Noha Shawki, who grew up in Cairo, Egypt, is currently a Professor in the Department of Politics and Government at Illinois State University (ISU). Her areas of teaching and research include international relations, global governance, transnational activism and transnational social movements, with a substantive focus on global justice, human rights and sustainability. She has a special interest in transnational social movements that seek to bring about sustainability transitions. At ISU, she worked with colleagues from across campus to create the Center for a Sustainable Water Future and the Water Sustainability minor. In her free time, Noha enjoys traveling, cycling with her husband on their tandem bike, and reading fiction. She has read some classics of American literature in recent years, including several of Willa Cather’s novels.

For the Summer 2024 issue, Noha recommended The Shipping News, Annie Proulx, Charles Scribners Sons, 1993, 352 pages.

For the Spring 2024 issue, Noha recommended My Ántonia, Willa Cather, originally published 1918, 170 pages.