sbrowne@austin.utexas.edu
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College: Liberal Arts

Home Department: Sociology

Additional department affiliations: Center for African and African American Studies

Education: PhD, University of Toronto

Research interests:Dr. Browne's dissertation focused on surveillance, race and the introduction by the Government of Canada of a "high-tech" ID card for immigrants. Her current research interests include airport protocol and pedagogies of travel; biometric technologies; and examining how identity fraud and web-based "scams" are framed in popular culture as a means to understand some of the ways in which public perceptions of risk are formed.

Courses taught:
SOC 321K Race, Culture and Migration

Recent Publications:"Getting Carded: Border Control and the Politics of Canada's Permanent Resident Card." Citizenship Studies, Volume 9, Number 4, 423-438.

"Of 'Passport Babies' and "Border Control': The Case of Mavis Baker v. Minister of Citizenship and Immigration." Atlantis: A Women's Studies Journal, Volume 26, Number 2, 97-108