Dr. Ayesha Mian Akram
Positions
Assistant Professor (Teaching)
Contact information
Phone number
Office: 403.220.3027
Background
Educational Background
PhD Sociology/Social Justice, University of Windsor, 2024
MEd Educational Policy Studies, University of Alberta, 2012
BEd Elementary Education, University of Alberta, 2009
Research
Areas of Research
- Feminist Sociology
- Political Sociology
- Sociology of Racialization & Ethnicity
- Community-Engaged Research
- Emergent Research Design
- Politics of Wellness
- Politics of Resistance
- Experiential Learning
- Critical Pedagogies
Participation in university strategic initiatives
Courses
Course number | Course title | Semester |
---|---|---|
SOCI 413 | Qualitative Research Methods | Winter 2024; Fall 2024 |
SOCI 485.3 | Topics in Social Theory - Critical Feminist Theory | Winter 2024; Winter 2025 |
SOCI 375 | Sociology of Ethnicity & Racialization | Fall 2024; Winter 2025 |
LWSO 337 | Self-Regulation | Winter 2024; Winter 2025 |
LWSO 335 | Equality Issues | Fall 2024 |
Publications
- Navigating triple consciousness in the diaspora: An autoethnographic account of an Ahmadi Muslim woman in Canada. Mian Akram, A. . Religions. (2022)
- “All of this happens here?”: Diminishing perceptions of Canada through immigrants’ precarious work in Ontario. Hande, M. J., Mian Akram, A., & Condratto, S. . Journal of International Migration and Integration. (2019)
- Embracing the spiral: Researcher reflexivity in diverse critical methodologies. Mao, L., Mian Akram, A., Chovanec, D., & Underwood, M. L.. International Journal of Qualitative Methods. (2021)
- Critical reflections on workload and labour: Navigating graduate school as a racialized Muslim mother during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mian Akram, A. . (2024)
- I am not a problem, I am Canadian: Exploring Canadian Muslim women’s experiences of “being Canadian”. Mian Akram, A. . (2018)
In the News
- Canadian universities: 10 years of anti-racist reports but little action. The Conversation.
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