Omer Shah, assistant professor of anthropology at Pomona College, is using a $6,000 summer stipend from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to write two chapters of his monograph, Made in Mecca: Expertise, Techno-politics, and Hospitality in the Post-Oil Holy City.
Shah is the second Pomona cultural anthropologist in as many years to receive an NEH summer stipend.
“I’m truly honored to have this professional recognition from such a prestigious fellowship,” he says.