Dr Mehreen Mirza

Senior Lecturer in Sociology

Institute of Humanities & Creative Arts

Contact Details

email: m.mirza@worc.ac.uk

tel: 01905 85 5355

Mehreen Mirza’s teaching and research interests range widely. She has recently co-edited a collection on Teaching Gender and Sexualities in the Twenty-first Century to be published by C-SAP (the Higher Education Academy’s Subject Centre for Sociology, Anthropology & Politics) and is currently working with colleagues on learning and teaching projects on a cross-institutional basis. 

While Dr Mirza teaches a variety of undergraduate modules, she is responsible for specialist modules in ‘race’/ethnicity, education and research methods.  In recent years she has supervised undergraduate and Masters students studying a range of subjects including, for example, provision for homeless minority ethnic people, representations of asylum-seekers in state and media discourses, and the underachievement of particular social groups within the English education system.  Additionally, she is supervising MPhil/PhD students researching issues related to gender, ethnicity, education and identity more broadly.  She is Subject Leader for Sociology.

 

Teaching & Research

 Specialist Teaching Areas 

Sociology of ‘race’; ethnicity; gender; education; and qualitative research methods

 

Specialist Research Areas 

Sociology of ‘race’; ethnicity; gender; and education

 

 

Professional Bodies

 

British Sociological Association Convener of Sexual Divisions Study Group

C-SAP (Subject Centre for Sociology, Anthropology & Politics) Member of the Sociology Reference Group (2004-2006)

Vice-Chair of the Sociology Reference Group

Member of the Advisory Group (Steering Group) of C-SAP

Convener of the joint BSA/C-SAP Gender and Sexualities Learning and Teaching Group

Publications

 

Mirza, M. and Hussey, D. (eds.) (2011) Teaching Gender and Sexualities in the Twenty-First Century, Birmingham: C-SAP/HEA

Mirza, M. (2011) ‘Gendered Patterns of Degree Attainment in the Social Sciences: Final Report’, British Sociological Association Annual Conference, London School of Economics, (with A. Gruszczynska & H. Howard)

Mirza, M. (2010) Gendered Patterns of Attainment in the Social Sciences: Interim Report (with Dr A. Gruszczynska, C-SAP) Birmingham: HEA/C-SAP

Mirza, M. (2010) ‘Dilutions of Ethnography: Ethnography “Lite” ', British Sociological Association Annual Conference, Glasgow Caledonian University (with Dr B. Mitra)

Mirza, M. (2008) Report for West Mercia Constabulary ‘Exploring Reasons for Unequal Representation of Complaints against Police Officers between WMC Divisions’ (with Dr Francis-Smythe, UW)

Mirza, M. (2004) Report for Lancashire County Council Education Authority on the Achievement of Boys of South Asian Heritage at Key Stages One and Two in the County of Lancashire (with Dr Heywood-Everett, UCLAN)

M. Mirza (1998) ‘Same voices, same lives?: Revisiting Black feminist standpoint epistemology’ in P. Connolly & B. Troyna (eds.) Researching ‘Race’ in Educational Settings: Politics, theory and practice, Buckingham: Open University

Mirza, M. (1995) ‘Some ethical dilemmas in fieldwork: feminist and anti-racist methodologies’ in M. Griffiths & B. Troyna (eds.) Antiracism, Culture and Social Justice, Stoke-on-Trent: Trentham

External Responsibilities

2009- University of Northampton BA (Hons) Sociology

2006-2010 Bath Spa University BSc (Hons) Sociology