Caitlin Killian joined the Sociology faculty at Drew in 2001. She received her Ph.D. in sociology with a certificate in women’s studies from Emory University and her B.A. in comparative literature with a concentration in women’s studies from Swarthmore College . She teaches courses on gender, families, reproduction, and immigration. Her areas of interest include gender and ethnic socialization, identity processes, immigration and cultural adaptation, Muslims in Western societies, and reproductive technologies, infertility, and childbearing. Her publications include articles on immigrants’ identity negotiation ( Social Psychology Quarterly ), Muslim women’s views on the headscarf affair in France ( Gender & Society ), Vietnamese parents and children in the United States ( Sociological Spectrum ), and the role of bicultural competence in reducing crime among the children of immigrants (chapter in Migration, Culture Conflict and Crime ). She has also participated in several conferences on Islam in Europe . She is the author of North African Women in France : Gender, Culture, and Identity (Stanford 2006)