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Jasmin Zine (professor Sociology and the Muslim Studies Option, Wilfrid Laurier University). Her publications include numerous journal articles on Islamic feminism and Muslim women’s studies and Muslims and education in the Canadian diaspora. Her books include: Canadian Islamic Schools: Unraveling the Politics of Faith, Gender, Knowledge and Identity (2008, University of Toronto Press) the first ethnography of Islamic schooling in North America and the edited collection, Islam in the Hinterlands: Muslim Cultural Politics in Canada (2012, University of British Columbia Press) and a co-edited book (with Lisa K. Taylor) Muslim Women, Transnational Feminism and the Ethics of Pedagogy: Contested Imaginaries in post-9/11 Cultural Practice (2014, Routledge Press). She has completed a national study funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) on the impact of 9/11, the ‘war on terror’ and domestic security discourses and policies on Muslim youth in Canada and has completed a book manuscript based on this study tentatively titled: Under Siege: Islamophobia, Radicalization, Surveillance and Muslim Youth Counter Publics. As an education consultant she has developed award winning curriculum materials that address Islamophobia and anti-Muslim racism and has worked as a consultant with the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (ODHIR/OSCE), the Council of Europe, and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on developing international guidelines for educators and policy-makers on combating Islamophobia and discrimination against Muslims.
Professor Zine is an affiliated faculty member with the Islamophobia Research and Documentation Project (IRDP) at U.C. Berkeley, California.
Degrees
- BA (with Distinction) Sociology (Specialist) Anthropology (Major) University of Toronto.
- MA Sociology and Equity Studies in Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto (OISE/UT).
- PhD (Anti-racism and Anti-colonial Education) Sociology and Equity Studies in Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto (OISE/UT).
I am currently writing a book tentatively titled, Under Siege: Islamophobia, Radicalization, Surveillance, and Muslim Youth Counter-Publics. This project was based on a 6 year ethnographic study funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) that examined how the impact of 9/11, the ongoing "war on terror" and domestic security policies affects the 9/11 generation of Canadian Muslim youth.
My other research has included: Islamophobia and Anti-Islamophobia education, Muslim cultural politics in Canada, Anti-racism education, Islamic schools, Secular education and religious identities, Islamic feminism and Muslim women Studies, Transnational feminism and post 9/11 cultural practice.
Academic Awards
- 2015: WLU Merit Award
- 2009: WLU Merit Award
- 2004: Nomination for Governor General Gold Medal Award for Academic Excellence: Department of Sociology and Equity Studies in Education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto (OISE/UT)
- 2004: Certificate of Academic Achievement in Recognition of Outstanding Academic Performance and Departmental Nomination, from the School of Graduate Studies, University of Toronto
- 2004: New Scholar Award from the Journal Of Feminist Studies in Religion [Harvard Divinity School] for “Creating a Critical-Faith-centred Space for Anti-Racist Feminism: Reflections of A Muslim Scholar-Activist.”
- 2000-2001: SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship
- 2000-2001: Ontario Graduate Scholarship ( Declined in favour of SSHRC)
- 2000: Ontario Institute for Studies in Education/University of Toronto (OISE/UT) Scholarship for Community Teaching
- 2000: Award for Most Innovative Proposal, OISE/UT Community Teaching Scholarship Competition
- 1997-1999: Ontario Institute for Studies in Education Doctoral Scholarship Award
Research Funding
- 2012: Wilfrid Laurier University Internal Research Grant
- 2011: Wilfrid Laurier University Book Preparation Grant
- 2009: Wilfrid Laurier International Travel Grant
- 2009: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Standard Research Grant: Canadian Muslim Youth: An Examination of Identity, Citizenship and Belonging Post 9/11. $80, 339.00
- 2007: Wabash Centre for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion Research Fellowship. $7,000.00 USD
- 2006-2007: Wabash Centre for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion Pre-Tenure Asian/Asian North American Scholars Workshop Fellowship. $3,000.00 USD
- 2007: Wilfrid Laurier University International Travel Grant
- 2007-2009: Wilfrid Laurier University Research Fellowship. $4,605.00
- 2002-2004: Canadian Heritage, Multiculturalism Program and Canadian Race Relations Foundation Research and Training Project Grant. Towards Understanding:Anti-Islamphobia Education Project. $90,000.00 [with Muslim Educational Network, Training and OutReach Service (MENTORS)]
- 1999-2000: Canadian Heritage, Multiculturalism Program, Research and Training Grant. Minority Parents and Public Education [with MENTORS]. $27,000.00
I am able to supervise students as a faculty member in the Cultural Analysis and Social Theory (CAST) MA program. This is an interdisciplinary MA program and will be of interest to students who are seeking a trans-disciplinary focus in their graduate education.
