Broadly speaking, my work focuses upon racialization, racism, immigration, multiculturalism, identity construction, critical race theory, social justice and globalization.

Experience

  • 2022–present
    Assistant Professor of Sociology, Mount Royal University
  • 2018–2022
    Postdoctoral Fellow, Toronto Metropolitan Centre for Immigration and Settlement
  • 2015–2022
    Adjunct professor, King's University College at Western

Education

  • 2018 
    Western University , Ph.D. Sociology & Collaborative Program in Migration and Ethnic Relations
  • 2010 
    Middle East Technical University, Master's Degree Sociology

Publications

  • 2020
    Portuguese Canadians as “Dark Whites:” Dynamics of Social Class, Ethnicity, and Racialization through Historical and Critical Analysis, Portuguese Studies Review
  • 2019
    Centering the White Gaze: Identity Construction among Second-Generation Jamaicans and Portuguese, Canadian Ethnic Studies Review
  • 2016
    Multicultural Ideology: An antidote to racism or untouched inequalities? A comparative study of second-generation Jamaicans and second-generation Portuguese in Toronto, International Network on Youth Integration (INYI) Journal

Grants and Contracts

  • 2018
    Postdoctoral Fellowship
    Role:
    $45,000 per year
    Funding Source:
    Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
  • 2011
    International Doctoral Scholarship
    Role:
    $27,000 per year
    Funding Source:
    Western University

Professional Memberships

  • Canadian Sociological Association
  • Canadian Ethnic Studies Association

Contact Esra for

  • General
  • Media request
  • Speaking request
  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision