Anusha Kassan
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 201652 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Anusha Kassan |
| PRENOMES | Anusha |
| SOBRENOME | Kassan |
| ASSINATURA | KASSAN A |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of British Columbia |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7614-9034 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 29 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 60 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 29 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2013 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Comfort, care, and connection
School belonging—the psychological sense of being valued, accepted, and connected within the school community—is critical for young adolescents’ academic, social, and emotional well-being. Despite three decades of quantitative research documenting its importance, qualitative research centering young adolescents’ own perspectives on what creates or undermines their belonging experiences remains limited. This study addresses this gap through focus …
Intersecting social positions and mental wellbeing in adolescence
Enacting the Values of the Society of Counseling Psychology
In this article, the incoming editorial team for The Counseling Psychologist ( TCP ) outline the vision for the journal and address their positionalities as a model of reflexive practice. The editorial team, comprising the Editor and Associate Editors, review the increasing call for psychology to be anti-racist, decolonial, and liberatory. The authors document the role the TCP can play in this endeavor and commit to TCP being an extension of the …
“In a Holding Pattern”
Digital Supports for Immigrant Professionals’ Settlement and Information Needs
Scholarship on LGBTQIA+ migrants in the social work field
In social work and related practice fields, studies tend to treat LGBTQIA+ and migrant communities as distinct groups, overlooking the unique challenges faced by those at their intersection. This study uses an intersectional lens to examine social work scholarship on LGBTQIA+ migrants in order to map trends and identify gaps. We examined scholarship along various dimensions, including (1) geography, temporality, and methodology; (2) migrant and g…
Cultural humility, knowledge, and identity salience when working with sexual and gender minority clients
Mental well-being trends and school-based protective factors among adolescents in British Columbia (2015-2022)
The decline in well-being and the protective nature of modifiable protective factors identified in our study highlight the need for population-level mental health strategies that can be implemented in partnership with school districts
“Be yourself, rediscover yourself, and find new aspects of yourself”
Negative school integration experiences can compromise the healthy development of newcomer youth. Little research has explored what affects their experiences; even less has engaged youth in the research process. This study investigated the school integration experiences of French-speaking newcomer youth in a predominantly anglophone Canadian province using the Arts-Based Engagement Ethnography research method. We explored: (1) How do newcomer you…
Feminist understandings of newcomer women's embodiment
In recent years, numerous scholars have advocated for the concept of embodiment—defined as the experience of engaging one's body with the world ( Allan, 2005 ; Piran & Teall, 2012 )—as a valuable framework for understanding women's experiences of their bodies. However, there is a paucity of research on embodiment specifically among newcomer women (including immigrants, refugees, and non-permanent residents) who belong to racialized groups in Cana…
“Anorexia doesn’t exist when you’re Latina”
Falling in love with me means that she can never go back”
This case study centers on the narrative accounts of a lesbian couple in a binational relationship (i.e., two women from different countries) who left the United States (U.S.) at a time when immigration laws did not recognize their union. Given that they could not legally stay in the U.S. together, they immigrated to the Netherlands and subsequently to Canada. When DOMA was overturned and the couple was eligible to apply for immigration to the U.…
A Qualitative Investigation of the Factors that Enhance, Impede, and Require Attention for the School Success and Engagement of At-Risk Newcomer Students
Little is known about best practices to support newcomer students with a history of emotional, behavioral, or learning challenges in their pursuit of school success and engagement. The Enhanced Critical Incident Technique was employed to explore the helping, hindering, and desired practices among nine teachers who have successfully supported at-risk newcomer youth in their educational pursuits in Canada. Results revealed 64 helping and 43 hinderi…
Bridging Cultural Identities
Many modern emerging adults undertake the task of identity development while navigating life on a post-secondary campus, where they assimilate to new social and learning environments. Emerging adult newcomers (i.e. immigrants) must navigate additional developmental challenges as they reconcile their cultural, ethnic, and personal identity development simultaneously while facing systemic barriers to post-secondary integration. We employed an arts-…
The personal and the political
Given the call for increased emphasis on multicultural and social justice orientations in the field of counselling psychology, this manuscript explores how the union of different knowledge traditions might offer further means of incorporating culturally sensitive and social justice perspectives into traditional knowledge discovery. We propose that afeminist standpoint theory (FST) epistemology may be a helpful guiding framework for a research met…
You Can Do So Much Better Than What They Expect”
