Esra Ari | MRU

Esra Ari, PhD

Office: B349D

Phone: 403-440-7012

Education:

SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow (2019-2022)
Ph.D. Sociology & Collaborative Program in Migration and Ethnic Relations, Western University, Canada
M.A. Sociology, Middle East Technical University, Türkiye
B.A. International Relations, Ankara University Faculty of Political Science, Türkiye

Esra’s research examines how racialization intersects with immigration, citizenship, and identity construction. Her recent research also engages with postcolonial literature to explore the complex relationship between the everyday experiences of racialized groups and global power structures. She foregrounds the lived experiences of marginalized groups within larger oppressive systems, namely racism, as it intersects with sexism and capitalism. Esra’s commitment to anti-racist research and the centrality of experiential knowledge shape her teaching style, which is informed by decolonizing frameworks as well as dialogical and experiential learning.

Selected Publications

Hamilton, L. K., El Hazzouri, M., Ari, E., & Banerjee, P. (2024). "Antistigma mental health advertisements can create backlash for racialized immigrants." Stigma and Health. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/sah0000566

Ari, E. & Atar, O. (2023). “Pandemic Thoughts: Life in the Times of COVID-19.” In Anna Triandafyllidou and Alka Kumar (Eds.), Migration and Identity through Creative Writing. Springer

Ari, E. (2023) “How I Became an Alevi Muslim Women.” In Anna Triandafyllidou and Alka Kumar (Eds.), Migration and Identity through Creative Writing. Springer

Ari, E. & Allahar, A. L. (2023) “Multiculturalism as a Negotiated Citizenship: Voices of Second-Generation Jamaicans.” Citizenship Studies. 27(40), pp. 498-513. https://doi.org/10.1080/13621025.2023.2178636

Ari, E. (2020). Portuguese Canadians as “Dark Whites:” Dynamics of Social Class, Ethnicity, and Racialization through Historical and Critical Analysis. Portuguese Studies Review. 28(2), pp.189-221.

Ari, E. (2019). Centering the White Gaze: Identity Construction among Second-Generation Jamaicans and Portuguese. Canadian Ethnic Studies Journal. 51(2), pp. 61-86. https://doi.org/10.1353/ces.2019.0007

Nunes, F., Ari, E., VerCetty, Q. & Branco, B. (2018). “Contested Integration: Class, Race and Education of Second- and Third-Generation Minority Youth, Through the Prism of Critical Pedagogy.” In S. Pashang N. Khanlou, and J Clarke (Eds.), Today’s Youth and Mental Health: Hope, Power and Resilience (pp. 265-283). Cham, Switzerland: Springer.