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Dr. Omar Nagi

Faculty Name:Omar Nagi, PhD

Designation

Associate Professor of Sociology

Education Qualification

  • PhD University at Albany
  • MA, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
  • BA, American University in Cairo

Contact Email

omar.nagi@umsv.edu

The faculty can be found at Founders Hall 427

Areas of Interest

  • Economic sociology
  • International development
  • Methodology
  • Student Research

Dr. Nagi’s teaching and scholarly work addresses the sociology of political economy with emphasis on health care, social inequality, social change and human development. Another core area of expertise is social research methods and statistics. The founder of the Undergraduate Research Directorate in 2010, which focused on undergraduate research interests in the social sciences, Dr. Nagi brings almost two decades’ worth of institutional experience and depth to the department of sociology.

Conferences and Presentations

  • 2025 Intelligence Community Centers for Academic Excellence (IC CAE) Principal Investigator Development Summit at Saint Louis University Center for Global Citizenship and Saint Louis University School of Law.
  • Archibald, Matthew E. and Omar Nagi. (2021) “Advancing Quantitative Reasoning among First-Generation and Racial/ Ethnic Minority Sociology Students.” Section on Teaching and Learning, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Online, August.
  • Archibald, Matthew E. and Omar Nagi. (2021) “Howery Grant Outcomes.” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Online, August.