Simon Fraser University
Dr. Özlem Sensoy
Özlem Sensoy Faculty Photo Assistant Professor

Email: ozlem_sensoy@sfu.ca

2004 Ph.D. (Multicultural Education) University of Washington
1998 M.A. (Near Eastern Languages & Civilization) University of Washington
1995 B.A. (English) University of British Columbia

Selected Publications

books:

Muslim Voices in School

Sensoy, Ö. & Stonebanks, C. D. (Eds). (2009). Muslim Voices in School: Narratives of Identity and Pluralism. Boston: Sense Publishing.

McCarthy, J., McCarthy, C. (Eds.), Halman, T., Bates, Ü., & Sensoy, Ö. (Contributing Eds.). (2003). Who are the Turks? A handbook for teachers. New York: American Forum for Global Education.

journal articles (10) and book chapters (8):

Sensoy, Ö. & Marshall, E. (in press, 2010). Missionary girl power: Saving the “Third World” one girl at a time. Gender and Education.

Sensoy, Ö. & Marshall, E. (in press, 2009/2010). Save the Muslim girls! Rethinking Schools, 24(2).

Stonebanks, C.D. & Sensoy, Ö. (in press, 2009). Schooling identity: Constructing knowledge about Islam, Muslims, and people of the Middle East in Canadian schools. International Journal of Critical Pedagogy, 2(4).

Sensoy, Ö. (in press, 2010). Ickity ackity open sesame: Learning about the Middle East in Images. In B. Subedi (Ed.), Rethinking Curricular Knowledge on Global Societies. Information Age Publishing.

DiAngelo, R.J. & Sensoy, Ö. (2009). We don’t want your opinion: Knowledge construction and the discourse of opinion in the equity classroom. Equity & Excellence in Education, 42(4), 443-455.

Marshall, E. & Sensoy, Ö. (2009). The same old hocus pocus: Pedagogies of gender and sexuality in Shrek 2. Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 30 (2), 151-164.

Sensoy, Ö. & DiAngelo, R.J. (2009). Developing social justice literacy: An open letter to our faculty colleagues. Phi Delta Kappan, 90 (5), 345-352.

Sensoy, Ö. (2009). It’s all in your name: Seeing ourselves in historical and cultural context. In E. Heilman, R. Fruja, & M. Missias (Eds.), Social Studies and Diversity Teacher Education: What We Do and Why We Do It. New York: Routledge.

Sensoy, Ö. & Stonebanks, C.D. (2009). Introduction: Voice and other acts of insubordination. In Ö. Sensoy & C.D. Stonebanks (Eds.), Muslim Voices in School: Narratives of Identity and Pluralism (pp. ix-xx). Boston: Sense Publishers.

Sensoy, Ö. (2009). Where the heck is the “Muslim world” anyways? In Ö. Sensoy & C.D. Stonebanks (Eds.), Muslim Voices in School: Narratives of Identity and Pluralism (pp. 71-85). Boston: Sense Publishers.

Sensoy, Ö. (2009). Kill Santa: Religious diversity and the winter holiday problem. In S. R. Steinberg (Ed.). Diversity and Multiculturalism: A reader (pp. 321-332). New York: Peter Lang.

Sensoy, Ö. (2008). TV Teacher: Is Little Mosque on the Prairie good for Canadian Muslims? Taboo: A Journal of Education and Culture, 12 (2).

Case, R., Sensoy, Ö., & Ling, M. (2008). Approaching a global/ multicultural perspective. In R. Case (Ed.). The Canadian anthology of social studies, 2nd ed. (pp. 161-170). Vancouver: Pacific Educational Press.

Sensoy, Ö. (2007). Pedagogical strategies for disrupting gendered Orientalism: Mining the binary gap in teacher education. Journal of Intercultural Education, 18 (4), 361-365.

Stonebanks, C.D. & Sensoy, Ö. (2007). Did we miss the joke, again? The cultural learnings of two Middle East professors for make benefit insights on the glorious WestTaboo: A Journal of Education and Culture, 11 (1), 41-51.

Sensoy, Ö. (2007). Social education and critical media literacy: Can Mr. Potato Head help challenge binaries, essentialism, and Orientalism? In D. Macedo & S. R. Steinberg (Eds.). Media literacy: A reader (pp. 593-602). New York: Peter Lang.

Sensoy, Ö, & DiAngelo, R.J. (2006). “I wouldn’t want to be a woman in the Middle East”: White female narratives of Muslim oppression. Radical Pedagogy, 8 (1).

Sensoy, Ö. (2003). Introduction to studying and teaching Turkish literature, history & culture in translation In J. McCarthy, C. McCarthy, T. Halman, Ü. Bates, & Ö. Sensoy (Eds.). (2003). Who are the Turks? A handbook for teachers (pp. 121-181). New York: American Forum for Global Education.

Other:

Bingham, C. & Sensoy, Ö. (2006, Dec 4). There’s nothing ‘multicultural’ about violence against women. The Vancouver Sun, p A7.

