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Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo - Social Work

MA, BEd, MSW, RSW, PhD (ABD) Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario
Higher Education
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KARKI
Canada
My research interests broadly involve the intersection of capitalist globalism, neoliberalism, and transnationalism, which further encompass the political economy of migration and the precarious labour market. More specifically, I am interested in the global race for knowledge and knowledge workers, and their implication for contemporary Western nation building. In this context, I explore the intersection of race, gender, and migration in labour markets. In my social work research and practice, I adopt collaborative and community-based approaches that foreground the values of equity, inclusivity, and social justice. As a social work educator and researcher, I am interested in working with individuals, families, and communities addressing the problem of poverty, group alienation, racial discrimination, and inequality in life. I look at these issues through anti-oppression and anti-racism into social work theory, research, and practice. My Social Work experiences involve working with refugees and immigrants in their socio-economic, civic and cultural integration into host society; poverty, race/racism, domestic violence, and substance abuse.

Experience

  • Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

    Undergraduate Teaching Assistant


    Winter 2012 Social Welfare Policy (BSW)

    Fall 2012 Social Services and Minority Groups (BSW)

    Summer 2011 Interviewing and Interpersonal Helping Skills in Social Work (BSW)

    Winter 2011 Social Services and Minority Groups (BSW)

  • Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

    Graduate Research Assistant

    Graduate Research Assistant

    Worked with Dr. Mizanur R. Miah
    Research projects: ‘Healthy people 2020’, ‘The United Nation Millennium Development Goals in South Asian Association Regional Cooperation Countries’, ‘South Asian Diaspora and Remittance in the US’, ‘Microfinance in South Asian Countries’.

    Worked with Dr. Elaine T. Jurkowski
    Research projects: ‘Rural communities, Mental Health’, ‘International Health, public health and social work’, ‘President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)'.


  • Wilfrid Laurier University

    Part-Time Faculty (CAS)

    Have been teaching several graduate level courses including Research methods, Social Justice and Transformative Social Work Practice, and Ethical Thought and Reflexive Practices.

  • Wilfrid Laurier University

    Doctoral Candidate

    Using mixed-methods (Longitidunal data from Statistics Canada, a Primary Survey and Focus group discussion), my doctoral dissertation explores:
    "The Deskilling Experiences of the Skilled Minoritized Immigrants in the Canadian Labour Market"

    My research interests include:

    • Globalization, transnationality, and International social work
    • Economic, Social, and Civic/Political Integration of Immigrants
    • Global race for knowledge, skilled immigrants and their implication for contemporary Western nation building
    • Race and Racism, Social Work with Racialized Immigrant and refugee populations
    • Immigrants/Refugee Experiences in Smaller Rural/Urban Communities
    • Attraction, Retention, and Integration of Immigrants in Smaller Rural/Urban Communities

  • Wilfrid Laurier University

    Instructor (Contract Academic Staff)

    I teach the following courses to undergraduate and graduate levels:
    1. Social Work Research Methods
    2. Ethical Thoughts and Reflexive Practices
    3. Social Justice and Transformative Social Work Practice
    4. Social Work Practice with Individual and Group
    5. Diversity, Marginalization and Oppression
    6. Anti-oppressive Social Work Practice

  • Wilfrid Laurier University

    Graduate Teaching Assistant

    Winter 2017 Family Violence (MSW)

    Winter 2017 Applied Statistics (PhD)

    Winter 2016 Social Work Research Methods (MSW)

    Winter 2016 Social Justice and Transformative Social Work Practice (MSW)

    Spring 2015 Community Research and Data Analysis (MSW)

    Winter 2015 Applied Statistics (PhD)

    Fall 2014 Diversity, Marginalization, and Operation (MSW)

    Spring 2014 Critical Social Policy and Activism

    Winter 2014 Social Inequality, Poverty and Income Support: A Comparative Perspective

    Fall 2013 Diversity, Marginalization, and Operation (MSW)


  • Clinical Centre Southern Illinois University Carbondale

    Individual, Couple, and Family Counselor (MSW Intern)

    Key responsibilities included conducting intakes and psychological assessments to individuals, groups, couples, and families; Providing counseling addressing emotional and mental distress using a variety of therapeutic modalities such as dialectical behaviour, cognitive behaviour, narrative, solution focused, emotion focused, and mindfulness-based therapies

  • Caritas Family Solutions

    Caseworker

    Key responsibilities included working on assessing, identifying, and documenting child abuse and neglect cases, as well as determining the appropriate services to enhance child welfare; Providing mental health assessment and treatment to children, youth, and families, often on an urgent basis; Providing children and families crisis intervention, and/or referral as needed

  • Gaia House Interfaith Center Carbondale, IL

    Social Worker (MSW Intern)

    Key responsibilities included providing support services to persons who are homeless or close to homelessness; working in collaboration with other homeless services providers and community resources to facilitate access to the continuum of community services including food, clothing, shelter, and hygiene; organizing group-counseling sessions, workshops, and talk sessions

