Heba Gowayed هبة جويد

@hebagowayed

Sociology prof at CUNY (Hunter & Grad Center) sharing her own thoughts. Maker of resistance humus. Author of REFUGE. Now writing on the violence & COST OF BORDERS. she/هي لسه عايزين عيش حريه و عداله اجتماعية

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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد@hebagowayed· 7d

There’s such a fascinating story told in these numbers

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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد@hebagowayed· 15d

Hey a friend just shared this with me, ask is super achievable:

Harlem community fridge urgent request: Help with groceries for mom with two kids, starting voer after expereincing abuse goal 120.
Donations via venmo at daphmutualaid

Heba Gowayed هبة جويد@hebagowayed· 22d

Gross. Seen on this mornings errands

Heba Gowayed هبة جويد@hebagowayed· 27d

Mashallah

Heba Gowayed هبة جويد@hebagowayed· Jul 5

Someone trying to add a community note

Important context: Folarin Balogun is a US Citizen solely because of the provisions of the 14th amendment argued against by this administration in Trump vs Barbara's decided last week
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folarin_Balogun

Heba Gowayed هبة جويد@hebagowayed· Jul 5

Like this is disgraceful

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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد@hebagowayed· Jul 4

I grew up in part in Auburn Alabama where my dad was a prof (little known fact about me) & auburn board of trustees voted to shutter its faculty senate & make all decisions about curriculum etc unilaterally. Just a chilling precedent.

Text change “In case you didn't know:
Auburn University dissolved its Faculty Senate on June 5, 2026, when the Board of Trustees unanimously voted to disband the body and assume ultimate authority over curriculum, courses, degree requirements, and academic credentials.
The board replaced the elected senate with a new Presidential
Academic Advisory Council, a hybrid body where half the members are appointed by the president and half are elected by colleges, designed to provide advisory input rather than shared governance”

Heba Gowayed هبة جويد@hebagowayed· Jun 29

Guys you know you've struck a nerve when the hate mail keeps coming. This time from a PhD who can't spell SCOTUS, and a man who describes himself as handsome and recommends I should "occasionally pick up a book." A testament to how absurd & violent this hatred is.

We want them gone. We voted for it. SCOTIS got it right. Send them away.
Martin Atherton, Ph.D., M.P.H.
2800 Pfitzer Avenue
Portage, MI 49024
(703) 862-7556

Have you lost your fucking pea sized mind?
Perhaps you should occasionally pick up a book.
Cheers
Handsome Dave

Heba Gowayed هبة جويد@hebagowayed· Jun 29

I ❤️ hatemail. Just really shows you who these people are. And no I don't blur your info if you choose to do this sort of thing, so write me at your peril.

Frank Steele<frankpsteele@outlook.com›®~«>
To: • Heba Gowayed
Mon 6/29/2026 9:45 AM
* External Sender - Proceed Cautiously with Links and Attachments. *
ICAUTION - This Email is from an EXTERNAL SENDER: frankpsteele@outlook.com]
This email originated from outside of the Hunter campus. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe.
Temporary is what it means. Let them go back and solve their own problems....they are not mine. You are welcome to go with them and all the other communists you carry on with.
Have a good day and Fuck you.
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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد@hebagowayed· Jun 24

I couldn’t be prouder of @darializaforny.bsky.social who fought & won against the most vile smears, of organizers who pounded doors across our city, of the New Yorkers who voted for dignity over capital, for freedom over establishment politics. Good morning on this new dawn for American socialism.

Heba Gowayed Darializa Avila chevalier and Zohran mamdani with Jose Vilson behind Dari

Heba Gowayed هبة جويد@hebagowayed· Jun 14

Listen.

azabache bracelet with evil eye and "protected"

Heba Gowayed هبة جويد@hebagowayed· May 28

New tattoo ❤️🇵🇸

Heba Gowayed هبة جويد@hebagowayed· May 27

More love letters from my neighborhood

Free Lebanon, free Palestine, Israel runs on genocide

Heba Gowayed هبة جويد@hebagowayed· May 16

Lmaooooo

Heba Gowayed هبة جويد@hebagowayed· May 11

So it’s fascinating because it’s the same Chelsea handler who recorded a video with Noa Tishby, Israel’s former special envoy for combating antisemitism and the delegitimization of Israel, saying she doesn’t understand why progressives don’t support Israel. She’s 100% a Zionist.

