Current Research Interests
Anti-racist/anti-colonial research; women and health; sociology of knowledge; feminist bioethics; skin-whitening; anti-ageing cosmeceutical biomedicine; peace building and ecological justice.
Academic History
2008- Ph.D. Department of Sociology of Education and Equity Studies in Education and a Ph.D (minor) in Women’s Studies and Gender Studies Collaborative Program, University of Toronto. Dissertation: “Soaping The Cells”:Science,Beauty,and The Practice of Skin-Whitening Biotechnology.
1998 M.A in Philosophy, University of Toronto
1994 BSC in Chemistry, University of Winnipeg
1994 B.A. in Philosophy, University of Winnipeg
1980 Diploma in Assistant Pharmacy, Somali Health Personnel Training Institute (Mogadishu, Somalia)
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