Philip Kayal, Ph.D.
Social and Behavioral Sciences Advisor
Philip M. Kayal is a Professor of Sociology with a Ph.D. from Fordham University. Dr. Kayal has taught in the areas of Comparative Culture, the Sociology of Education, Social Problems and the Sociology of AIDS. He presently concentrates on introductory sociology and advanced courses in the Sociology of Religion, Majority-Minority Relations, the Sociology of Aging, and the Sociology of Knowledge.
Professor Kayal has done extensive research on the Sociology of AIDS Volunteerism and Activism. His book, Bearing Witness: Gay Men's Health Crisis and the Politics of AIDS Boulder: Westview Press, 1993) examined the voluntary formation of the largest most successful organization in the world. His other major research and publication area is on Arab-Americans. He recently co-curated the exhibit "Arab-New York" at the Museum of the City of New York and co-edited A Community of Many Worlds: Arab Americans in New York City. (New York: Museum of the City of New York, 2002. In a related, but different vein, he recently published, with his cousin, Virginia Gerbino, A Taste of Syria (New York: Hippocrene Press, 2002). He recently became program director for the Social and Behavioral Science major at Seton Hall.