Dr. Jasmin Zine
Associate Professor
Contact Information
Email: jzine@wlu.caPhone: 519.884.0710 ext.3267
Office Location: DAWB 5-124
Office Hours: Winter Term 2013: Tuesday 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. & Thursday 5 – 6:00 p.m.
Languages Spoken
English
Academic Background
BA, Toronto 1992; MA, OISE 1997; PhD, OISE 2004
Has been with the Department of Sociology at Laurier since July 2005.
Biography
Research Areas:
Critical race and ethnic studies, postcolonial theory and research methodologies, education and social justice, representation, Canadian Muslim studies, Muslim women's studies.
Current Research:
Muslim Youth Post 9/11: Islamophobia, Religious Extremism and the New Imperialism
Undergraduate Courses:
Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, Advanced Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, Equity in Education
Graduate Courses:
Race, Gender and Imperialism (M.A Cultural Analysis and Social Theory), Critical Race Studies: Global Perspectives (M.A Sociology)
Publications:
Books:
2008 Zine, Jasmine. Canadian Islamic Schools: Unraveling the Politics of Faith, Gender, Knowledge and Identity. University of Toronto Press
2001 Dei, George, James-WIlson, Sonia and Zine, Jasmin. Inclusive Schooling: A Teacher's Companion to Removing the Margins. Toronto: Canadian Scholars' Press
2000 Dei, George, James, Irma M., James-Wilson, Sonia, Karumanchery, Leeno and Zine, Jasmin. Removing the Margins: The Challenges and Possibilities of Inclusive Schooling. Toronto: Canadian Scholars' Press
1997 Dei, George, Mazzuca, Josephine, McIsaac, Elizabeth and Zine, Jasmin. Re-Constructing "Dropout": A Critical Ethnography of the Dynamics of Black Student's Disengagement from School. Toronto: University of Toronto Press
Journal Articles:
2008 "Honour and Identity: An Ethnographic Account of Muslim Girls in a Canadian Islamic School." Topia (Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies)
2008 "Lost in Translation: Writing Back from the Margins. A Roundtable Response to miriam cooke's "The Muslimwoman". Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion, 24 (1) Spring 2008
2007 "Safe Havens or Religious 'Ghettos?' Narratives of Islamic Schooling in Canada." Race, Ethnicity and Education 10 (1): 71-92
2006
Areas of Expertise
- Race/anti-racism;
- Race and education;
- Race and securitization;
- Race gender;
- Imperialism/War on terror;
- Racialized youth;
- Canadian Muslim studies - Muslim youth and identity post 9/11, Islamic schools;
- Muslim women's studies - Islamic feminism, hijab, identity, representation
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