Vasanthi Venkatesh, University of Windsor

Research

racism migration migrant work agriculture immigration law labour and employment anti-discrimination citizenship

Latest funding

Effects of social relationships on associations between childhood mental health problems and high school dropout
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$99,969
Faces of Racism: Everyday Racialized Encounters in Windsor Essex
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$78,805
Racial Difference by Law: Differential Racialisation and Access to Justice for Migrant Farm Workers
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$23,349

Effects of social relationships on associations between childhood mental health problems and high school dropout

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Canada Graduate Scholarships - Doctoral

Principal investigators: Lau, Marianne A.

Keywords: conduct problems; depressive symptoms; comorbidity; longitudinal; school dropout; relationships; school psychology; teachers; peers; psychopathology

$99,969

Faces of Racism: Everyday Racialized Encounters in Windsor Essex

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Ku, Jane S.C.

Keywords: racism; law; community service; African Caribbean and black women; Windsor Essex

$78,805

Racial Difference by Law: Differential Racialisation and Access to Justice for Migrant Farm Workers

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Venkatesh, Vasanthi

Keywords: racism; migration; migrant work; agriculture; immigration law; labour and employment; anti-discrimination; citizenship; transnational political economy of agriculture

$23,349

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: racism Dear Professor Venkatesh, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on racism connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Racial Difference by Law: Differential Racialisation and Access to Justice for Migrant Farm Workers" (2021), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]