Dr. Reshmi Roy
Lecturer, Humanities and Social Sciences and Education
Campus
Biography
Dr Reshmi Roy (Lahiri-Roy) is a Lecturer within the Institute of Education, Arts, and Community at Federation University. Reshmi obtained her PhD (English and Cultural Studies, 2005) under a doctoral scholarship from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, and is currently completing a second PhD (by publication) in Education at Deakin University. Her current research looks at experiences of migrant women of colour within academia. Reshmi also holds a Masters in Gender Studies as well another in Comparative Literature, along with a Diploma in Journalism. Reshmi’s career in education encompasses research, teaching, and industry engagement across the tertiary education, school, and non-profit sectors.
As an interdisciplinary social scientist, Reshmi’s research interests meet at the intersection of race and gender in education, pedagogy, and innovative research methodologies.
Reshmi is on the editorial board of Qualitative Research Journal and on the editorial review board for IJQM. She is also an Adjunct Research Fellow at the Mitchell Institute, Victoria University. Her publications are in high impact journals such as Pedagogy, Culture & Society, Journal of Intercultural Studies, Emotion, Space and Society, International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, Diaspora Studies among others. She is an invited reviewer for reputed journals --Social Identities, International Migration Review, Higher Education, International Journal of Intercultural Relations to name some; and co-editor of Asian Women, Identity and Migration Experiences of Transnational Women of Indian Origin/Heritage (Routledge UK, 2020/21).
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=Kb9wisAAAAAJ&hl=en
- Publications
Gendered Dimensions of Migration and Conviviality: A Virtual Space for Autoethnographic Explorations of 'Finding Home'
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1080/07256868.2024.2325962
Embedding Cultural Knowledge in Social Work Education: Reflections from Master of Social Work Students at a Regional Australian University
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1093/bjsw/bcae132
School leadership, communities and crises: a collaborative autoethnographic exploration of humanism as professional and community capital
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1108/QRJ-12-2024-0298
The politics of intersectional (un)belonging: a duoethnographic mapping study with academic women
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1080/09540253.2025.2546055
"Diasporic Women and Cultural Enclaves": An Acculturation Lens on Inhabiting and Traversing Diverse Sites
Hope theory as resistance: narratives of South Asian scholars in Australian academia
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1108/EDI-03-2023-0085