Books
- 2014: Muslim Women Transnational Feminist Reading Practices, Pedagogy and Ethical Concerns: Contested Imaginaries in Post 9/11 Cultural Practice. Lisa K.Taylor & Jasmin Zine (eds) Routledge.
- 2012: Islam in the Hinterlands: Exploring Muslim Cultural Politics in Canada. J. Zine (ed). University of British Columbia Press.
- 2008: Canadian Islamic Schools: Unraveling the Politics of Faith, Gender, Knowledge and Identity. University of Toronto Press
- 2001: Inclusive Schooling: A Teacher’s Companion to Removing the Margins. Dei, George, James-Wilson, Sonia and Zine, Jasmin. Toronto: Canadian Scholars’ Press
- 2000: Removing the Margins: The Challenges and Possibilities of Inclusive Schooling. Dei, George, James, Irma M., James-Wilson, Sonia, Karumanchery, Leeno and Zine, Jasmin. Toronto: Canadian Scholars’ Press
- 1997: Re-Constructing `Dropout’: A Critical Ethnography of the Dynamics of Black Student’s Disengagement from School. Dei, George, Mazzuca, Josephine, McIsaac, Elizabeth and Zine, Jasmin. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
Research Reports
Articles in Refereed Journals
- 2009: “Unsettling the Nation: Gender, Race and Muslim Cultural Politics in Canada.” (Special Feature Article) Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism. 9 (1): 146-163
- 2008: “Honour and Identity: An Ethnographic Account of Muslim Girls in a Canadian Islamic School.” Topia (Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies) 19 (39): 39-67
- 2008: “Lost in Translation: Reading Back From the Margins” Roundtable Response to miriam cooke’s “The Muslimwoman.” Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion 24 (1): 110-116
- 2007: “Safe Havens or Religious “Ghettos? ” Narratives of Islamic Schooling in Canada.” Race, Ethnicity and Education 10 (1): 71-92
- 2006: “Unveiled Sentiments: Gendered Islamophobia and Experiences of Veiling among Muslim Girls in a Canadian Islamic School.” Equity and Excellence in Education. Special Issue: Ethno-Religious Oppression in Schools 39 (3):239-252
- 2006: “Between Orientalism and Fundamentalism: Muslim Women and Feminist Resistance.” Muslim World Journal of Human Rights. 2 (2):1-26 (originally published in (En)Gendering the War on Terror War Stories and Camouflage Politics. Krista Hunt, Kim Rygiel (eds) UK: Ashgate Publishing pg. 27-50)
- 2004: “Anti-Islamophobia Education as Transformative Pedagogy: Reflections From the Educational Frontlines.” American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences (Special Issue: Orientalism, Neo-Orientalism and Islamophobia) 21(3):110-119
- 2004: “Creating a Critical-Faith-Centred Space for Anti-Racist Feminism: Reflections of a Muslim Scholar-Activist.” The Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion. 20 (2):167-188
- 2002: “Muslim Women and the Politics of Representation.” American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences. 19(4):1-23
- 2001: “Muslim Youth in Canadian Schools: Education and the Politics of Religious Identity.” Anthropology and Education Quarterly, 32 (4): 399-423
- 2001: “Negotiating Equity: The Dynamics of Minority Community Engagement in Constructing Inclusive Education Policy.” The Cambridge Journal of Education, 31 (2): 239-269
- 2000: “Redefining Resistance: Toward an Islamic Sub-culture in Schools” in Race Ethnicity and Education 3 (3):. 293-316
Journal Editorials
- 2007: “Reading Muslim Women and Muslim Women Reading Back, Transnational Feminist Reading Practices, Pedagogy and Ethical Concerns, ” Intercultural Education (Special Issue: Contested Imaginaries) with Lisa K. Taylor and Hilary E. Davis, pp. 1-24
