Department Of Sociology And Anthropology, Carleton University
SALINA ABJIDepartment of Sociology and Anthropology, Carleton Universitysalina.abji@carleton.ca 416.312.0197 www.salinaabji.caA C AD E M I C A P PO I N TM E N TS2017 – 2019Postdoctoral Fellow, SSHRC, Carleton UniversitySupervisor: Daiva StasiulisE D U C A TI O N2017Ph.D. in Sociology, University of TorontoCommittee: Anna C. Korteweg (supervisor), Patricia Landolt, Judith TaylorDissertation: ‘Emerging Logics of Citizenship: Activism in Response to PrecariousMigration and Gendered Violence in an Era of Securitization’*Awarded 2016 Dennis William Magill Research Award, University of Toronto2000Master of Studies (MSt) in Women’s Studies, Oxford UniversityThesis: ‘Writing Diaspora: gender, race, and the politics of re-presentation’1997Honours B.A., English & Women’s Studies, York UniversityHonours Thesis: ‘In Search of a Place: exile in the works of Dionne Brand’A RE ASOFS PE C I AL I Z A TI O NCitizenship and Immigration; Gender; Race and Ethnicity; Social Movements; Qualitative MethodsP UBL I C A TI O N SPeer-Reviewed ArticlesAbji, Salina. 2018. “Postnational Acts of Citizenship: How an Anti-Border Politics is Shaping FeministSpaces of Service Provision in Toronto, Canada.” International Feminist Journal of Politics.DOI: 10.1080/14616742.2018.1480901.Abji, Salina, Anna C. Korteweg and Lawrence Williams. 2018. “Culture Talk and the Politics of the NewRight: Navigating Gendered Racism in Attempts to Address Violence against Women in ImmigrantCommunities.” Signs: Women in Culture and Society. September special issue (forthcoming).Abji, Salina. 2016. “‘Because Deportation is Violence Against Women’: on the Politics of StateResponsibility and Women’s Human Rights.” Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State &Society, 23 (4): 483-507.Abji, Salina. 2013. “Post-nationalism re-considered: a case study of the ‘No One Is Illegal’ movement inCanada.” Citizenship Studies, 17 (3-4): 322-338.*Awarded Daniel G. Hill Prize, Sociology, University of TorontoBook ChaptersAbji, Salina. 2017. “On the Role of Race and Gender in the Study of Migrant Adaptation in Canada” inImmigration and the Future of Canadian Society. Robert Brym (ed). University of Toronto.
S ALINA A BJIAbji, Salina. 2007. “Springing Up a Revolution: media education for tweens” in Re-Thinking MediaEducation: critical pedagogy and identity politics. Anita Nowak, Sue Abel and Karen Ross (ed.),Hampton Press, pp. 113-130.Policy PapersKorteweg, Anna C., Salina Abji, Lisa Barnoff, and Deepa Mattoo. 2013. “Citizenship, Culture, andViolence Against Women: social service provision in the South Asian communities of the GreaterToronto Area.” CERIS Research Report. Access on-line.Book ReviewsAbji, Salina. Forthcoming. “In the Name of Women’s Rights: The Rise of Femonationalism” by Sara R.Farris. Contemporary Sociology.Abji, Salina. 2006. “Performing Femininity: Rewriting Gender Identity” reviewed in Canadian WomanStudies/Les cahiers de la femme. Volume 25, Numbers 3, 4, Summer/ Fall p. 211.Manuscripts In Progress“Postnational Feminism: Foregrounding State Violence in Migrant Justice Activism” Book Prospectus.“Gendering Crimmigration: Advancing Feminist Perspectives on Migrant Justice in ImmigrationDetention” Sole-authored journal article prepared for submission in 2018.“From Sanctuary to Solidarity: The Gendered and Racialized Politics of Designing a ‘City WithoutBorders’” Sole-authored journal article prepared for submission in 2018.“Fear in the Shelter: How Border Enforcement Impacts Service Providers working within the ViolenceAgainst Women Sector” Sole-authored journal article prepared for submission in 2019.“Alternatives to Detention: Feminist, Abolitionist, Intersectional Perspectives” Sole-authored journalarticle prepared for submission in 2019.“Shades of Postnationalism: Revisiting an Old Debate” First author with Daiva Stasiulis.A W A RD S & H O N O U RSExternal Awards2017 – 2019Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Postdoctoral Fellowship: 81,0002013 – 2014Ontario Graduate Scholarship: 10,0002011 – 2012Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Doctoral Fellowship: 20,0002011Centre for Research on Immigration & Settlement, Graduate Research Award: 5002009 – 2010Ontario Graduate Scholarship: 15,0002008 – 2009Ontario Graduate Scholarship: 15,000Internal Awards2016Dennis William Magill Research Award for Best Dissertation: 1,0002016Dissertation Success Award: 5002016Conference Travel Grant: 1,000 2
