Institute for Women's Studies and Gender Studies

Alison Keith

Professor, Department of Classics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences

• Campus
  • St. George
• Faculty
  • Faculty of Arts & Science
• Department
  • Classics
• Centres
  • Institute for Women's Studies and Gender Studies

Areas of Expertise

• Ancient Greek female authors
• Ancient Roman female authors
• Ancient Rome in popular culture
• Latin literature
• Roman history and culture
• Vergil and Ovid
• Women in ancient Greece
• Women in ancient Rome
• Women in Greek tragedy

Office: 416-978-3179
Home: 416-462-9215
Email: alison.keith@utoronto.ca
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Anne-Emanuelle Birn

Professor of Critical Development Studies and of Social and Behavioural Health Sciences

• Campus
  • U of T Scarborough
• Faculty
  • Dalla Lana School of Public Health
• Department
  • Public Health Sciences
  • Social Sciences (UTSC)
• Centres
  • Global Health Consortium
  • Institute for Women's Studies and Gender Studies

Areas of Expertise

• Global Health Politics
• History of Health Activism
• History of international health
• History of public health in Latin America (Mexico and Uruguay)
• Philanthrocapitalism and Health
• Societal determinants of health

Office: 416-287-7322
Home: 416-924-7803
Languages: French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Catalan
Website
Email: ae.birn@utoronto.ca
Media availablity: TV, Radio, Print/Online

Pamela Klassen

Professor & Chair, Department for the Study of Religion, Faculty of Arts and Science

Professor, Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Arts and Science

• Campus
  • St. George
• Faculty
  • Faculty of Arts & Science
• Department
  • Anthropology
  • Religion
• Centres
  • Centre for the Study of the United States
  • Institute for Women's Studies and Gender Studies
  • Jackman Humanities Institute

Areas of Expertise

• 20th & 21st century Christianity; missionary/Indigenous relations
• Canada’s treaty responsibilities in relation to religion/spirituality
• Religion
• Religion and medicine
• Religion in the public sphere
• Religion; colonialism in Canada
• ritual and healing
• Women and religion

Office: 416-585-4573
Website
Email: p.klassen@utoronto.ca
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Ping-Chun Hsiung

Professor

• Campus
  • U of T Scarborough
• Department
  • Social Sciences (UTSC)
• Centres
  • Asian Institute
  • Institute for Women's Studies and Gender Studies

Areas of Expertise

• Family and social change in East Asia
• Feminist theories
• Gender issues in Chinese societies
• Gender relations and social change in Asia
• NGOs and civil society in China; Taiwan
• State
• Taiwan

Office: 416-287-7291
Home: 416-222-5283
Languages: Mandarin, Taiwanese
Email: pc.hsiung@utoronto.ca
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Rupaleem Bhuyan

Assistant Professor, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work

• Campus
  • St. George
• Faculty
  • Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work
• Centres
  • Institute for Women's Studies and Gender Studies

Areas of Expertise

• Gender issues in immigration policy
• Gender violence and migration
• Precarious migration
• Undocumented immigrants and abuse
• Violence against women

Office: 416-910-8205
Website
Email: r.bhuyan@utoronto.ca
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Sandra Bamford

Associate Professor

• Campus
  • U of T Scarborough
• Department
  • Anthropology
• Centres
  • Institute for Women's Studies and Gender Studies

Areas of Expertise

• Embodiment
• Foster care
• Gender
• Kinship
• North America
• Science and technology
• The Pacific

Office: 416-287-7301
Email: sandra.bamford@utoronto.ca
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