His research focuses on the relationship between race, class, and space in an era of neoliberal globalization. Andy is currently working on a book manuscript, The Empire’s New Walls, analyzing the walled enclosures that mark the urban landscapes of contemporary South Africa and Palestine/Israel. His recent publications include “The Constitution of State/Space and the Limits of ‘Autonomy’ in South Africa and Palestine/Israel” in Sociology and Empire, edited by George Steinmetz (2013), “Or Does it Explode? Collecting Shells in Gaza” in Social Psychology Quarterly (June 2009), and “A Tale of Two Walled Cities” in Political Power and Social Theory (2009). Andy is also a Visiting Research Associate in the Department of Sociology at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa and in the Department of Sociology & Anthropology at Birzeit University, Palestine.