Islam, Power and Work in Qatar: An Ethnographic Study of Social Interaction Patterns, Clothing, Housing, Discrimination, Sharia and Gender Segregation - Paperback

Dr. Alexis Lay received her Masters degree in Regional and Community Planning from Kansas State University. Her Masters research was in the area of housing in deteriorating rental areas. On completion of her Masters degree she worked in City Planning for three years. She then returned to Florida International University where she earned her PhD in Sociology with research in the area of Boundary Maintenance between Gulf Citizens and expatriates in Qatar. She was an adjunct at Lansing Community College, Michigan State University and UMASS-Boston and served as an AmeriCorps VISTA in East Lansing, Michigan. Her research has been published in Dialectical Anthropology, a high-quality, peer-reviewed journal. She has taught courses in Community Studies and Sociology as well as a unique course which she developed on "Cultural Diversity in Housing."