Newcomer adolescents make up a large minority of Canada's population and their positive integration experiences with education systems across the country are critical for both their development and the country's long-term success. The current study examined newcomer adolescents' ( n = 4, between 16 and 18 years old) integration experiences using an arts-based engagement ethnography to understand what influences their positive integration into the…
Living in Exile
While migration is a global phenomenon, laws and policies privilege certain groups of migrants over others. For example, at the time of this study, same-sex couples did not have the right to spousal immigration sponsorship in the U.S. Same-sex binational couples faced numerous legal challenges and some migrated in order to remain together legally. It is likely that where same-sex binational couples are living will have an impact on their well-bei…
Capturing the Shadow and Light of Researcher Positionality
Acknowledging researcher positionality and engaging in ongoing reflexivity are important components of qualitative research. In this manuscript, we share our experiences of examining our positionality and engaging in reflexive practice related to a research project with newcomer women in Canada. As a team of researchers from diverse backgrounds, we engaged in a picture-prompted poly-ethnographic conversation to better understand our attitudes, as…
Adapting Descriptive Psychological Phenomenology to Include Dyadic Interviews
Dyadic interviews are an approach to qualitative data collection designed to understand the meaning pairs of individuals make from experiences. The greatest benefit of dyadic interviews, and perhaps a reason for their gaining momentum in the literature, is that they encourage participants to interact, resulting in detailed and complex descriptions of phenomena. However, dyadic interviews pose challenges to qualitative researchers. Researchers mus…
Learning About Social Justice Through a Self-Reflexive Field Activity
Arts-Based Engagement Ethnography
In social science research, epistemological assumptions regarding what constitutes valid research fall into two main areas of inquiry-qualitative and quantitative. Within a qualitative paradigm, eliciting a close and often intimate exploration of phenomenon from a text-based or verbal approach is privileged, and in a quantitative paradigm, obtaining a systematic, large population survey or questionnaire approach is prioritized. Although the two a…
By the Water’s Edge
Becoming new together
This article proposes an arts-based ethnographic research design as a means of engaging in ethical, meaningful, and culturally sensitive research with newcomer communities. Moving away from the manner in which culture has traditionally been defined and studied in psychology, this research design uses cultural probes and subsequent qualitative interviews to collect data about newcomers’ everyday experiences in Canada. Cultural probes are sets of c…
Exploring newcomer women’s embodied selves
In recent years, several scholars have called for the construct of embodiment as a meaningful way to explore the ways in which women experience their bodies. However, limited research has explored embodiment specifically amongst newcomer women who are part of visible minority groups in Canada. Although embodiment theories acknowledge the central role of culture in shaping the ways individuals experience their bodies, it remains unclear if and how…
Being in-between
This qualitative study explored the cultural identity negotiation of young adult immigrants. Using a grounded theory research design, 10 semistructured interviews were conducted with emerging adult immigrants (EAI), ages 19-27. Results yielded a substantive model of cultural identity negotiation (MCIN) for EAI and posited that One's Motivation and Sense of Agency to Negotiate Cultural Identity is at the core of how participants navigate their cul…
Arts-Based Engagement Ethnography
In social science research, epistemological assumptions regarding what constitutes valid research fall into two main areas of inquiry-qualitative and quantitative. Within a qualitative paradigm, eliciting a close and often intimate exploration of phenomenon from a text-based or verbal approach is privileged, and in a quantitative paradigm, obtaining a systematic, large population survey or questionnaire approach is prioritized. Although the two a…
Being in-between
This qualitative study explored the cultural identity negotiation of young adult immigrants. Using a grounded theory research design, 10 semistructured interviews were conducted with emerging adult immigrants (EAI), ages 19-27. Results yielded a substantive model of cultural identity negotiation (MCIN) for EAI and posited that One's Motivation and Sense of Agency to Negotiate Cultural Identity is at the core of how participants navigate their cul…
Capturing the Shadow and Light of Researcher Positionality
Acknowledging researcher positionality and engaging in ongoing reflexivity are important components of qualitative research. In this manuscript, we share our experiences of examining our positionality and engaging in reflexive practice related to a research project with newcomer women in Canada. As a team of researchers from diverse backgrounds, we engaged in a picture-prompted poly-ethnographic conversation to better understand our attitudes, as…
Resilience and migration
A phenomenological research design was employed to investigate experiences of individuals in binational relationships who migrated to Canada with their partners due to discriminatory immigration laws that prevented them from remaining together legally in the United States. Participants (N = 17) were American (N = 7), British (N = 2), French (N = 2), Canadian (N = 1), Chinese (N = 1), Colombian (N = 1), Dutch (N = 1), and two with dual citizenship…
Becoming new together
