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Dr Sara Amin

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Senior Lecturer, Discipline Coordinator Sociology, The University of the South Pacific; Adjunct, School of Social Sciences, Western Sydney University
Dr Sara N. Amin is Senior Lecturer and Discipline Coordinator of Sociology. She completed her PhD in Sociology at McGill University and has a background in mathematics (BSc, McGill) and international development (BA, McGill). Prior to joining USP, she worked at the Asian University for Women (Chittagong, Bangladesh) and was an International Visiting Scholar at Georgetown University. Her research and teaching interests centre on the sociology of identity, gender, migration and education.

Her research has been funded by various organisations including the British Academy, the Australian Research Council, Canadian Social Science and Humanities Research Council, the Fulbright Foundation and the Ford Foundation.

She is passionate about teaching and using research to empower students and communities. Sara is Bangladeshi-Canadian and grew up in Thailand.
Yes. 2 Masters and 1 PhD student
Topics of Interest:
Topics that link to gender, religion, indigeneity, identity-linked conflicts, migration, education, social development.
7 years tertiary teaching experience with USP with Pacific Island students from 13 countries and territories
MA and PhD Supervisions of PIC students
Organizing member of the Pacific Criminology Collective

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