Sehrish Tahir

School of Education

PhD Candidate

satahir1@sheffield.ac.uk

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Sehrish Tahir
School of Education
The Wave
2 Whitham Road
Sheffield
S10 2AH
Profile

Research title

Internalised Racism and Spirituality – Constructing Identities of Young Muslim Women of Colour in White Educational Space

Supervisors

Dr Harriet Cameron

Dr Ryan Bramley

Qualifications

Associate Fellowship of Higher Education Academy (AFHEA) (2020)

Graduate Internship, Sheffield Institute of Education (2020)

Casual Research (2018-2019)

MA Education, Sheffield Hallam University (2019)

BA Education Studies, Sheffield Hallam University (2017)

BA (dual, 1st year) Cultural and Linguistic Studies (Indologie, Arabistik) (2012), Georg-August Universität, Göttingen (Germany)

Research interests

Identity formation and multiple identities of young people

Racialised and gendered experience of education

Internalised racism, colourism and spirituality

Critical Race Theory, postcolonial feminist theory

Challenging institutional racism/White education systems