"I don't understand because progressives should love Israel," said Handler, who has visited the Jewish state, met and interviewed former President Shimon Peres, and even headlined a comedy fundraiser in Tel Aviv in 2015.
Tishby then listed the ways in which Israel is the only democracy and progressive country in the Middle East, where its citizens have free speech, freedom of religion, and the ability to criticize the government. "Do you like gay weddings? You know the fun kind without straight people. So does Israel," Handler added. She also jokingly said, "I love to ski topless [and] I would like to continue doing so" when Tishby noted that Israel offers women rights that other countries in the region do not.

Heba Gowayed هبة جويد@hebagowayed· May 1

So I’ve been keeping this under wraps until it all went through officially, but I got tenure and it just went through approval at the Board of Trustees level. And they said some nice things! We made it friends❤️

Board of Trustees of the City University of New York
RESOLUTION TO
Award Associate Professor Heba Gowayed with Early Tenure at
Hunter College
Pursuant to Bylaw 6.2.c(2)
April 27, 2026
WHEREAS, The City University of New York (the "University" or "CUNY") is pain exential acnd meras of provement of or that a to
advance the University's mission; and
WHEREAS, Professor Heba Gowayed is a highly regarded scholar in the field of international migration, an excellent and valued instructor, and an outstanding member of Hunter College and its Department of Sociology, since her initial appointment as Associate Professor on January 25, 2024; and
WHEREAS, Prior to joining the faculty at Hunter College, Professor Gowayed served for five (5) years as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Boston University; and
WHEREAS, Professor Gowayed has continued to receive significant recognition for her scholarship since joining the faculty at Hunter College, including: the prestigious Carnegie Fellowship (2025), in the amount of $200,000, to support research on her forthcoming book, currently titled The Cost of Borders; the Mirra Komarovsky Award for Best Book from the Eastern Sociological Society (2024); the Oliver Cromwell Cox Book Award in Race and Ethnicity from the American Sociological Association for her book, Refuge: How the State Shapes Human Potential; and the Public Sociology Award from the Eastern Sociological Society (2025); and

WHEREAS, Professor Gowayed is a highly esteemed instructor and mentor, as reflected in her excellent student evaluations and peer instructional observations praising her engaging teaching approach and ability to empower and support students, and she is a curricular innovator, having pioneered new developments in Hunter College's migration course and integrated innovative instructional techniques that seamlessly incorporate multimodal activities and applied assignments grounded in real-world situations occurring in the United States and across the world; and
WHEREAS, Professor Gowayed has contributed meaningfully to department and college service by participating actively in committees and institutional initiatives and demonstrating collegiality, leadership, and sustained commitment to the mission of Hunter College and the University; and
WHEREAS, Professor Gowayed has been recommended for early tenure by the Hunter College Department of Sociology Personnel and Budget Committee and the College-wide Faculty Personnel and Budget Committee at Hunter College, with the full support of the Hunter College President, effective September 3, 2025, and November 18, 2025, respectively; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 6.2.c(2) of the Bylaws adopted by the Board of Trustees of the City University of New York, "a person appointed to the title of professor, associate professor, or assistant professor may be granted early tenure by the board in its discretion... when such service is interrupted by the period of a fellowship deemed by the college valuable to it, when for a very substantial reason the college would be well served by such early grant of tenure, or when the person has had tenure in another accredited institution of higher learning."
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, That the Board of Trustees of the City University of New York approves the granting of early tenure to Associate Professor Heba Gowayed at Hunter College, effective September 1, 2026, pursuant to Bylaw …

Heba Gowayed هبة جويد@hebagowayed· Apr 28

Something I find so jarring is how reporting is still straight laced using language like "what amounts to" and then you click in to this... still this late in the game I am never prepared.

"The National Trust for Historic Preservation" is a beautiful name, but even their name is
FAKE because when they add the words "in the United States" to the National Trust for Historic Preservation, it makes it sound like a Governmental Agency, which it is not. In fact, the United
States refused to continue funding it in 2005 because they strongly disagreed with their mission
and objectives. They are very bad for our Country.

Heba Gowayed هبة جويد@hebagowayed· Apr 21

This time the letter was signed by the former president, and the future one (notably not all of council). Notably, they have toned down their reproach of the 2024 Resolution, holding it up as one-of-the-good-ones. How many ways do they need to tell us that they don't want us before we leave?