Sensoy, Ö. (2006, May 17). Asian heritage month. The Vancouver Sun, A17.

Public Presentations/Conferences:

Sensoy, Ö., Stonebanks, C.D., Mir, S., & Ali-Khan, C. (2009, Oct. 29). Muslim voices in school: Narratives of identity and pluralism. National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME). Denver, CO.

Sensoy, Ö. & Marshall, E. (2009, June). Missionary Girl Power: Saving the “Third World” one Girl at a Time. Ninth annual Critical Race and Anti-Colonial Studies Conference, Concordia and McGill Universities, Montreal, PQ.

DiAngelo, R.J. & Sensoy, Ö. (2009, April). “That’s just her opinion”: Challenging opinion discourse about social justice. American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Diego, CA.

Marshall, E. & Sensoy, Ö. (2009, April). Disrupting youth: Film and cultural teaching machine. SIG: Media, Culture, & Curriculum. American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Diego, CA.

Marshall, E. & Sensoy, Ö. (2009, March). The same old hocus pocus: Pedagogies of gender and sexuality in Shrek 2. Gender & Education, London, UK.

Chinnery, A., Sensoy, Ö., & Walton, G. (2008, Nov.). Challenging “studied ignorance.” National Association of Multicultural Education (NAME), New Orleans, LA.

DiAngelo, R.J. & Sensoy, Ö. (2008, Nov.). The Tyranny of the Opinion Card when Challenging Social Inequity in Education. National Association of Multicultural Education (NAME), New Orleans, LA.

Parhar, N., Parmar, G., & Sanghera, R., & Sensoy, Ö. (2008, Nov.). Beyond “heroes and holidays”: Using digitized ethnic group archives for developing critical learning modules. National Association of Multicultural Education (NAME), New Orleans, LA.

Sensoy, Ö. & Sanghera, R. (2008, May). Seventh Graders Tell it Like it is: Photo Essays on Living with Racism, Classism, and Sexism. Fourth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry: Ethics, Evidence, and Social Justice, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Sensoy, Ö. (2008, May). ”Hey, I won’t lighten up!”: Why Cartoons & mass media images are more than “just entertainment”. Fourth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry: Ethics, Evidence, and Social Justice, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Sensoy, Ö. (2008, July 29). Invited Presentation. Imagining Islam: On TV and in Textbooks. Graduate students seminar. Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy. University of British Columbia. Vancouver, BC.

Sensoy, Ö. (2008, July 30). Invited Presentation. Imagining Islam: On TV and in Textbooks. Centre for the Comparative Study of Muslim Societies and Cultures/ Aga Khan University: Joint Summer Institute. Burnaby, BC: Simon Fraser University.

Sensoy, Ö. (2008, January 18). Invited Presentation: Thinking of Islam and Muslim Students: Inclusion, Access, and Accommodation. BC Centre for International Education. Vancouver, BC.

Sensoy, Ö. (2007, Nov.) Invited Lecture: Unveil yourselves and dance, Muslim women!: How much am ‘eye’ willing to “reasonably accommodate”?. The Paulo & Nita Freire International Project for Critical Pedagogy, Faculty of Education, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

Sensoy, Ö. (2007, Nov.) Session Chair. Session: Islamic Feminisms. Middle East Studies Association (MESA), Montreal, Canada.

Sensoy, Ö. (2007, June) Learning to think about cultures and societies. Social Science Education Consortium (SSEC). Vancouver, BC.

Sensoy, Ö. (2007, Apr.) Invited Paper Presentation. How popular culture and social justice meet at education’s doorstep. Presentation to the Masters in Teaching program, The Evergreen State College. Olympia, WA.

Sensoy, Ö. (2007, Feb.) Invited Presentation. Why Complexity Matters in Educating the Children of the World. BC School Trustees Association, Forum: Educating the children of the world in BC classrooms, Vancouver, BC.

Sensoy, Ö. (2007, Jan.) Why Fiona has no accent, and other mysteries: Using pop culture stereotypes to further a social justice approach in teacher education. Teacher Education & Social Justice. Center for Anti-Oppressive Education, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL.

Sensoy, Ö. (2006, Nov.) Invited Presentation. Furthering social justice through popular culture. Presentation for panel Educating Children and Youth in Human Rights. Centre for Education, Law, and Society. Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC.

Sensoy, Ö. & DiAngelo, R.J. (2006, April). White female narratives of Muslim oppression. American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Francisco, CA.

Sensoy, Ö. (2005, April). The relationship between textbook and newspaper representations of Arabs and Muslims. American Educational Research Association (AERA), Montréal, Canada.

Sensoy, Ö. (2005, April). Session Organizer. Session: Do you see who I see? Striving for Democratic ideals through Multicultural Research. American Educational Research Association (AERA), Montréal, Canada.

Sensoy, Ö. (2004, April). Session Organizer. Session: Dilemmas of Conducting Race Related Educational Research American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Diego, CA. [Division G]

Sensoy, Ö. (2004, April). Photo elicitation Methodology for Conducting Race Related Educational Research. American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Diego, CA.