This article proposes an arts-based ethnographic research design as a means of engaging in ethical, meaningful, and culturally sensitive research with newcomer communities. Moving away from the manner in which culture has traditionally been defined and studied in psychology, this research design uses cultural probes and subsequent qualitative interviews to collect data about newcomers’ everyday experiences in Canada. Cultural probes are sets of c…
The personal and the political
Given the call for increased emphasis on multicultural and social justice orientations in the field of counselling psychology, this manuscript explores how the union of different knowledge traditions might offer further means of incorporating culturally sensitive and social justice perspectives into traditional knowledge discovery. We propose that afeminist standpoint theory (FST) epistemology may be a helpful guiding framework for a research met…
Understanding the Experiences of Immigrant Sexual Minority Women through a Cultural Identity Model
There are an estimated 79,200 same-sex couples in the United States with at least one partner who is not a U.S citizen. While there are currently 25 countries that recognize same-sex couples for immigration purposes, the U.S. is not one of them. The majority of same-sex binational couples are unable to pursue permanent residency as a couple in either partner's country of origin. Many sexual minority immigrant women face challenges related to thei…
Living in Exile
While migration is a global phenomenon, laws and policies privilege certain groups of migrants over others. For example, at the time of this study, same-sex couples did not have the right to spousal immigration sponsorship in the U.S. Same-sex binational couples faced numerous legal challenges and some migrated in order to remain together legally. It is likely that where same-sex binational couples are living will have an impact on their well-bei…
Exploring newcomer women’s embodied selves
In recent years, several scholars have called for the construct of embodiment as a meaningful way to explore the ways in which women experience their bodies. However, limited research has explored embodiment specifically amongst newcomer women who are part of visible minority groups in Canada. Although embodiment theories acknowledge the central role of culture in shaping the ways individuals experience their bodies, it remains unclear if and how…
Immigrants in same-sex binational relationships under the Defense of Marriage Act
Understanding the Experiences of Immigrant Sexual Minority Women through a Cultural Identity Model
There are an estimated 79,200 same-sex couples in the United States with at least one partner who is not a U.S citizen. While there are currently 25 countries that recognize same-sex couples for immigration purposes, the U.S. is not one of them. The majority of same-sex binational couples are unable to pursue permanent residency as a couple in either partner's country of origin. Many sexual minority immigrant women face challenges related to thei…
Immigrants in same-sex binational relationships under the Defense of Marriage Act
Employing Polyethnography to Navigate Researcher Positionality on Weight Bias
Researchers often focus on the content of their research interests but, depending on the research approach, may pay less attention to the process of locating themselves in relation to the research topic. This paper outlines the dialogue between an interdisciplinary team of researchers who were at the initial stages of forming a research agenda related to weight bias and social justice. Using a polyethnographic approach to guide our discussion, we…
Resilience and migration
A phenomenological research design was employed to investigate experiences of individuals in binational relationships who migrated to Canada with their partners due to discriminatory immigration laws that prevented them from remaining together legally in the United States. Participants (N = 17) were American (N = 7), British (N = 2), French (N = 2), Canadian (N = 1), Chinese (N = 1), Colombian (N = 1), Dutch (N = 1), and two with dual citizenship…
By the Water’s Edge
Becoming new together
This article proposes an arts-based ethnographic research design as a means of engaging in ethical, meaningful, and culturally sensitive research with newcomer communities. Moving away from the manner in which culture has traditionally been defined and studied in psychology, this research design uses cultural probes and subsequent qualitative interviews to collect data about newcomers’ everyday experiences in Canada. Cultural probes are sets of c…
Exploring newcomer women’s embodied selves
In recent years, several scholars have called for the construct of embodiment as a meaningful way to explore the ways in which women experience their bodies. However, limited research has explored embodiment specifically amongst newcomer women who are part of visible minority groups in Canada. Although embodiment theories acknowledge the central role of culture in shaping the ways individuals experience their bodies, it remains unclear if and how…
Being in-between
This qualitative study explored the cultural identity negotiation of young adult immigrants. Using a grounded theory research design, 10 semistructured interviews were conducted with emerging adult immigrants (EAI), ages 19-27. Results yielded a substantive model of cultural identity negotiation (MCIN) for EAI and posited that One's Motivation and Sense of Agency to Negotiate Cultural Identity is at the core of how participants navigate their cul…
Adapting Descriptive Psychological Phenomenology to Include Dyadic Interviews
Dyadic interviews are an approach to qualitative data collection designed to understand the meaning pairs of individuals make from experiences. The greatest benefit of dyadic interviews, and perhaps a reason for their gaining momentum in the literature, is that they encourage participants to interact, resulting in detailed and complex descriptions of phenomena. However, dyadic interviews pose challenges to qualitative researchers. Researchers mus…
