALOKQ9FFC9ZOYILNUB/IMG_7743.jpg About As an anthropologist and an assistant professor in the Marketing Communication Department at Emerson College, I combine my diverse academic and professional expertise in sociocultural anthropology, education, pluralism, religion, and business. My teaching at Emerson encourages students to think critically about how marketing sits in the world and how it affects various communities, populations, cultures, and the environment. My students are immersed in critical thinking about how to make marketing communication and businesses better, smarter, and more socially and environmentally responsible. My research has focused on experiences of national identity and religion in France, as well as cultural and religious bias, ethics, discrimination, and inequities in a variety of contexts. My debut book, Muslim and Catholic experiences with French national belonging: rethinking boundaries, inequalities, and faith in the Republic (September 2024, Bloomsbury Academic), is a juxtapositional ethnography of divergent Muslim and Catholic experiences of national (non)belonging and the consequences of Muslim exclusion for civic engagement in secular France. PhD, Sociocultural Anthropology, Boston University Dual MA, Middle East & Islamic Studies, International Affairs, American University of Paris BS, International Business, Rochester Institute of Technology https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606ce33bf7c2c0534a57786a/1626266087580-MK60J2P2KH7TKGJ4TKUC/unsplash-image-rknrvCrfS1k.jpg About - “You can never put your foot in the same river twice.” - Heraclitus Education and learning are life-long processes, supported not just by classrooms and teachers, but by families, friends, students, mentors, chance encounters, and the spectrum of human experiences. This is a guiding principle for both my academic career and personal life. Outside of teaching, working on my research, and brainstorming public education initiatives, you can usually find me spending time with my husband and two boys, hiking, running, or strolling around Boston. I am also passionate about travel. For me, meeting people from around the world, observing and experiencing other cultures, and tasting the flavors of other regions are among the most enriching and inspiring life opportunities. https://www.carolferraraphd.com/teaching daily 0.75 2023-06-06 https://www.carolferraraphd.com/public-engagement daily 0.75 2025-04-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606ce33bf7c2c0534a57786a/1623513518664-9D4TQB9536NUDF1GPLZO/Screen+Shot+2021-06-12+at+11.48.05+AM.png Public Engagement - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606ce33bf7c2c0534a57786a/1623512603309-WN6978SEFM7AYYG6KJ8Z/europenow-2.png Public Engagement - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606ce33bf7c2c0534a57786a/1623513518664-9D4TQB9536NUDF1GPLZO/Screen+Shot+2021-06-12+at+11.48.05+AM.png Public Engagement - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606ce33bf7c2c0534a57786a/1623513518664-9D4TQB9536NUDF1GPLZO/Screen+Shot+2021-06-12+at+11.48.05+AM.png Public Engagement - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606ce33bf7c2c0534a57786a/1623513245791-5QY37FR3F068AELYQXWO/contendingmodernities Public Engagement - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606ce33bf7c2c0534a57786a/1623513350751-9R1RKAIEP2TC6BY21VR3/titre_13247200.png Public Engagement - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606ce33bf7c2c0534a57786a/1623513518664-9D4TQB9536NUDF1GPLZO/Screen+Shot+2021-06-12+at+11.48.05+AM.png Public Engagement - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606ce33bf7c2c0534a57786a/1623603439792-143VLJKGVGWLT07YHENE/Screen+Shot+2021-06-13+at+12.56.55+PM.png Public Engagement - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606ce33bf7c2c0534a57786a/1623513518664-9D4TQB9536NUDF1GPLZO/Screen+Shot+2021-06-12+at+11.48.05+AM.png Public Engagement - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606ce33bf7c2c0534a57786a/1623513458526-7SAP7M7HAOCFNIK7WSCG/europenow-2.png Public Engagement - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606ce33bf7c2c0534a57786a/1623603314240-M7OED9CVI3NR7GD1X4Q7/thedebate.png Public Engagement - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606ce33bf7c2c0534a57786a/1623513518664-9D4TQB9536NUDF1GPLZO/Screen+Shot+2021-06-12+at+11.48.05+AM.png Public Engagement - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.carolferraraphd.com/research daily 0.75 2025-05-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606ce33bf7c2c0534a57786a/1626226108680-1UGLJEBQEBO4LKLI51ZZ/unsplash-image-gsFbL3qHWEg.jpg Research - Diversity & Pluralism My research is inspired and motivated by an underlying passion for learning about the dynamics of human diversity and exploring the possibilities and paths toward greater pluralism within and across societies. What supports or hinders our social cohesion? How can we better understand and communicate with each other? How can we leverage our differences to work better, live better, and thrive together? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606ce33bf7c2c0534a57786a/1626226552902-S2F0A5F83JT8QNQXHICM/unsplash-image-GeH1kcP4u7o.jpg Research - Identity Who we really are is much more than our country of citizenship, our religion, our politics, our gender, or our hobbies. It is all of this and so much more. In my research, I seek to learn more about how we go about constructing our identities, make decisions based upon or in contradiction to these identities, and how our identities influence, and are influenced by others. My previous work has focused especially on marginalized Muslim experiences related to majoritarian French national identity. My current work intersects with the exploration of parental educational experiences and identities as they relate to school choice decisions for their children. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606ce33bf7c2c0534a57786a/1626225934785-NTYZIA8MLFBF2GS2IUJF/unsplash-image-uSnOxiQODYg.jpg Research - Social Change Why perform research and teach if not for a higher purpose? For me, that higher purpose is the possibility to affect positive social change, no matter the scale. My research is strongly undergirded by the classic “so what?” question. I am not only interested in moving theory forward, but also in leveraging theory to seek out practical solutions to contemporary social challenges. How can we combat and attenuate Islamophobia? How can we reduce the effects of “Othering” messaging on social media? How can we re-think education models to be more inclusive and to foster positive identity construction? How can we reduce inequities in school choice systems? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606ce33bf7c2c0534a57786a/4a68da27-5604-4360-80e8-749c16ec53d4/susan-q-yin-2JIvboGLeho-unsplash.jpg Research - Education Learning is universal, but how and what we learn varies significantly from culture to culture and from context to context. My research seeks to explore the different ways we learn as well as the outcomes, consequences, and interpretations of these different ways of learning. In the past, my research has focused on private religious education in France, especially Muslim schooling. My new research centers around questions of equity in information access during the school choice process and the Boston Public School lottery system. https://www.carolferraraphd.com/688989045313 daily 0.75 2024-08-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606ce33bf7c2c0534a57786a/31f3cf41-74a5-4aba-9ad3-b14ed92080d6/Book+Cover.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606ce33bf7c2c0534a57786a/1724719567120-41HRE3I3YKAX9MYN2MP1/unsplash-image-y02jEX_B0O0.jpg