Shelley Correll, Alford Young, Adia Harvey Wingfield and Heather Washington signed.

Heba Gowayed هبة جويد@hebagowayed· Apr 21

Though 500+ members committed to boycott he annual meeting, the American Sociological Association just reiterated their refusal to allow a vote on BDS, complete with a throwaway line about how they "might broadly support Palestinian and other scholars under attack".

Dear Heba,

We want to begin by sincerely thanking the ASA membership for the thoughtful, engaged conversations that have occurred over the last three weeks. The care and energy so many members have brought to these discussions reflects how much this association matters to sociologists and how invested we are as a community in its future.

We received a wide range of feedback regarding the March 12 email with members expressing support, concern, and questions about the member petition process. We also understand that there is some frustration about the limits of what our association can do to influence global challenges. This email is narrowly focused on clarifying our bylaws. However, there is an intentional, ongoing discussion among Council about key issues, including how we might broadly support Palestinian and other scholars under attack. That discussion reflects understanding on the part of ASA leadership that improved communication to minimize confusion and frustration about policy and process is paramount for the health of our association.

In 2023, the membership voted to amend Article 2, Section 9 of our bylaws to clarify that members can petition the association regarding public policy positions only. The amendment was intended to preserve members’ ability to influence ASA’s positions on public policy, while also reaffirming that operational decisions remain under the purview of the elected members of Council. This distinction ensures that governance and operational decisions remain the responsibility of organizational fiduciaries who are legally obligated to the organization, which is standard and best practice for nonprofit associations.

As conveyed by the word ‘public’, public policy positions focus externally, are focused on an issue of public concern to the association, and are intended to influence government actions, policies and practices in higher education, and public opinion. Examples of public policy positions include ASA’s 2004 statement affirming same-sex marriage, 2023 comment to the Florida Board of Governors opposing the removal of sociology, and the 2024 member resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. Proposed actions that concern the association’s business practices, finances, contracts, day-to-day operations, and internal policies including access to ASA listservs and journals, and eligibility to advertise or receive membership and travel support are considered operational, and they fall outside of the scope of what is petitionable under our bylaws.

We acknowledge that reasonable people could disagree about how to interpret the language of bylaws, and it is understandable that members have questions about what is permitted. ASA leadership consulted with legal counsel to ensure that the stated interpretation of the proposed petition is in accordance with Association bylaws. There is no realistic way for our bylaws to outline every potential action that would not be permitted. Instead, they are intended to identify actions that are permissible. The definitions outlined above are consistent with the distinction between public policy positions and operational decisions that motivated the 2023 amendment. The bylaws were considered, voted on, and adopted by the membership and we have an obligation to follow them.

Over the last few weeks, we have had the privilege of engaging in conversation with members whose views reflect the diversity of our community. What we’ve heard in these conversations makes it clear that we are and we aspire to remain a big tent organization. Diversity of perspectives is a hallmark characteristic of the ASA that makes our community strong. As we look toward…

Heba Gowayed هبة جويد@hebagowayed· Apr 16

Ok I’m slammed today but had to take a minute to celebrate this HUGE datapoint. @darializaforny.bsky.social outraised the seemingly untouchable AIPAC funded incumbent. We can win y’all, donate!! Go to her page for the link.

But one incumbent was outraised last quarter: Democratic Rep. Adriano Espaillat, who brought in more than $230,000. His most prominent primary challenger, DA-backed Darializa Avila Chevalier, raised close to $270,000. (Espaillat still has far more on hand than her: $1 million to $220,000).

Heba Gowayed هبة جويد@hebagowayed· Apr 10

Look at what came in the mail! @chanda.blacksky.app

Heba Gowayed holding “The edge of space-time book by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein”

Heba Gowayed هبة جويد@hebagowayed· Apr 10

Just like, perfection. No notes.

Former NYC Mayor Eric Adams is now
officially Albanian.
He has been granted citizenship and has received an Albanian passport by a special decree issued by the Albanian president.

Heba Gowayed هبة جويد@hebagowayed· Apr 7

I think it’s great that public opinion is shifting & all but the fact that a genocide of babies can be broadcast for over 2 years & the dems— the progressives of the two parties — are still shocked that condemning it is a good thing is wild. Just bananas.

