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Jane Ku is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminology and the Women and Gender Studies program at the University of Windsor, affiliated with the Faculty of Arts and Humanities. She holds a PhD from the University of Toronto’s Ontario Institute of Studies in Education. Her research focuses on antiracism, intersectional feminism, immigrant settlement, and diasporic identity formation. Dr. Ku employs autoethnography and community-based approaches to explore activism, resilience, and decolonial practices.
Education: PhD (Sociology and Equity Studies, University of Toronto), MA (Community Psychology, University of Toronto), BA (Psychology and Sociology, York University).
Research interests emphasize community activism as transformative praxis, with projects on African-centered capacity-building, immigrant youth resilience, and Japanese Canadian identity. She critiques colonial and patriarchal structures through teaching, encouraging students to engage critically with social inequities.
Recent work includes SSHRC-funded research on anti-racist solidarity and diasporic narratives. She has collaborated on grants totaling over $300k, including projects analyzing “Canadian Experience” discourse and LGBTQ+ newcomer needs in Windsor-Essex. Her teaching philosophy prioritizes unsettling colonial perspectives and fostering engaged citizenship.
Service includes board roles with Windsor Women Working with Immigrant Women and AIDS Committee of Windsor. Graduate students under her supervision explore antiracism, community partnerships, and intersectional analyses.
