(English) Martha Kumsa

(English) Academic Background

BA, BSW (York), MSW (Toronto), PhD (Toronto).

Biography

Dr. Kumsa teaches in all streams of the social work program. Her teaching and research interests include: bridging the micro-macro rift; interdisciplinary knowledge; reflexive learning; liberatory practice; Participatory Action Research; transformative community practice; explorations of spirituality, issues of identity and cohesion, the paradox of nationalism and transnationalism, the flux of glocalization (global homogenization and local fragmentation), issues of home, homeland, and belonging among diasporic communities of refugees and immigrants.