Women studies | The Harriet Tubman Institute

Sharon Henry

rebsl — Tue, 05 Apr 2022 21:27:32 +0000

Sharon Henry is a graduate student in the Department of Sociology at �첥��Ƶ.
Sharon is a long-standing graduate member of Race Inclusion and Supportive Environments (RISE); an executive graduate caucus member of the Harriet Tubman Institute (HTI); a graduate representative at Center for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean (CERLAC); a graduate representative on the Equity Diversity and Inclusion Council, (EDI); and a graduate representative on the Faculty of Graduate Studies Council (FGS).

Chidinma Nwankwo

rebsl — Sun, 14 Nov 2021 03:29:20 +0000

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 University Law School (LLM program) and as a PEO International Peace Scholar, 2019. She obtained her qualifying certificate from the Nigerian Law School and the Bachelor of Law (LLB) degree from Ebonyi State University. She started her career as an attorney with the Niger State Ministry of Justice as a Pupil State Counsel. In 2019, she joined the Rule of Law Empowerment Initiative (also known as Partners West Africa- Nigeria) Public Defender Unit as a Junior Lawyer.

Desirée de Jesus

rebsl — Sun, 14 Nov 2021 02:28:45 +0000

Dr Desirée de Jesus is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication and Media Studies at �첥��Ƶ. 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 Jesus is also a video essayist and moving images curator. Her videographic work analyzes films centering girls, women, and folks of colour. Her previous curatorial work supported the Visual Collections Repository (Concordia University) and the Toronto International Film Festival. Dr de Jesus’ research and teaching explore the intersections of race, gender, aesthetics, and technology in narrative film and media through traditional, creative, and curatorial methodologies. She is currently a co-investigator for a Connection Grant participatory filmmaking project about racialized girls, their futures, and experiences of COVID-19 inequalities. Her previous research was supported through various awards.

Elaine Coburn

rebsl — Sun, 14 Nov 2021 02:24:40 +0000

Elaine Coburn is Director of the Centre for Feminist Research and Associate Professor, International Studies at �첥��Ƶ's bilingual Glendon College. In addition, through the Faculty of Graduate Studies, she is a member of the Department of Sociology, the Gender, Feminist and Women's Studies and Social and Political Thought at �첥��Ƶ. Elaine holds a PhD in sociology from Stanford University, and a BA in Sociology and Canadian Studies from the University of Toronto. Prior to coming to Glendon, she was a researcher at the Centre d'analyse et d'intervention sociologiques (CADIS) at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris, France, and Assistant Professor at the American University of Paris. Currently, with Andrea Davis, she is co-editor of the Journal of Canadian Studies and on the editorial board of the Canadian Review of Sociology. Her research interests include neoliberal forms of globalization, struggles for social justice and social theory, especially socialist feminist, Indigenous and anti-racist perspectives. Finally, she has recently begun writing for the Literary Review of Canada.