Lahoma Thomas
Assistant Professor
Department: Criminology
Email: l.thomas@torontomu.ca
Education: BA (McGill University), BSW (McGill University), MA (Dalhousie University), MSW & PhD (University of Toronto)
Discipline: Criminology
Areas of Expertise:
Anti-Black Racism
Collective Political Struggle
Democracy, Justice & Governance
Human Security
Non-State Governance
Organized Crime
Political Violence
Resilient, Inclusive Communities
Sexual & Gender-Based Violence
Dr. Lahoma Thomas is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminology at 91看片网. She joined the faculty in July 2019. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from McGill University, a Bachelor of Social Work from McGill University, a Masters of Arts in International Development Studies from Dalhousie University, a Master of Social Work from the University of Toronto, and received her Doctorate from the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto.
Dr. Thomas鈥� research is situated at the intersection of political violence, organized crime, non-state governance, and collective political struggle in the Americas from a transnational Black feminist perspective.
Her research and related publications have covered an array of interlocking subject matters, including issues of human security, sexual and gender based violence, equity, anti-Black racism, methodology, and mentorship. Her work has been published in both academic and public outlets, including the PS: Political Science & Politics, Canadian Journal of African Studies as well as Qualitative and Multi-Method Research, and Duck of Minerva.
Related Content
- Thomas, L. 2020. "A Black Feminist Autoethnographic reflection on mentoring in the discipline of political science."
- Thomas, L., and R. Tiessen, 2010. 鈥淗uman Security, Gender-Based Violence and the Spread of HIV/AIDS in Africa: A Feminist Analysis.鈥� Canadian Journal of African Studies, 44(3): 479-502.
- Thomas, L. & Chandrasekera, U. 2014. 鈥淯ncovering What Lies Beneath: An Examination of Power, Privilege and Racialization in International Social Work.鈥� In Globetrotting or Global Citizenship?: Perils and Potential of International Experiential Learning, edited by Rebecca Tiessen and Robert Huish, pp.90-111. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
- Tiessen, R., and L.Thomas. 2014. 鈥淲orking with Local Communities to Address Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) in Northern Uganda.鈥� In Sexual Violence in Conflict and Post-Conflict: International Agendas and African Contexts. Societies, edited by Doris Buss, Joanne Lebert, Blair Rutherford, Donna Sharkey and Obijiofor Aginam, pp.69-85. New York: Routledge.
- Thomas, L. 2018. 鈥淯nmasking: The Role of Reflexivity in Political Science.鈥� Qualitative and Multi-Method Research, 16(1): 42-44
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