Staff Profile: Zena Sherani

Assistant Lecturer

Email: zena.sherani@usp.ac.fj
Tel.: 323 7106
Office: CELT Room 119

Education

PhD (ABD) University of the South Pacific; Post Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Teaching (PGCTT) (The University of the South Pacific); MA in Sociology (The University of the South Pacific)

Research Area

Diaspora, Migration, Transnationalism, and Learning and Teaching Pedagogies

Bio

Zena has recently completed her PhD oral defence. She brings with her a depth of skills-based knowledge from Non-Government Organisations as well as 10 years experience in developing, teaching and managing pre-degree Sociology programmes in Fiji and across the 12 USP member countries. She is a recipient of two awards in 2019 including the Excellence in Teaching award- Faculty Prize and namely, the Vice Chancellor’s Prize. Zena held a number of teaching positions in the then School of Social Sciences (and the Sociology Department prior) at The University of the South Pacific (USP), Laucala Campus.

Courses Taught

• SO100: Themes and Perspectives in Sociology
• SO201: Society, Culture and Change in the Pacific
• SO207: Families, Sexuality and Change
• SO212; Race and Ethnicity

Graduate Assistants

• Malia Vaurasi
• Lovelyn Give-Tuke