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Greetings/Salaams! Prior to Laurier, I was pursuing my doctoral studies in Social Work at York University, Toronto, Ontario. My doctoral research critically examined the resistance strategies and agency of LBTQ Muslim women living out their intersectional identities (race, ethnicity religiosity, spirituality, sexuality, gender identity and expression) in the Global North amongst the hegemonic norms existing in both normative Muslim and LGBTQ communities.
My cumulative social work practice has ranged in interdisciplinary non-profit (community, clinical, youth justice, educational) settings with a myriad of individuals and communities. I bring over 10 years of clinical and community-based expertise in mental health and recovery, substance use and addictions, suicide prevention and crisis management, VAW, poverty and homelessness with many diverse individuals and communities such as LGBTQs, women, youth, children and adults. I have taught graduate and undergraduate courses at York University in Social Work, and also in the Social Service Worker Diploma Programs at Centennial and Seneca Colleges.
In my research and teaching (pedagogically and politically), I draw on interdisciplinary critical perspectives such as: anti-colonial thought and postcolonialism, intersectionality theory, critical race and transnational feminisms, critical social work, structural and AOP social work practice and liberatory/emancipatory and decolonizing approaches. I engage mostly in the qualitative tradition and mixed methods research (ethnographic and narrative; feminist and queer methods). I am also an academic researcher with the Manulife Centre for Community Health Research (MCCHR).
In my research and teaching (pedagogically and politically), I draw on interdisciplinary critical perspectives such as: anti-colonial thought and postcolonialism, intersectionality theory, critical race and transnational feminisms, critical social work, structural and AOP social work practice and liberatory/emancipatory, decolonizing approaches. I engage mostly in the qualitative tradition and mixed methods research (ethnographic and narrative; feminist and queer methods).
My research interests and areas of expertise include community-based research, community development and clinical counselling with the following individuals and communities: LGBTQ+ Muslims in the Global North; Racialized Trans and gender-variant persons and access to healthcare; Racialized, ethnic, religious and sexual minorities; Violence against women and gender variant persons; Non-normative sexualities, gender identities and expressions; substance use, addictions, mental health and sanism; Visible and invisible (dis)abilities, neurodiversity and ableism; Social policy, service and program provision to gender and sexually diverse persons and communities; Race, racialization and imperialism; Sexual minorities and Islam; Religiosity, spirituality and social work practice; Homeless and street involved persons in sex work; and Intersectional identities, identity politics.
At the present time, I am involved in the following research projects:
Co-Principle Investigator, Exploring the Health, Wellness, Safety, Service Access, and Minority Stressors across the Lifecourse of 2SLGBTQ+ in the Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada: A Mixed-Methods Ecosocial Study, Wilfrid Laurier University
Co-Investigator, Interdisciplinary LGBTQ/2S HEALTH Hub: Healing Through Education and Awareness in Stigma Reduction and Lifecourse Training in Health, Wilfrid Laurier University
Principle Investigator, Service Needs of Sexually & Gender Diverse Muslims and Their Families: A Partnership with Salaam Canada, Wilfrid Laurier University
Principle Investigator, Supporting Sexually and Gender Diverse Muslims in Social Work Project, Faculty of Social Work, Wilfrid Laurier University
I am willing to supervise graduate students in areas related to my research interests. Please contact me by email for more information.
Selected Publications
Chapters in books
Articles in refereed journals
1. Khan, M. & Absolon, K. (2022). Conversations on a Bridge: Reflections of an Indigenous and Racialized Scholar Opposing Whiteness in Social Work Education and Practices. The Canadian Social Work Review / Revue canadienne de service social (CSWR-RCSS), 38(2), 159–178. https://doi.org/10.7202/1086124ar
2. Cox, E., Warren, T., Khan, M., Wilson, C., Cameron, R., Davis, C., Coleman, T., Steffler, J., Coulombe, S., & Woodford, M. (2022). Experiences of discrimination and its impacts on well-being among racialised LGBTQ+ newcomers living in waterloo region, Ontario, Canada. Health & Social Care in the Community, 00, 1–9. https://doi. org/10.1111/hsc.1374
3. Khan, M., Dias, G., & Thompson, A. (2021). Mapping out Indigenous and Racialized Critical Community-based Perspectives and Experiences in the Time of COVID. Intersectionalities: A Global Journal of Social Work Analysis, Research, Polity, & Practice, 9(1), 188–198.
4. Khan, M. & Mulé, N.J. (2021). Voices of Resistance and Agency: LBTQ Muslim Women Living Out Intersectional Lives in North America. Journal of Homosexuality, 68(7), 1144-1168, doi: 10.1080/00918369.2021.1888583
5. McKenzie, C., Mulé, N.J., & Khan, M. (2021). Where Is LGBTQ+ in Ontario's Health Care Policies and Programs? Sexuality Research and Social Policy Journal, 22, 1-12. doi: 10.1007/s13178-021-00577-8
6. Mulé, N. J., Khan, M., & McKenzie, C. (2019). Queering Canadian social work accreditation standards and procedures: A content analysis. Journal of Social Work Education, 1-14. doi: 10.1080/02615479.2019.1648408
7. Khan, M. (2019). A social work perspective on Indigenous knowledges, anticolonial thought and contemplative pedagogy: Thoughts on decolonization and resistance. Journal of Critical Anti-Oppressive Social Inquiry, (2). 18-46.
8. Mulé, N. J., Khan, M., & McKenzie, C. (2017). The growing presence of LGBTQIs at the UN: Arguments and counter-arguments. Journal of International Social Work, 1-13. doi: 10.1177/0020872817702706
Media and creative outputs
Contact Info:
E: mkhan@wlu.ca
Office location: FSW-305
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