Dr. Habiba Zaman
Profile
Dr. Habiba Zaman is Professor in the Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies, Simon Fraser University. She earned her M.A. in Political Science and Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Manitoba. Her areas of research interest include Immigrants, settlement and work in Canada; Global south and social justice movements; Gender and development; Globalization and labour mobility; Race, gender and class; South Asia. She has published extensively in international journals.
About Me
AREAS OF RESEARCH INTEREST
- Immigrants and settlement in Canada
- Global south and social justice movements
- Labour mobility
- Race, gender and class
- South Asia
- Bangladesh
Links (Co-investigator/Co-organizer)
Economic Security Project
Globalization and Migration Labour Conference
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Professor
- Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies, Simon Fraser University
Visiting Professor
- Advisory Professorship by Hohai University, China 2016 (FASS Magazine article)
- Series of Lectures to PhD and MA students to Faculty of Public Administration, Hohai University, China September 2016 (Posters in English and Mandarin)
- University of British Columbia, The Centre for Women's and Gender Studies/RAGA, Vancouver, BC (January-December 2010)
- University of Technology, Sydney (January-February 2004)
- Research Center for Gender and Women’s Studies at the University of South Australia, Adelaide (February 2004)
- Department of Anthropology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1996/ Semester 2 (June/July)
AFFILIATIONS
- Advisory Professor, Hohai University, Nanjing, China
- Advisor, Gender and Development Research Centre, Hohai University, Nanjing, China
- Member, Editorial Board, McGill-Queens University Press, Series: Gender, Sexuality and Social Justice
- Research Associate, Centre for India and South Asia Research (CISAR), University of British Columbia, BC, Canada
- Member, Labour Studies Steering Committee, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, SFU
- Institute for Diaspora Research and Engagement, FASS, Simon Fraser University
- Development and Sustainability, Faculty of Environment, Simon Fraser University
- Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, British Columbia
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT - Board Member
GSWS Newsletters
EDUCATION
- Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Manitoba, Canada
- M.A., Political Studies, University of Manitoba, Canada