Dr. Sylvia Bawa is an Associate Professor of Sociology at York University. She is a global sociologist with expertise in human rights, globalization, critical development, and postcolonial feminisms. She is interested in the mobilizing impact of human rights, specifically how discourses of rights, self-determination, and development evolve and are shaped by global events, new technologies, […]
Amrita Daftary (she/her) is associate professor at the School of Global Health, Faculty of Health. Amrita applies participatory, qualitative and implementation science approaches to address the social drivers and impacts of infectious diseases, particularly tuberculosis and HIV. She partners with researchers and communities in South Africa, Indonesia, Ukraine, Canada. and other global settings. She is […]
Sandra Sagbohan is an international development practitioner interested in gender equity, diversity and inclusion, women economic empowerment and evidence-based policy making with a combined research and work experience of more than 8 years in performance and impact measurement including monitoring, evaluation, and learning and data analysis. She currently a doctoral student at the School of […]
Amar Wahab is Associate Professor of Gender and Sexuality in the School of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies at York University. He has taught in the areas of critical sexuality studies, critical studies in masculinity, critical race studies, introductory and advanced sociological theory, and Caribbean cultural studies. His research interests include: sexual citizenship in liberal […]
Gertude Mianda is the former Director of the Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on Africa and its Diasporas at York University. She is a Professor in the Gender and Women’s Studies program at Glendon College and was the Chair of the School of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies at York University (2011–15). Her research focuses on […]
Dr Danielle A. D. Howard joins AMPD as an assistant professor in the Department of Theatre. She recently taught within the University of California-Los Angeles' School of Theater, Film and Television before coming to York University. Dr. Howard holds a PhD in Theatre and Performance Studies from UCLA and writes at the intersections of race, […]
Chidinma Umahi Nwankwo is second-year Master’s candidate in Interdisciplinary studies. Her MA thesis traces sexual violence in conflict as a continuum of violence against women and girls in northern Nigeria. Her research interest includes law and development, international human rights, Immigration and refugee law, international security, and gender and women’s studies. Chidinma graduated from Tulane […]
Dr Desirée de Jesus is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication and Media Studies at York University. She was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice at UBC. She holds a PhD from Concordia University and an MA (with Distinction) from Kings College London. Dr de […]
Dr Jessica Braimoh is a critical sociologist whose teaching and research interests include the interrelation between race, class, gender and criminalization; socio-legal processes and organizing institutions (e.g., social welfare, education); and the experiences of “at-risk” populations. Guided by principles of social justice, Jessica's research uses a social justice lens to investigate the institutional processes by […]