education and training
- PHD, University of Oxford
- MA, York University 2009
Alpha
Abebe
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Humanities
Dr. Alpha Abebe (PhD, Oxford) is an Assistant Professor with the Faculty of Humanities, where she teaches courses focused on leadership, critical thinking, cross-cultural engagement, and community development. She is also the Faculty Lead for African and African Diaspora Studies at McMaster and involved in a number of initiatives focused on achieving equity and excellence at McMaster. She has over 15 years of experience as a local and international practitioner, and this work has been devoted to engaging and championing youth from African, racialized and low-income communities. Dr. Abebe is also a photographer and uses her art as a tool for community engagement and dialogue.
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- EMAIL: abebea
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Affiliations
- Assistant Professor, Faculty of Humanities, McMaster University
Research Areas
- African literatures (RA)
- Anti Oppression (RA)
- Arts (arts, history of arts, performing arts, music) (RA)
- Citizenship Studies (RA)
- Community Based Research (RA)
- Critical Race Theory (RA)
- Critical identity, ethnic and race studies (RA)
- Cultural studies (RA)
- Globalization (RA)
- Globalization & Transnationalism (RA)
- Globalization and culture (RA)
- Humanities and the arts (RA)
- Immigration (RA)
- Interdisciplinary (RA)
- Marginalized Groups (RA)
- Migration (RA)
- Movements (RA)
- Photography (RA)
- Race (RA)
- Race and Ethnicity (RA)
- Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration (RA)
- Research Ethics (RA)
- Social Inequalities (RA)
- Social Justice (RA)
- Social Movements (RA)
- Sociology and related studies (RA)
- Theories of cultural studies (RA)
- Youth (RA)
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