S ALINA A BJI2015S. D. Clarke Conference Travel Grant: 3002014Daniel G. Hill Prize for Best Graduate Paper in Sociology: 1,5002014Conference Travel Grant: 5002013Conference Travel Grant: 5002012 – 2013Doctoral Award: 8,2222010 – 2011Doctoral Fellowship: 10,000C O N F E RE N CE SInvited Presentations2018“Access without Fear” Panel speaker at public event From the Ground Up: Building aSanctuary City Together organized by the Ottawa Sanctuary City Network. May 26.2017“Let’s Talk Refugees, Borders, Sanctuaries.” Panel speaker at public event organizedby Mobility and Politics: A Transnational Research Collective. Ottawa. November17.“Addressing Gender-Based Violence in a context of Islamophobia and PrecariousMigration.” Paper presented at a public symposium on Muslim Women: Identities,Labels, and Lived Experiences organized by the Joint Chair in Women’s Studies atthe University of Ottawa. November 14.“Fear in the Shelter: Gender, Illegality, and the Securitization of Women's Shelters inCanada.” Paper presented at the American Sociological Association conference.Regional Spotlight Session on Social Categories, Inequality and the State: A Viewfrom Canada to the United States and Beyond. August 12-15 Montreal.“Gender, Islamophobia and Resistance: Tracing the Impact of Islamophobia onMuslim Women’s Integration and Access to Social Services in Canadian Cities.”Panelist at public event organized by University of Toronto Faculty of Social Work.May 26.“’Because Deportation is Violence Against Women!’: Activism in Response toPrecarious Migration and the Securitization of Women’s Shelters in Canada.”Public lecture for Emerging Scholars Series. Carleton University. March 28.“Are Refugees Welcome Here? Canadian Responses to Trump.” Roundtable speakerat public event organized by The Canadian Association of Refugee and ForcedMigration Studies (CARFMS) and the International Human Rights Program (IHRP),University of Toronto. February 3.2016“‘Out of our Shelters! Out of our Lives!’: Feminist efforts to address violence againstwomen with precarious immigration status in Canada.” Public lecture at theFeminist Lunch Hour Series. University of Toronto Mississauga. January 28.2013“The role of Religion & Culture: a cautionary tale.” Presentation for the Religion in thePublic Sphere Symposium, Sexual and Gender-based Violence Workshop.University of Toronto Mississauga. Sept 27. 3
S ALINA A BJIConference Presentations2018“Between Help and Harm: On the Gendered and Racialized Politics of Social Activismin Response to Immigration Detention.” Canadian Association of Refugee andForced Migration Studies. Ottawa. May 22-25.2017“From Sanctuary to Solidarity: The Gendered and Racialized Politics of Designing aCity Without Borders.” Canadian Sociological Association conference. Toronto.May 29 – June 2.2016“Unjust Detentions: How do Social Movements and the State produce Borders ofBelonging and Exclusion?” CINETS Crimmigration conference. Baltimore, Oct 6-7.“‘Because Deportation is Violence Against Women’: on the Politics of StateResponsibility and Women’s Human Rights.” American Sociological Associationconference. Session on Gendered Racism, Vulnerability, and State-SanctionedViolence. Seattle, August 22.2015“State Responsibility & Gendered Violence: a case study of Toronto’s Shelter,Sanctuary, Status campaign.” American Sociological Association conference.Roundtable on Human Rights. Chicago, August 20.“State Responsibility, gendered violence, and the right to have rights.” Congress:Women and Gender Studies et Recherches Féministes (WGSRF) conference.Ottawa, May 30.