ABOUT DR. ZUHRA
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I am an Assistant Professor and Department Chair of the department of Educational Leadership at Niagara University Ontario. My work focuses on the ways that discourses of race and identity are negotiated, mediated and socialized in education.
My research seeks to re-centre the voices of racialized children, families and educators, by problematizing whiteness and white privilege in curriculum, pedagogy, teacher education, and teacher hiring and promotion. My scholarship aims to explore how knowledge can be mobilized at the grassroots level from educators, children and communities minoritized by education system. I am particularly interested in teacher hiring policies and practices in relation to diversity in the teacher workforce in Ontario as well as refugee access to education. I hold a doctorate in social justice education from the University of Toronto; a master's degree in education, bachelor of education, honours bachelor of arts in political science and graduate diploma in education in urban environments from York University; as well as a diploma in early childhood education from Sheridan College. I am both an Ontario Certified Teacher and Registered Early Childhood Educator. My teaching experience spans the early years, K-12 education through higher education. |
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Dr. Zuhra Abawi is available for your next workshop or presentation. Please get in touch.
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TEACHING
Niagara University
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RESEARCH AREAS
Early childhood, K-12, and higher education
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SUBJECTS
Race and Identity
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