Sensoy, Ö. (2004, April). A Photo-Elicitation Study on Preservice Teacher Knowledge about Islamic Cultures. American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Diego, CA.

Sensoy, Ö. (2004, Jan.). Invited Presentation. Islamic Civilizations in Social Studies Curricula: What Teachers Must Know. Washington State Social Studies Education conference. Seattle, WA.

Sensoy, Ö. (2003, Nov.) Session Organizer. Session: Inequity and Achievement in the Classroom. National Association of Multicultural Education (NAME) [theme: From Rhetoric to Reality: Student Achievement in Multicultural Societies], Seattle, WA.

Sensoy, Ö. (2003, Nov.). Arabs and Muslims in the United States: Lessons from Media and Textbooks. National Association of Multicultural Education (NAME), Seattle, WA.

Sensoy, Ö. (2003, June) Invited Presentation. Islamophobia: The Arab & Muslim “World”. National Coalition Building Institute (NCBI), Seattle, WA.

Research Grants: $508, 460 (since 2006)

2009 – 2010, Beyond the “zoo approach”: Creating critical learning modules for studying the history of Multicultural Canada ($ 32,040)
Collaborator (with co-collaborator, Kevin O’Neill; and project PI: Lynn Copeland, Dean of Libraries, SFU)
External Funder: Canadian Culture Online Program, Heritage Canada, Government of Canada. (Total project grant $ 539, 797)

2009 – 2010, A design theory of metahistorical understanding in the Social Studies Classroom ($ 10, 919)
Co-Investigator (with Principal Investigator: Kevin O’Neill)
Internal Funder: SSHRC Small

2008 – 2011, Legal Literacy for Youth: An integrated, holistic project for BC Schools ($ 346, 664)
Co-Investigator (with Principal Investigator: Wanda Cassidy)
External Funder: Law Foundation of British Columbia

2007 – 2008, Fostering metahistorical knowledge in Canadian history learning: Developing innovative methods for enhancing and assessing students’ understanding of history ($ 82, 453)
Co-Investigator (with Principal Investigator: Kevin O’Neill)
External Funder: Canadian Council on Learning

2007 – 2008, Media and Multicultural Education ($ 26, 444)
Collaborator (with PI: Lynn Copeland, Dean of Libraries, SFU)
External Funder: Canadian Culture Online Program, Heritage Canada, Government of Canada (Total project grant $ 499,997)

2007 – 2008, Youth Knowledge Construction about Race ($ 9, 940)
Principal Investigator
Internal Funder: President’s Research Start up Grant (PRSG), SFU

Teaching, Affiliations, & Professional Positions:

Jan 2006 – present, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University

2007 – present, Member, Scholars Advisory Board, Paulo and Nita Freire International Project for Critical Pedagogy, Faculty of Education, McGill University.

2006 – present, Affiliated faculty member, Centre for the Comparative Study of Muslim Societies & Cultures, Dept. of History, Simon Fraser University

2006 – present, Affiliated faculty member, Centre for Education, Law, & Society, Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University

2005 – present, Academic Associate, Centre for Culture, Identity, and Education, Dept. of Educational Studies, Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia

2006 – 2008, Coordinator, Masters cohort, C&I: Inclusion & Diversity, Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University

2004 – 2005, Sessional Lecturer, Dept. of Educational Studies, Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia

2005, Sessional Lecturer, Dept. of Sociology & Anthropology, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Kwantlen University College

2003 – 2004, Adjunct Faculty, Teacher Education Program, College of Education, Seattle University

2002 – 2003, Lead Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Teacher Education, College of Education, University of Washington

2001 – 2003, Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Teacher Education, College of Education, University of Washington

1999 – 2001, Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization, University of Washington

1997 – 1998, Instructor, Dept. of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization, University of Washington

1991 – 1993, Music teacher, Richmond Academy of Performing Arts, Steveston, BC, Canada

1987 – 1991, Music teacher, Douglas Academy of Music, Steveston, BC, Canada

Courses:

Undergraduate Programs
Educ 100: Issues in Education (2009)
Educ ST: Education, Media, Culture, and Society (2007, 2008, 2009)

PDP
Educ 474: Designs for Learning Elementary Social Education (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)
Educ 401/402: ENLITE module, Burnaby, on campus (2006)
Educ 401/402: Diversity in the Urban Classroom module, Surrey, on campus (2007)

Field Programs
Representations of the World Global Education diploma program (2008)

Graduate Programs
Educ ST: Sociology of Education
Educ ST: Media, Education, Culture and Society
Educ 816: An Anti-Oppression Approach to Developing Educational Programs and Practices for Diverse Settings
Educ 855: Multicultural and Anti-Racism Education
Educ 923: The Politics of Difference: Coalition Building and Critical Pedagogy
Educ 926: Anthropological Approaches to Education Research: Case Study, Ethnography, and Visual Methods

May 14, 2009

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