“Criminalizing International Marriage Migration: consequences and implications forimmigrants and refugees in Canada.” Canadian Association for Refugees andForced Migration Studies (CARFMS) conference. Roundtable. Ryerson University,Toronto, May 13.2014“Emerging conceptions of State Responsibility: feminist efforts to address violenceagainst non-status women in Toronto.” Social Sciences History Association (SSHA)conference. Toronto, Nov 6.“State Responsibility and Gendered Violence: a case study of efforts to addressviolence against non-status women in Toronto. Canadian Sociological Association(CSA). St. Catharines, Ontario, May 26.2013“State Responsibility or State Complicity? Postnational Approaches to ViolenceAgainst Women with Precarious Immigration Statuses in Toronto.” Social SciencesHistory Association (SSHA). Chicago, November.“Addressing Violence Against Women: Reflections on the politics of culture and‘honour’-based violence in Aruna Papp’s memoir Unworthy Creatures” (with AnnaC. Korteweg). American Sociological Association (ASA). Roundtable. New York,August.“Recent Immigration Changes in Canada: implications for addressing genderedviolence.” American Sociological Association (ASA). Roundtable. New York,August. 4
S ALINA A BJI“Reading Aruna Papp: Honour, Culture, and the Everyday Politics of Naming andShaming.” ‘Honour’/Shame Violence conference, Ryerson University (with Anna C.Korteweg). Toronto, September.“Emerging Logics of Citizenship: efforts to address violence against non-statuswomen in Toronto.” Precarious Futures conference, Ryerson University. Toronto,May.“Emerging Logics of Citizenship: efforts to address violence against non-statuswomen in Toronto.” Canadian Sociological Association (CSA). Toronto, May.2012“Citizenship and Social Services: Violence Against Women in South Asiancommunities of the GTA.” CERIS Research Seminar Series, York University (withAnna C. Korteweg). Toronto, November.“Two Logics of Citizenship: approaches to addressing gendered violence amongwomen with precarious immigration statuses.” Social Sciences and HistoryAssociation (SSHA). Toronto, November.“Turning Ourselves Inside Out: A Game of Strategy and Skill.” Canadian Associationfor the Study of Language and Learning (CASLL), University of Toronto (withFreedman, Leora, Deborah Knott, Margaret Procter, Andrea Williams, and ErinVearncombe). Toronto, June.Invited Discussant2016“A Note on Race and Gender in the Study of Migrant Adaptation in Canada.” S.D.Clarke Symposium. Immigration and Social Inequality in Canada, University ofToronto, November 5.2014“Acts of Bordering, Boundaries of Exclusion: Canadian Perspectives on Illegality,Invisibility and Precarious Legal Status.” Canadian Sociological Associationconference, May 24.Conference & Panel Organizer2018“‘No Ban, No Wall, No Borders’: Migrant Solidarities and Political Imaginaries ofResistance.” World Congress of Sociology. Session co-organizer and co-chair withEthel Tungohan, York University. July 15-21.2017“Addressing Risk and Uncertainty in Migration: Theory, Processes, and PolicyResponses.” Research workshop co-organizer with Can Aybek, Visiting Scholar,Munk School, University of Toronto. May 18.2016“Immigrant Communities and the Boundaries of Membership: Canadian Perspectiveson Conditional Settlement in Canada.” Canadian Sociological Associationconference. Session co-organizer and Chair with Rupaleem Bhuyan, University ofToronto, and Bronwyn Bragg, University of British Columbia.2014“Acts of Bordering, Boundaries of Exclusion: Canadian Perspectives on Illegality,Invisibility and Precarious Legal Status.” Canadian Sociological Associationconference. Session co-organizer and co-chair with Paloma Villegas, University ofToronto. 5