- 2007: “Interview with Mohja Kahf.” Intercultural Education (Special Issue: Contested Imaginaries) with Lisa K. Taylor and Hilary E. Davis, pp. 383-88 (reprinted in Lisa K.Taylor & Jasmin Zine (eds) Muslim Women Transnational Feminist Reading Practices, Pedagogy and Ethical Concerns: Contested Imaginaries in Post 9/11 Cultural Practice. NYC: Routledge (pp.247-251)
- 2007: “Interview with Zarqa Nawaz.” Intercultural Education (Special Issue: Contested Imaginaries) with Lisa K. Taylor and Hilary E. Davis, pp. 379-382 (reprinted in Lisa K.Taylor & Jasmin Zine (eds) Muslim Women Transnational Feminist Reading Practices, Pedagogy and Ethical Concerns: Contested Imaginaries in Post 9/11 Cultural Practice. NYC: Routledge (pp.252-255)
- 2007: “Interview with Jamelie Hassan.” Intercultural Education (Special Issue: Contested Imaginaries) with Lisa K. Taylor and Hilary E. Davis, pp. 375-378 (reprinted in Lisa K.Taylor & Jasmin Zine (eds) Muslim Women Transnational Feminist Reading Practices, Pedagogy and Ethical Concerns: Contested Imaginaries in Post 9/11 Cultural Practice. NYC: Routledge (pp.291-294)
- 2002: “Re-Framing Women and Islam,”with Katherine Bullock. American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences (Special Issue: Women and Islam). 19(4): pp.i-iii
Chapters in Books
- 2017: “Faith and Activism: Muslim Student Associations and Campus-based Social Movements.” In T.Abbas & S. Hamid (eds) Political Muslims. NY: Syracuse University Press (forthcoming)
- 2014: “Introduction: The Contested Imaginaries of Reading Muslim Women and Muslim Women Reading Back.” (with Lisa, K. Taylor) in Lisa K.Taylor & Jasmin Zine (eds) Muslim Women Transnational Feminist Reading Practices, Pedagogy and Ethical Concerns: Contested Imaginaries in Post 9/11 Cultural Practice. NYC: Routledge (pp. 1-24)
- 2014: “Cartographies of Difference and Pedagogies of Peril: Muslim Girls and Women in Western Young Adult Fiction Novels” in Lisa K.Taylor & Jasmin Zine (eds) Muslim Women Transnational Feminist Reading Practices, Pedagogy and Ethical Concerns: Contested Imaginaries in Post 9/11 Cultural Practice. NYC: Routledge (pp.175-197)
- 2014: “Interview with Tayyibah Taylor” in Lisa K.Taylor & Jasmin Zine (eds) Muslim Women Transnational Feminist Reading Practices, Pedagogy and Ethical Concerns: Contested Imaginaries in Post 9/11 Cultural Practice. NYC: Routledge (pp. 269-273)
- 2014: “Interview with Sofia Baig” in Lisa K.Taylor & Jasmin Zine (eds) Muslim Women Transnational Feminist Reading Practices, Pedagogy and Ethical Concerns: Contested Imaginaries in Post 9/11 Cultural Practice. NYC: Routledge (pp. 274-281)
- 2014: “Interview with Sahar Ullah” in Lisa K.Taylor & Jasmin Zine (eds) Muslim Women Transnational Feminist Reading Practices, Pedagogy and Ethical Concerns: Contested Imaginaries in Post 9/11 Cultural Practice. NYC: Routledge (pp. 282-290)
- 2012: “Contested Imaginaries: Reading Muslim Women and Muslim Women Reading Back: Trasnational Feminist Reading Practices, Pedagogy and Ethical Concerns.” (with Lisa K. Taylor) in Lorne Tepperman and Angela Kalyta (eds) Reading Sociology. London: Oxford University Press.
- 2012: “Stolen Youth: Lost Boys and Imperial Wars,” In Janice Williamson(ed) Omar Khadr, Oh Canada! McGill-Queens University Press. pp. 390-411.
- 2012: “Shar’ia in Canada? Mapping Discourses of Race, Gender and Religious Differences” in A Korteweg & J. Selby (eds) Sharia Tribunals in Canada. University of Toronto Press, pp. 279-306.
