Faculty Profile for Dr. Sarah Shah

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Dr. Sarah Shah
Assistant Professor — Sociology
THH 462
Scholarly/Creative Work

Biography Section

Biography and Education

 Relational Psychotherapy, Gestalt Institute of Toronto, 2024
Ph.D. in Sociology, University of Toronto, 2019
M.S. in Sociology, University of Texas San Antonio, 2012
B.A. in Human Relations, St. Joseph's University, 2010

Research Interests

 Immigration, religion, health, family and gender relations

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Shah, S. (n.d.). Honouring Shame: An Embodied Experience of Queering Islam. In Queerituality: LGBTQ+ Muslims on Mental Health and Healing. University of Regina Press.
  • Shah, S. (n.d.). Blurred and Bright Boundaries: Immigrant Reflexive Appraisals of Home and Host Religions and Cultures. In Emerging South Asian Feminisms: Critical Canadian Perspectives. University of Alberta Press.
  • Shah, S. (n.d.). From the Academy to Therapy: The Good, the Bad, and the Beauty of Relationality. In The Politicized Practitioner (Vol. 2). Blue Cactus Press.
  • Shah, S. (2024). Still Overqualified and Underemployed? Canadian Muslim Women’s Experiences of Employment Barriers and Facilitators. Canadian Council of Muslim Women. Retrieved from https://www.ccmw.com/aspire-study
  • Shah, S., & Khan, M. (2023). The Search for Ethics in Research: Learning from Non-binary, Queer, and Trans Muslims. In Reading Sociology: Decolonizing Canada. Oxford University Press.