Name: Rita Kaur Dhamoon
Email: Rita.Dhamoon@ufv.ca
Professional designation/degrees: BA, MA, PhD
Faculty/Department: Department of Philosophy & Political Science
Personal Biography: Rita Dhamoon has worked extensively in the areas of anti-racism, feminism, difference politics, equity, and social justice, in both the UK and Canada. She has also been involved in union politics, with the aim of representing the interests of marginalized people.
Dr. Dhamoon has been teaching and conducting research at UFV since September 2008. Before that, she held two post-doctoral positions in Political Science, one at the University of Alberta and one at the University of Victoria. She is currently teaching courses in The Politics of Multiculturalism, Gender & Feminist Political Theory, Ideology & Politics, and Introduction to Politics.
Research Interests: Identity/difference politics, gender and feminism, intersectionality, critiques of ‘culture’ and multiculturalism, anti-racism, critical race theory, liberal political theory, and democratic theory. Dr. Dhamoon is currently involved in four research projects:
o Navigating relations within social justice movements.
o The relationship between security, multiculturalism, and nation-building.
o Teaching and learning about race and racism.
o The political and theoretical value of ‘intersectionality’ as a feminist analytic research tool.
Refereed Publications:
Journal “Considerations on Mainstreaming Intersectionality.” Political Research
Articles Quarterly, forthcoming 2011.
“Dangerous (Internal) Foreigners and Nation-Building: The Case of
Canada”, co-authored with Yasmeen Abu-Laban. International Political Science Review. (30: 2, March 2009).
“Shifting from Culture to Cultural: Critical Theorizing of
Identity/Difference Politics.” Constellations: An
International Journal of Critical and Democratic Theory. (13: 3, September 2006).
Book Identity/Difference Politics: how difference is produced and why it matters (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2009).
Co-edited Sexual Justice/Cultural Justice: Critical Perspectives in Theory and
Book Practice, ed. Barbara Arneil, Monique Deveaux, Rita Dhamoon and Avigail Eisenberg. London: Routledge. (2007).
Book “Security Warning: Multiculturalism Alert!” in Ashgate Research
Chapters Companion to Multiculturalism, ed. Duncan Ivison. Surrey, UK: Ashgate. (Forthcoming 2010).
“Democracy and the Politics of Disruption” in Democracy in Crisis: Violence, Alterity, Community, ed. Stella Gaon. Manchester: Manchester University Press. (2010).
“Critical Race Perspectives: Towards a Post-Essentialist Form of Social
Critique” in Racism, Identity, and Justice: Dialogue on the Politics of Inequality and Change, ed. Sean Hier and B. Singh Bolaria. Halifax, Nova Scotia: Fernwood Press (2009).
“The Politics of Cultural Contestation.” In Sexual Justice/Cultural Justice, eds. Barbara Arneil, Monique Deveaux, Rita Dhamoon and Avigail Eisenberg. London: Routledge. (2007).