S ALINA A BJI“Bound to Protect? Perspectives on State Responsibility in addressing GenderedViolence and Protecting Women’s Human Rights.” Canadian SociologicalAssociation conference. Session co-organizer and co-chair with Paulina García-DelMoral, University of Toronto.2013“Dis-Organizing Powers: Perspectives on State Responsibility in addressing GenderedViolence and protecting Women’s Human Rights.” Social Sciences and HistoryAssociation conference. Session co-organizer with Paulina García-Del Moral,University of Toronto.R E S E AR CH E X PE RI E N C E2015 – 2016SSHRC-funded project on Precarious Immigration StatusProject Investigators: Rupaleem Bhuyan and Anna C. Korteweg, University of TorontoConducted qualitative interviews, participated in data analysis.2011 – 2016Book Manuscripts: Copy Editing for PublicationMaghbouleh, Neda. The Limits of Whiteness. Stanford University Press, forthcoming.Korteweg, Anna and Gökçe Yurdakul. The Headscarf Debates: Conflicts of NationalBelonging. University of Toronto Press, 2013.Korteweg, Anna and Jennifer Shelby, eds. Debating Sharia: Islam, Gender Politics, andFamily Law Arbitration. Stanford University Press, 2012.2014CIC-funded project on Citizenship IntegrationProject Investigator: Anna C. Korteweg, University of TorontoResearched secondary data; co-wrote content for literature review.2011 – 2012CERIS-funded project on Violence Against WomenProject Co-Investigators: Anna C. Korteweg, University of Toronto andLisa Barnoff, Ryerson UniversityCommunity Partner: Deepa Mattoo, South Asian Legal Clinic of OntarioConducted qualitative interviews; analyzed data; drafted content for publications,presentations, and funding grant application.T E A CHI N G E X PE RI E N C ECourse Instructor (Principal), Carleton University, Department of Sociology & AnthropologyRace and Migration: Power, Place & PoliticsGraduate-level CourseFall 2018Course Instructor (Principal), University of Toronto, Sociology Department, Tri-CampusQualitative Analysis ISessions: Winter 2013, Summer 2013, Winter 2015, Winter 2016Course Evaluations: 4.75 average on a 5-point scaleRace and Ethnicity ISession: Winter 2016Course Evaluation: 4.5 on a 5-point scale 6
S ALINA A BJISociology of Race, Class, GenderSessions: Summer 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014Course Evaluations: 4.5 average on a 5-point scaleGender, Politics and SocietySession: Summer 2015Course Evaluation: 4.9 on a 5-point scaleSpecialized Teacher Training & Curriculum Development2015 – 2016TA Trainer for Social SciencesUniversity of Toronto, Centre for Teaching Support and InnovationDesigned and delivered pedagogical workshops and provided 1:1 support forTeaching Assistants and Course Instructors across the social sciences.2014 – 2015Curriculum Design ConsultantUniversity of Toronto, Department of Sociology – Scarborough CampusSupported departmental implementation of tutorials across all 2nd-year courses:conducted needs assessments, designed tutorials, delivered TA training,performed program evaluation, and presented program at faculty meeting.2013 – 2015Lead TA for all Writing Intensive coursesUniversity of Toronto, Women & Gender Studies Institute and Faculty of Arts &Science Writing ProgramProduced curriculum snapshot for departmental planning, supported faculty withcourse and assignment design, delivered TA training, co-designed tutorial lessonplans and materials, and made presentations at faculty meetings.2014TA TrainerUniversity of Toronto, Department of Sociology, Tri-CampusRecruited by the Department to design and deliver TA training for all three campuseson tutorial design and delivery. Collaborated with University-wide TA trainers toimplement the training.2011 – 2012Lead TA for all Writing Intensive coursesUniversity of Toronto, Department of Sociology and Arts & Science Writing ProgramSpecialized Workshops for Graduate Students2016“De-Mystifying the Dissertation” 3-hour peer-led workshop on dissertation writing,co-developed and co-facilitated with Cristian Rangel for the SociologyDepartment, University of Toronto. November 15.2015“Effective Documentation for Writing Instruction” pedagogical presentation for theFaculty of Arts & Science, Lead Writing TA training week, University of Toronto,June 10.“Writing Techniques for Graduate Students” for the Women & Gender StudiesInstitute, Major Research Paper workshop, Alissa Trotz, University of Toronto,April 21. 7
