Research

Dissertation

Working title: Productive and Consumable: The Construction of Stigma as an Asset

Supervisor: Markus Giesler (Schulich School of Business, York University)

The project unpacks the concerted efforts in the (re)production and maintenance of stigma around certain health conditions by various market actors in healthcare for profit, while shifting discourses, meanings, and interpretations of disability.

Methods: in-depth qualitative interviews, netnography, archival data.

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stigma consumer culture markets assetization

Selected Projects

YSMENA (Youth Sexual Health Needs in MENA Communities)

YSMENA is the first community-based research program in Canada to center the voices of diaspora Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) youth in Canada. YSMENA is a peer-led research program that addresses gaps in health services and explores experiences and perceptions of discrimination, racism and the health and well-being of MENA youth in Canada.

Role: Community Research Lead.

community-basedmigrationhealth

Building the Cando Urban Reserve Toolkit: Co-Creating Strategies for Indigenous-Led Development

A collaborative project led by Irene Henriques. I serve as a research assistant working on the Naawi-Oodena case in Winnipeg, Manitoba, documenting practices and policies that support Indigenous-led development.

Role: Research Assistant; Case: Naawi-Oodena (Winnipeg, Manitoba).

Indigenous-led developmentpolicycommunity partnerships

Master’s Thesis

Bilkent University (2021) — “The (not so) queer art of flopping”: makeover shows and the formation of neoliberal subjectivity

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neoliberal governmentality makeover shows queer theory

Publications & Working Papers

Coming soon. (If you’d like a draft, get in touch.)

Teaching

Consumer Behaviour — Instructor (Schulich School of Business)
Introduction to Management — Teaching Assistant (Schulich School of Business)

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