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Dr. Ayesha Mian Akram

PhD
Pronouns: she/her

Positions

Assistant Professor (Teaching)

Faculty of Arts, Department of Sociology

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

Sociology - Social Inequality & Social Justice
  • Feminist Sociology
  • Political Sociology
  • Sociology of Racialization & Ethnicity
Qualitative Methodologies & Research
  • Community-Engaged Research
  • Emergent Research Design 
Critical Muslim Studies
  • Politics of Wellness
  • Politics of Resistance
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
  • 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)