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PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS
New Poll: 76% of Texas Democratic Voters Say
Israel Is Committing
Genocide
Talarico's pledge to not send weapons to Israel boosted him over Crockett by a 4:1 margin

Heba Gowayed هبة جويد@hebagowayed· Mar 31

New York: Something really cool is coming to Hunter. We're bringing in a Virtual Reality project, called the Phoenix of Gaza, that takes you into Gaza pre-genocide. It is one of the most moving things I've seen. Each night is crowned with a panel of amazing speakers. RSVP ASAP, space is limited.

THE PHOENIX OF GAZA
HUNTER COLLEGE, CUNY
Wednesday April 15 & Thursday April 16, 2026
Blackbox Theater: Hunter North 543
For two days Hunter is hosting the Phoenix of Gaza, an immersive experience that uses Virtual Reality to invite the viewer into life in Gaza in 2022 & 2023 - to weddings, street life & monuments since destroyed. Each day will end with a panel of artists & writers imagining what it means to archive against erasure & cultivate life
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RSVP HERE TO BOOK A
30 MIN SLOT TO VIEW PHEONIX OF GAZA VR
(11 AM - 4 PM)
bitly
RSVP HERE FOR EVENING
PANELS & DINNER (6-8
EACH EVENING).

April 15 & 16, Phoenix of Gaza Exhibit
11:00AM-4:00PM
BOOK 30 MINUTE SESSIONS HERE
April 15, Panel 1: Archiving Against Erasure
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
AHLAM MUHTASIB (KEYNOTE), SIREEN SAWALHA, NASSER ABURAHME, & MAZEN IWAISI BOOK YOUR SPOT AT THIS LINK
April 16, Panel 2: Life Making as Resistance
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
ZAFIR TAWIL (MUSICAL EVENT),
HADEEL ASSALI, RANA BARAKAT & MOHAMED MHAWISH BOOK YOUR SPOT AT THIS LINK
PLEASE JOIN US FOR DINNER & RECEPTION ON BOTH NIGHTS
ALL EVENTS TAKE PLACE AT THE BLACKBOX THEATER: HUNTER NORTH 543

Heba Gowayed هبة جويد@hebagowayed· Mar 23

Current scenes. I wonder if 2 are scary but one is fine. I guess we’ll find out.

Spider man ugly sandals, too big blue crocks.

Heba Gowayed هبة جويد@hebagowayed· Mar 14

Mind you this man congratulating bestie @asanews.bsky.social President for her bravery in squashing the leftists is the very same who posted this in response to the first letter condemning genocide

Ezra Zuckerman Sivan @ewzucker
My pledge:
1. I will retain this list forever
2. Whenever I meet a fellow sociologist who signed (only know 1 or 2 people on it, I will ask them:
a. How did you protest Hamas's butchery on 10/7?
b. Where was your evidence IDF "targeted the civilian Palestinian population"?
• Michael Rodríguez-Muñiz @MichaelRM...•4d
Open Letter: Sociologists in Solidarity with Gaza
Sign on and Share!
forms.gle/ETrHCABPLw96ib...
7:17 AM • 10/18/23 from Earth • 6,961 Views

Heba Gowayed هبة جويد@hebagowayed· Mar 13

Can’t face questions about AIPAC, meanwhile Dari be like

Heba Gowayed هبة جويد@hebagowayed· Mar 12

I encourage sociologists to respond. You know that the Zionists will. Here's what I wrote:

How unconscionable and undemocratic. For the sake of the feelings of people who support a genocide you're willing to stand on the wrong side of history, and truly hemorrhage members. Because to be clear, this decision you have made, and language you have used here, is wildly unpopular. What a miscalculation. If you do not step this back, you will go down as singlehandedly destroying this organization. That will be your legacy.

Heba Gowayed هبة جويد@hebagowayed· Mar 12

When academia as a whole is shrinking. When so many people I've spoken to quit because you REFUSED to condemn genocide. When so many joined because of the resolution S4P put forth. When the trend has been going south for YEARS. You haven't seen 15K since 2007. 3/

asa membership trend it goes up until 2007 when there's about 15K members then it plummets from there.

Heba Gowayed هبة جويد@hebagowayed· Mar 12

here is the email in its entirety.