W2023 - SOCI 615 - Seminar In Qualitative Res Method | ||||||||||
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W2023 - SOCI 701.1 - Doctoral Seminar in Sociology (Adv Qualitative Methods) | ||||||||||
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My research interests are situated at the intersection of sociology of immigrant, refugee resettlement, gender, intersectional feminist theories, and families. In particular, I am concerned with how the intersections of gender, race, and class play out in the everyday lives and interactions of immigrants and transnational families as a consequence of Western state policies and other institutional mandates. At the heart of my research is the idea that minoritized families reside at the center of immigration and transnational governmental processes and these processes must be seen through an intersectional lens to understand the experiences of the different forms of families. On empirical and theoretical levels, my goal is to unravel the specific structural processes through which the state, corporations, and other related institutions operate together as gender and labor regimes to reconfigure the lived experiences of minority and transnational families in public and private spheres.
I am currently working on three research projects. The first is a project that involves building on my dissertation research in the preparation of a book manuscript tentatively titled Dismantling Dependence: Gendered Migration of Indian Professional Families and the Visa Regime. The second project explores how the reception of recently arrived refugees (Syrian, Yazidis, and Rohingya) affects the readjustment and resettlement from the perspective of the families, especially the main caregiver in Canada and the U.S. This research is part of the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) 2018 Insight Development Grant awarded for my project, A Comparative Intersectional Analysis of the Resettlement Process and Integration Paths of Syrian and Rohingya Refugees in Canada and the USA. A third project examines the family dynamics of South Asian immigrant women, particularly Muslim women across class locations, religious practices, immigration status, and motherhood.
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