艾莎Chapra teaches Introduction to Diverse Populations in Social Work, Ethical Issues in Social Work and a year-long integrative seminar course for social work students completing their internship. As director of field education, she is the liaison between the university, internship site supervisor and the student.
She is interested in decolonization, 身份, 移民, globalization and the interrelated forces that create the world we live in. She teaches high-level academic content through engaging activities, lectures and assignments. Outside of social work she has taught yoga for more than a decade and has worked as a freelance writer and journalist.
领域经验
Chapra completed her MSW in Toronto, the world's most multicultural city, and she had the privilege of working directly with new immigrants and refugees. She also worked as a research assistant with a professor at the Faculty of Social Work in the University of Toronto. Chapra spent three years working with women and transwomen experiencing houselessness and using participatory based research methodology to advocate for policy changes in Toronto. She spent four years teaching in Karachi, 巴基斯坦, at a private university in both the social sciences and media studies departments. She also volunteered as a yoga instructor at the central prison for women in Karachi for three years, eventually coordinating donation drives for basic needs for women and children living in the prison. 四年来, Chapra organized and led yoga and hiking retreats in the northern areas of 巴基斯坦 using her social work background to create healing experiences for the attendants.
学术刊物
Chapra,. & Chatterjee,年代. (2009). Talking Colour, Talking Race: Racialized women, their home and
归属感. Canadian Women Studies, 27 (2/3).
坂本,我.，中国，M.查普拉，A., & 里恰尔迪、J. (2009). A 'normative' homeless woman?:边缘化,
emotional injury, and social support of transwomen experiencing homelessness. Gay and Lesbian Issues and Psychology Review, 5(1), 2-19.
坂本,我.坎多尔，E.查普拉，A.亨德里克森，T.， Maher, J.罗氏，B. & 下巴,米. (2008). Homelessness – Diverse Experiences, 常见问题, Shared Solutions: The Need for Inclusion and Accountability. Toronto: Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto.
其他出版物
Chapra,. (2022). 海边的圣徒. 蛋黄文学杂志. 2.1.
Chapra,. (2021). 天堂鸟. Climate Liberated: Short 故事 to Change the World. STCW出版.
Chapra,. (2021-2022). Northern Exposure Monthly Column. ajj新闻巴基斯坦.
砂光机,. (2018-2020) Milestones column for Patagonia Regional Times, a local newspaper based out of Southern Arizona.
Chapra,. (2009). 无标题的 & 被指控的(诗歌). Celebration of Resistance and Self Defense
Launch of the Premiere issue of AQSA ZINE, February 26, 2009.