- 2009: “Living on the Ragged Edges: Homelessness Among Latin Americans and Muslims in Toronto.” Finding Home: Policy Options for Addressing Homelessness in Canada . In J. David Hulchanski, Philippa Campsie, Shirley Chau, Stephen Hwang and Emily Paradis (eds)
- 2008: “Safe Havens or Religious “Ghettos?” Narratives of Islamic Schooling in Canada.” In Yvonne Haddad, Jane Smith and Farid Senzai (eds) Islam and Education in North America. New York: Oxford University Press.
- 2008: “Contact Zones: A Crash Collision with Racial Politics and the Neo-Orientalist Imaginary.” In Phillip Howard and George J. Sefa Dei (eds) 'Crash' Politics and Anti-Racism: An Interrogation of Liberal Race Discourse.’ Halifax, NS: Fernwood Press.
- 2007: “Deconstructing Islamic Identity: Engaging Multiple Discourses.” Pp. 111-130 in Diasporic Ruptures: Globality, Migrancy, and Expressions of Identity (Volume 1). Ali Asgharzadeh, Erica Lawson, Kayleen U.Oka & Amar Wahab (eds) New York: Sense Publishers, pp.111-130.
- 2006: “Between Orientalism and Fundamentalism: Muslim Women and Feminist Resistance.” Pp.27-50 in (En)Gendering the War on Terror War Stories and Camouflage Politics. Krista Hunt, Kim Rygiel (eds) UK: Ashgate Publishing, 27-50.
Media Interviews
2016
- Interview for “Canadians are Wrong about, Muslims, Homosexuality and Happiness.” CBC Radio. Dec. 18, 2016.
- “Canada's New 'Anti-Radicalisation' Office met with Caution by Muslim Community” Interviewed by Jillian D'Amours for Middle East Eye. March 27, 2016.
- Black Lives Matter Toronto Twitter Controversy. Eric Drozd Radio show/ 570 News. Interview April 6, 2016.
2015
- “Agencies Confident they can Settle 1,100 Syrian Refugees in Waterloo Region.” Interview with Waterloo Record. Nov. 24, 2015.
- “Hate Crime incidents in Canada have some fearing an Islamophobic trend.” Interviewed by Martin Bauman 570 News. Nov. 27, 2015.
- Interview for “Why it’s Wrong to Underestimate the Islamic State’s Female Recruits” by Michelle Sheppard. Toronto Star. March 28, 2015.
2014
- Interview with Al Jazeerah English: Ottawa Shooting and Muslim Youth ‘Radicalization.’
- Albanian Radio blog-Islamophobia.
2013
- Media Interviews on Islamophobia and Muslim youth and “home grown terror”: Toronto Star, CBC, Rogers KW.
- Scott Thompson Radio Show – Boston Marathon Bombings.
2012
- Canadian Charger: “Islamophobia didn’t begin on 9/12”
- “What Has Changed Since September 11, 2001?” Radio Panel Discussion. W2 Media Café Vancouver, B.C.
2011
- CTV Power Play: Bill 94
2010
- CBC The Current : Ground Zero Mosque Controversy and Islamophobia in the West
2009
- Burka Ban – CTV television interview; CBC Quebec radio interview
2008
- Aqsa Parvaz case – Interviews with Toronto Life, National Post, CNN
2006
- NOW Magazine Toronto: “Muslim on our Own Terms”
2007
- “Home Grown Muslims.” Documentary. Saide Khan, Producer, Canadian Broadcasting, Corporation
2005
- Interview for Women’s Human Rights Network: Women’s Rights and Shariah Tribunals In Ontario.
- “Me and the Mosque.” Documentary, Zarqa Nawaz, Producer, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
- “Making the Grade: Are We Failing Our Black Youth?” St. Lawrence Forum (with George Dei, Akua Benjamin and Yaw Obeng).
2001
- “Understanding the Ummah.” Town Hall, Host: Andy Barrie, CBC Radio One.
- “Islamic Feminism Post 9/11.” CIUT Radio program 21st Century Fem, Host: Marita Hollo, University of Toronto.
Recordings
Contact Info:
E: jzine@wlu.ca