Dr Sandra Nasr

Lecturer, Social Justice Coordinator, Fremantle
PhD, B.Soc.Sci (Hons 1st class)

Email: sandra.nasr@nd.edu.au
Phone: 9433 0134

  • Biography

    Dr Sandra Nasr is a teaching-focused political scientist, specialising in the politics and international relations of the Middle East with a focus on human rights, international humanitarian law, conflict and state violence. Her work takes her to Palestine to contribute to better understandings of the occupation and human rights implications. She has presented at various international conferences on Palestinian statehood aspirations and the practices and policies of the Israeli occupation. Sandra is a regular speaker at community forums and an active advocate for human rights.

  • Teaching areas

    Social Justice, Politics & History:

    SOJS1000 Introduction to Social justice
    SOJS2120 Living Human Rights
    SOJS3160 Peace & Conflict Studies
    SOJS3000 Global Development & Justice
    HIST2004 Of Vice & Virtue
    HIST2022/POLI3022 The Modern Middle East

  • HDR and Honours Supervision

    2020: Daniel Elias (M.Phil). Is liberal democracy a contradiction? A study of political participation and equality in Australia during the 1960s and 1970s.
    2015: Zamaris Saxon (Honours, 1st class). Securing the North Caucasus or further destabilising Eurasia: Russia’s Security Mindset towards the Caucasus Emirate.
    2011: Kalon Ford (Honours). Why not in my backyard: An analysis of local discourse responding to an immigration detention centre in Northam.

  • Research interests and current projects

    • Human rights and international humanitarian law
    • Peace and conflict studies; Global governance and globalisation
    • Middle Eastern history and politics
    • Israeli-Arab relations
    • Human resilience and security
    • Critical theory and emancipatory research practices

  • Book Chapters

    Israel's other Terrorism Challenge' in Jackson et al (2010) Contemporary State Terrorism: Theory and Practice, Routledge.

  • Conference papers

    • 2014 Towards International Resource Fairness Conference, Vienna, 'Resource conflict in the West Bank'
    • 2013 'Empire, Faith & Conflict', World History Association, Notre Dame, Fremantle, 'The (mis)use of Faith & Conflict'
    • 2013 Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Australian National University, 'The Right to Work'
    • 2010 United Nations Economic, Social & Cultural Rights, An Najar University, Palestine, 'Freedom of Movement'
    • 2010 International Studies Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, 'Tactical Terror'.
    • 2006 2nd World Congress of Middle Eastern Studies, Amman, Jordan, 'Barrier to Peace'

  • Awards

    Vice Chancellor's Award for Foundational Learning Design (University of Notre Dame) 2012
    Pro Vice Chancellor's Award for Cross Curriculum Design (Curtin University) 2008
    Postgraduate Scholarship (Curtin University) 2005