Program members

Areas of interest

Feminist philosophy of science, feminist epistemology, feminist philosophy of biology, socially relevant philosophy of science, gender and diversity in STEM, animal studies

Contact for GSJ committee items, GSJ curricular changes at gsjadvis@uwaterloo.ca 

Areas of interest

Reproductive Ethics, Feminist Philosophy, Ecofeminisms, Transnational feminisms, Feminist appropriations of Hannah Arendt, Queer theory

Contact for GSJ student academic planning and advising at gsjadvis@uwaterloo.ca

Areas of Interest

Hodinohso:ni history and culture, Indigenous tangible and intangible cultures in Museums and Archives, Tekéni Teyohà:ke Kahswénhtake/Tehontatenenstsonterontahkwa (Two Row Wampum/Covenant Chain) research methodology, Culture and language regeneration, Community-based research, Beadwork, tufting, quillwork, leatherwork, regalia-making

Areas of Interest:

Secularism and religious difference, displacement, borders, and asylum, minority lives and archives, gender ideologies, Muslim lifeworlds, Anthropology of Turkey, Cyprus, the Middle East

Areas of specialization

Deliberative democracy, activism, structural justice, Feminist theory and practice, deliberative consociationalism.

Areas of Interest: 

2SLGBTQ communities and sexuality studies; Disability studies; Parenting and families; Critical social work practice; Feminist research methods; History and philosophy of healthcare and social services; Critical autism and neurodiversity studies.

Areas of Interest

Political correctness or civility of a word, a trope, an expression, an analogy, or a cultural practice & white liberal feminism from a postcolonial and intersectional lens. Her work aims to explore the capacity in which marginalized peoples act or speak effectively and how they are conditioned by governing systems of power.

Areas of specialization

 Include early modern Europe, intellectual history, history of religion, religion, and violence, as well as early modern women. 

Areas of Specialization:

Committed to building inclusive communities both within and outside educational environments, her research is grounded in her knowledge of how to put anti-oppression theories into practice. 

Areas of Specialization: 

Science and Technology Studies (STS) and global health, biomedical technologies, science and health governance and ethics, and food and water security.

Areas of Interest:

Leisure, well-being, and wellness, intersectionality, politics of care labour/work, caring practices, cultural change, and leisure in long-term care, critical race, feminist theories, qualitative methodologies (narrative inquiry, community engaged and action-oriented research), arts-based and digital methods. 

Areas of Interest:

The role of emotional avoidance in sexual communication, skills deficits or knowledge deficits, working models of intimacy and attachment needs and their influence.

Areas of Interest:

Ancient Drama (esp. Euripides, Menander, Seneca), Greco-Roman Households, Ancient Identity, Historical Fiction.

Areas of Interest:

Feminist media studies, Feminist and queer affect studies, Feminist new materialisms and posthumanisms, Digital activisms and networked social movements, Social media cultures, Rhetorics of design, Design equity, data feminism, and data justice, Critical approaches to technology. 

Areas of Interest:

Economic Geography; Social Geography; Feminist Geography; Social Justice; Identities and Belonging, housing vulnerability, housing coping strategies (co-residence, co-ops, flat sharing, AirBnB and the gig economy), generations and the lifecourse, care and unpaid work, GenY, home and well-being, geographies of intimate life, lived experiences of austerity, feminist theory (including relational autonomy, theorizations of interdependence, futurities), identities and the economic (gender, class, race, sexuality, disability, etc) and the geographies of children and youth.