Nausheen Quayyum is a contract faculty member in the Department of Social Science. Nausheen’s teaching and research areas are gender and development, social movements, labour activism, and South Asia. She currently teaches in the International Development Studies Program and Social Science more broadly. Nausheen received her PhD in Political Science from York University. Her doctoral […]
Dr. Cynthia Kwakyewah is a global sociologist with research interest in human rights and social justice, sustainable development, environmental/ climate justice, spatial inequality and civil society activism. Her scholarly work has been published in top peer-reviewed academic journals such as Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, Business Strategy and the Environment and The Transnational Human […]
Olya Murphy’s research interests include: the origins of capitalism, historical materialism and world history, political economy of globalization.
Tracy Supruniuk’s research focuses on injuries in the National Football League (NFL) in the context of labour law, precarity, masculinity and racism. He teaches courses on the sociology of sport, sport media, labour studies, popular culture, and research methods.
Katherine (Kate) Laxer has been teaching as contract faculty in the Department of Social Science since 2016. Beyond teaching, Kate is currently serving as an expert consultant with the Association of Ontario Midwives (AOM) for a pivotal pay equity case. She has taught at Brock University and McMaster University, contributing to undergraduate and graduate labour […]
Andrea is an experienced educator in the post-secondary sector, with a passion for (and commitment to) facilitating and advancing meaningful and engaging teaching and learning experiences for York University’s undergraduate students. She is highly skilled in advanced research methods (both qualitative and quantitative) and has a commitment to their practical application. The ultimate goal… to […]
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Vanisha Sukdeo works as an Adjunct Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School as well as in the Department of Social Science at York University. Her research is located at the intersection between corporate law and labour & employment law. Vanisha was Called to the Ontario Bar in 2007 after completing her articles with a union-side […]
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