S ALINA A BJITeaching Assistantships2008 – 2016Classical Sociology I & IIEthnicity & ImmigrationInternational MigrationIntroduction to SociologyLogic of Social InquiryQualitative Analysis IS E R VI CETORace, Class, GenderSocial InequalitySociology of the FamilySociology of GenderWomen and WorkWomen, Justice & the MediaP RO F E S S I O N2017 – PresentCo-Chair, Gender & Sexuality Research Cluster, Canadian Sociological Association2017 – PresentManuscript Reviewer, Gender & Society; International Labour Review (ILR) Journal;Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees2017Award Committee Member, American Sociological Association, Section on Racial andEthnic Minorities2015 – 2016Communications Officer, Graduate Sociology Students Association (GSSA)2013 – 2015Graduate Student Training & Recruitment, University of TorontoInvited by department to deliver presentations to graduate students on Navigatingthe PhD program (2013, 2014, 2015) and Publishing Research (2015).M E M BE RS H I PSCanadian Sociological Association. Research Cluster Co-Chair: Gender & Sexuality. Section Member:Political Sociology; Violence & SocietyAmerican Sociological Association. Section Member: Global/Transnational Sociology; Human Rights;International Migration; Political Sociology; Racial and Ethnic Minorities; Sex & GenderResearchers and Academics of Colour for Equity (RACE) Network, CanadaSocial Sciences and History AssociationSociologists for Women in SocietyWomen’s and Gender Studies et Recherches Féministes (WGSRF) AssociationP UBL I C S O CI O L O G Y2018 – PresentMember, Ottawa Sanctuary City Network2012 – PresentOrganizing Member, Rights of Non-Status Women’s Network (RNSWN)2018Community-Based Research and Education Consultant, Ontario Council of AgenciesServing Immigrants (OCASI)2017 – 2018Community Advisory Member, Law Foundation of Ontario, Community Leadership inJustice Fellowship on Race, Gender, and Immigration Status. Principal Investigator:Deepa Mattoo, LL.B., M.B.A.2013 – 2014Community-Based Research Consultant, Outburst! Project for young Muslimwomen, Barbra Schlifer Clinic 8
S ALINA A BJI2011 – 2013Member, Network of Agencies Against Forced Marriage (NAAFM), South Asian LegalClinic of Ontario (SALCO)A D D I TI O N AL E X PE RI E N CE2012 – 2016Academic Editor, Freelance, Toronto2004 – 2009Management Consultant, York UniversityHeld progressive positions with the Faculty of Health, Faculty of EnvironmentalStudies, and the York University Career Centre.Developed co-curricular and experiential education programs; provided managementcoaching and strategic organizational support; supervised and motivated teams.2000 – 2004HR Consultant, Goodwill Industries (NGO)Developed and delivered transitional employment programs for unemployed andunder-employed participants from marginalized communities. 9
S ALINA A BJIREFERENCESDaiva Stasiulis (post-doctoral research supervisor)ProfessorDepartment of Sociology and AnthropologyCarleton UniversityOttawa, Ontario K1S 5B6daiva stasiulis@carleton.ca613.520.2600 ext. 1098Anna C. Korteweg (dissertation supervisor)ProfessorChair, Department of Sociology, Mississauga CampusUniversity of ia Landolt (dissertation committee member)Associate ProfessorChair, Department of Sociology, Scarborough CampusUniversity of Torontolandolt@utsc.utoronto.ca416.287.7156Judith Taylor (dissertation committee member)Associate ProfessorDepartment of Sociology and Women & Gender Studies InstituteUniversity of Torontojtaylor@chass.utoronto.ca416.946.5720 10
Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Carleton University salina.abji@carleton.ca 416.312.0197 www.salinaabji.ca ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS 2017 - 2019 Postdoctoral Fellow, SSHRC, Carleton University Supervisor: Daiva Stasiulis EDUCATION 2017 Ph.D. in Sociology, University of Toronto
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