Goli Rezai-Rashti, Western University

Research

Read how they describe their research on their Western University profile.

Latest funding

Investigating the Enactment of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Higher Education: Focusing on Perspectives and Experiences of Racialized Faculty
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$45,764
Accountability and the impact of standardized testing on equity education and the achievement of minority students in Canadian and Australian schools
SSHRC · 2014 · Principal investigator
$180,440
Beyond the crisis of failing boys: investigating which boys and which girls are underachieving
SSHRC · 2010 · Co-investigator
$95,436

All 7 grants and awards

No publications available.

Investigating the Enactment of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Higher Education: Focusing on Perspectives and Experiences of Racialized Faculty

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Rezai-Rashti, Goli M.

Keywords: Equity;Diversity; Inclusion; Racialized faculty; Higher Education; Critical Policy; Anti-racism;

$45,764

Accountability and the impact of standardized testing on equity education and the achievement of minority students in Canadian and Australian schools

Principal investigatorSSHRC2014Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Rezai-Rashti, Goli M.

Keywords: equity; standardized testing; minority achievement; critical policy analysis; policy enactment

$180,440

Beyond the crisis of failing boys: investigating which boys and which girls are underachieving

Co-investigatorSSHRC2010Standard Research Grants program

Principal investigators: Martino, Wayne J.

Keywords: school achievement; failing boys; underachievement of minority students

$95,436

Women and higher education in post-revolutionary Iran 1979-2005

Principal investigatorSSHRC2006Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Rezai-Rashti, Goli M.

Keywords: women; Iran; Islam; revolution; education; higher education

$85,694

Investigating the influence of male teachers as role models in elementary schools

Co-investigatorSSHRC2006Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Martino, Wayne J.

Keywords: male teachers; maculinities; role models; pedagogies; boys' education; students' perceptions of teachers

$114,019

Globalization, educational restructuring, and curriculum reform in Ontario: an institutional ethnography

Principal investigatorSSHRC2001Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Rezai-Rashti, Goli

Keywords: educational restructuring; globalization; institutional ethnography; curriculum reform

$65,000

The woman teacher in Twentieth-Century Ontario

Co-investigatorSSHRC2000Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Coulter, Rebecca

Keywords: women teachers; teaching work; teacher identity; history of teachers

$223,213

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 Dear Professor Rezai-Rashti, 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 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 "Investigating the Enactment of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Higher Education: Focusing on Perspectives and Experiences of Racialized Faculty" (2025), 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]