Education

  • Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

    Master's degree

    Social Work
    I completed my MSW degree from Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Illinois, USA

  • Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

    Undergraduate Teaching Assistant


    Winter 2012 Social Welfare Policy (BSW) Fall 2012 Social Services and Minority Groups (BSW) Summer 2011 Interviewing and Interpersonal Helping Skills in Social Work (BSW) Winter 2011 Social Services and Minority Groups (BSW)

  • Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

    Graduate Research Assistant


    Graduate Research Assistant Worked with Dr. Mizanur R. Miah Research projects: ‘Healthy people 2020’, ‘The United Nation Millennium Development Goals in South Asian Association Regional Cooperation Countries’, ‘South Asian Diaspora and Remittance in the US’, ‘Microfinance in South Asian Countries’. Worked with Dr. Elaine T. Jurkowski Research projects: ‘Rural communities, Mental Health’, ‘International Health, public health and social work’, ‘President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)'.

  • Tribhuvan University

    Master of Arts (M.A.)

    Sociology

  • Tribhuvan University

    Master's degree

    English Language and Literature/Letters

Publications

  • 1. Global health. In R. Keef & E. T. Jurkowski (Eds.), Hand book for public health social work (PP. 213-230)

    New York, NY: Springer

  • 1. Global health. In R. Keef & E. T. Jurkowski (Eds.), Hand book for public health social work (PP. 213-230)

    New York, NY: Springer

  • 1. Global health. In R. Keef & E. T. Jurkowski (Eds.), Hand book for public health social work (PP. 213-230)

    New York, NY: Springer

  • 5. (Submitted). Refugee demographics: Who is coming to Canada? In B. Sethi, S. Guruge & R. Csiernik (Eds.), Understanding the refugees experience in the Canadian context.

    Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

  • 1. Global health. In R. Keef & E. T. Jurkowski (Eds.), Hand book for public health social work (PP. 213-230)

    New York, NY: Springer

  • 5. (Submitted). Refugee demographics: Who is coming to Canada? In B. Sethi, S. Guruge & R. Csiernik (Eds.), Understanding the refugees experience in the Canadian context.

    Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

  • 4. (Submitted). The hidden face of violence behind closed doors: Intra-women relational conflict in rural communities in Nepal.

    Journal of Family Issues

  • 1. Global health. In R. Keef & E. T. Jurkowski (Eds.), Hand book for public health social work (PP. 213-230)

    New York, NY: Springer

  • 5. (Submitted). Refugee demographics: Who is coming to Canada? In B. Sethi, S. Guruge & R. Csiernik (Eds.), Understanding the refugees experience in the Canadian context.

    Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

  • 4. (Submitted). The hidden face of violence behind closed doors: Intra-women relational conflict in rural communities in Nepal.

    Journal of Family Issues

  • 1. Global health. In R. Keef & E. T. Jurkowski (Eds.), Hand book for public health social work (PP. 213-230)

    New York, NY: Springer

  • 5. (Submitted). Refugee demographics: Who is coming to Canada? In B. Sethi, S. Guruge & R. Csiernik (Eds.), Understanding the refugees experience in the Canadian context.

    Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

  • 4. (Submitted). The hidden face of violence behind closed doors: Intra-women relational conflict in rural communities in Nepal.

    Journal of Family Issues

  • 3. Entering precarious job markets in the era of austerity measures: The perceptions of MSW students.

    Critical and Radical Social Work

  • 1. Global health. In R. Keef & E. T. Jurkowski (Eds.), Hand book for public health social work (PP. 213-230)

    New York, NY: Springer

  • 5. (Submitted). Refugee demographics: Who is coming to Canada? In B. Sethi, S. Guruge & R. Csiernik (Eds.), Understanding the refugees experience in the Canadian context.

    Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

  • 4. (Submitted). The hidden face of violence behind closed doors: Intra-women relational conflict in rural communities in Nepal.

    Journal of Family Issues

  • 3. Entering precarious job markets in the era of austerity measures: The perceptions of MSW students.

    Critical and Radical Social Work

  • 1. Global health. In R. Keef & E. T. Jurkowski (Eds.), Hand book for public health social work (PP. 213-230)

    New York, NY: Springer

  • 5. (Submitted). Refugee demographics: Who is coming to Canada? In B. Sethi, S. Guruge & R. Csiernik (Eds.), Understanding the refugees experience in the Canadian context.

    Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

  • 4. (Submitted). The hidden face of violence behind closed doors: Intra-women relational conflict in rural communities in Nepal.

    Journal of Family Issues

  • 3. Entering precarious job markets in the era of austerity measures: The perceptions of MSW students.

    Critical and Radical Social Work

  • 2. Walking the complexities between two worlds: A personal story of epistemological tensions in knowledge production.

    Qualitative Social Work

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