Co-Managing Editor, WID Working Papers Series
karimnid@msu.edu
papers@msu.edu
M.A., Counseling Psychology, Texas Tech University
B.A., Psychology, Mississippi University for Women
Nidal is a doctoral candidate in ecological/community psychology. Her research interests include violence against women, women in international development, Central America particularly Guatemala, South Asia particularly the Indian sub-continent, and indigenous rights. Nidal's M.A. thesis explored the relationship between acculturation and attitudes towards domestic violence among Asian international students. She is currently preparing for her dissertation research with indigenous women and NGOs in rural Guatemala, exploring women's experiences of domestic violence and NGO programming around the issue. Her pre-dissertation research was supported by MSU International Studies and Program's Pre-dissertation Fellowship and the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies' Tinker Travel Award. She has studied K'iche at the University of Chicago with support from a Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship awarded by CASID and WID. During her graduate education, Nidal has interned with the Michigan Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, working specifically with organizations and committees aiding immigrant and minority women. She also interned with BRAC, Bangladesh, looking into their poverty alleviation programs aimed specifically at ultra-poor women. She has also volunteered for local domestic violence shelters in Texas and Michigan.
