Dr. Lina Sunseri

Lina Sunseri Division of Sociology and Family Studies
Office: BR 121
Email: lsunseri@uwo.ca
Telephone: (519) 432-8353 ext 28115

Academic Background

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