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
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
Featured scholarly/creative works
- 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.). 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. (n.d.). The Survey of Muslims in Canada.
- Shah, S. (2025). Blurred and Bright Boundaries: Immigrant Reflexive Appraisals of Home and Host Religions and Cultures. In South Asian Feminisms in Diaspora (pp. 75–92). University of Alberta Press. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781772128468-007
- Shah, S. (2025). Canadian Muslim Demographics, Socioeconomics, Social Attitudes, and Experiential Outcomes. Toronto Ontario, Canada: Institute of Islamic Studies. Retrieved from islamicstudies.artsci.utoronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/IIS_IRC_2025_Data_Report_CdnMuslims_Oct31.pdf