Learning About Social Justice Through a Self-Reflexive Field Activity
Arts-Based Engagement Ethnography
In social science research, epistemological assumptions regarding what constitutes valid research fall into two main areas of inquiry-qualitative and quantitative. Within a qualitative paradigm, eliciting a close and often intimate exploration of phenomenon from a text-based or verbal approach is privileged, and in a quantitative paradigm, obtaining a systematic, large population survey or questionnaire approach is prioritized. Although the two a…
Living in Exile
While migration is a global phenomenon, laws and policies privilege certain groups of migrants over others. For example, at the time of this study, same-sex couples did not have the right to spousal immigration sponsorship in the U.S. Same-sex binational couples faced numerous legal challenges and some migrated in order to remain together legally. It is likely that where same-sex binational couples are living will have an impact on their well-bei…
Capturing the Shadow and Light of Researcher Positionality
Acknowledging researcher positionality and engaging in ongoing reflexivity are important components of qualitative research. In this manuscript, we share our experiences of examining our positionality and engaging in reflexive practice related to a research project with newcomer women in Canada. As a team of researchers from diverse backgrounds, we engaged in a picture-prompted poly-ethnographic conversation to better understand our attitudes, as…
Bridging Cultural Identities
Many modern emerging adults undertake the task of identity development while navigating life on a post-secondary campus, where they assimilate to new social and learning environments. Emerging adult newcomers (i.e. immigrants) must navigate additional developmental challenges as they reconcile their cultural, ethnic, and personal identity development simultaneously while facing systemic barriers to post-secondary integration. We employed an arts-…
The personal and the political
Given the call for increased emphasis on multicultural and social justice orientations in the field of counselling psychology, this manuscript explores how the union of different knowledge traditions might offer further means of incorporating culturally sensitive and social justice perspectives into traditional knowledge discovery. We propose that afeminist standpoint theory (FST) epistemology may be a helpful guiding framework for a research met…
You Can Do So Much Better Than What They Expect”
Newcomer adolescents make up a large minority of Canada's population and their positive integration experiences with education systems across the country are critical for both their development and the country's long-term success. The current study examined newcomer adolescents' ( n = 4, between 16 and 18 years old) integration experiences using an arts-based engagement ethnography to understand what influences their positive integration into the…
Falling in love with me means that she can never go back”
This case study centers on the narrative accounts of a lesbian couple in a binational relationship (i.e., two women from different countries) who left the United States (U.S.) at a time when immigration laws did not recognize their union. Given that they could not legally stay in the U.S. together, they immigrated to the Netherlands and subsequently to Canada. When DOMA was overturned and the couple was eligible to apply for immigration to the U.…
A Qualitative Investigation of the Factors that Enhance, Impede, and Require Attention for the School Success and Engagement of At-Risk Newcomer Students
Little is known about best practices to support newcomer students with a history of emotional, behavioral, or learning challenges in their pursuit of school success and engagement. The Enhanced Critical Incident Technique was employed to explore the helping, hindering, and desired practices among nine teachers who have successfully supported at-risk newcomer youth in their educational pursuits in Canada. Results revealed 64 helping and 43 hinderi…
“Anorexia doesn’t exist when you’re Latina”
“Be yourself, rediscover yourself, and find new aspects of yourself”
Negative school integration experiences can compromise the healthy development of newcomer youth. Little research has explored what affects their experiences; even less has engaged youth in the research process. This study investigated the school integration experiences of French-speaking newcomer youth in a predominantly anglophone Canadian province using the Arts-Based Engagement Ethnography research method. We explored: (1) How do newcomer you…
Feminist understandings of newcomer women's embodiment
In recent years, numerous scholars have advocated for the concept of embodiment—defined as the experience of engaging one's body with the world ( Allan, 2005 ; Piran & Teall, 2012 )—as a valuable framework for understanding women's experiences of their bodies. However, there is a paucity of research on embodiment specifically among newcomer women (including immigrants, refugees, and non-permanent residents) who belong to racialized groups in Cana…
“In a Holding Pattern”
Digital Supports for Immigrant Professionals’ Settlement and Information Needs
Scholarship on LGBTQIA+ migrants in the social work field
In social work and related practice fields, studies tend to treat LGBTQIA+ and migrant communities as distinct groups, overlooking the unique challenges faced by those at their intersection. This study uses an intersectional lens to examine social work scholarship on LGBTQIA+ migrants in order to map trends and identify gaps. We examined scholarship along various dimensions, including (1) geography, temporality, and methodology; (2) migrant and g…
Cultural humility, knowledge, and identity salience when working with sexual and gender minority clients
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