Dr. Lina Sunseri

Academic Background

• Ph.D., Sociology, York University
• M.A., Sociology, University of Guelph
• Honors B.A., with Distinction, Sociology, Western University

Research and Scholarly Interests

• Indigenous women’s issues in relation to colonialism and decolonialism
• Gender and Nationalism
• Representation of Indigenous Peoples and other racialized groups in mainstream media and popular culture
• Gender and Sports
• Gender and Popular Culture
• Community Development
• Critical Pedagogy
• Law and Inequality

Dr. Sunseri’s research on Oneida women seeking restoration of tradition is featured in Living Research – 2010, Volume 1.

Teaching

Soc 2239 – Social Inequality
Soc 2299A/B – Indigenous Women: A Comparative Perspective
Soc 3322A/B – Community Analysis: Research and Evaluation
Soc 3333F/G – Interpreting Law and Social Policy to Build Communities
Soc 3341F/G – Social Construction of Gender

Representative Publications

• Racism, Colonialism, and Indigeneity, co-edited with Martin Cannon. Oxford University Press. 2011.
• Being Again of One Mind: Oneida Women and the Struggle for Decolonization. University of British Columbia Press. 2011.
• Colonialism and Racism in Canada: Historical Traces and Contemporary Issues co-edited with Maria Wallis and Grace-Edward Galabuzi. 2010. Toronto: Nelson Education Ltd.
• “Indigenous Voice Matters: Claiming our Space through Decolonizing Research”, Junctures: The Journal for Thematic Dialogue, Issue 9, December 2007, pp. 93–106.
• “Sky Woman Lives On: Contemporary Examples of Mothering the Nation”, Canadian Woman Studies, Volume 26, Number 4, Winter/Spring 2008, pp. 21–25.
• 2000. “Moving Beyond the Feminism versus the Nationalism Dichotomy: An Anti-Colonial Feminist Perspective on Aboriginal Liberation Struggles” in Canadian Woman Studies, Vol. 20, No.2, 143–148.