Sepideh Borzoo - Research

Current Research Projects

Postdoctoral Research

In my current post-doctoral project, I explore equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) barriers for immigrant employees in the white male-dominant cybersecurity sector.

Book Projects

Currently, I'm working on two book projects:

- In my sole author book project, I analyze the gendered work of selling beauty products by women of color and the processes of racialization and re-articulation of racial identities in white male-owned chain stores in comparison with women of color entrepreneurial beauty stores.
- My co-authored book is a sociological investigation of North American families with a focus on Canadian families from an intersectional perspective. This book centers experiences of minority families through articulating an understanding of families that are diverse, non-normative, and intersectional thereby inviting the undergraduate audience of readers to question the traditional definitions of families and explore new definitions and constitutions of families over the last 150 years.

Publications

Peer-Reviewed Book Chapters

Borzoo, S., Banerjee, P. “Self-Employment among Immigrant Women of Colour and IdentityReconstruction: Assertion of Pride and Purpose Within Intersecting Marginal Positions,” Submitted to: Reconstructions of Canadian Identity, edited by Vander Tavares & Maria João Dodman. University of Manitoba Press.

Forthcoming (2024) Borzoo, S., Fandino, I., Banerjee, P. “Struggles of International Graduate Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Spectre of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Policies at the University.” Submitted to Unmasking Academia: Institutional inequities laid bare by the COVID-19 pandemic, edited by Irene Shankar and Corinne L. Mason.

Book Manuscripts

(Under contract) Banerjee, P. Thomas, C. Borzoo, S. Akram, A. Families and Intimate Relationships: An Intersectional Perspective. Oxford University Press.

Under Review Journal Papers

Borzoo, S. “Performance of self at the intersections of gender, race, and class: A study of women of colour entrepreneurs in the beauty business.” G & S.

Manuscripts under Preparation

Banerjee, P., Borzoo, S., SJ, N. Relearning Parenting: A Process Analysis of the Deskilling of Yazidi Refugees as Parents Upon Arrival in Canada.

Borsoo, S. Sengupta, P. Banerjee, P. “New immigrant youths’ transition to work in Canada through an intersectional perspective.”

Borzoo, S. “Marketing Diversity in a gendered racialized marketplace: The everyday experiences of selling diversity in the cosmetic retail stores.”