Aisha Sultan
School of Social Sciences
Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics
I am a PhD student in the School of Anthropology & Development Studies, within the University of Adelaide, supervised by Dr Alison Dundon, and Dr Dianne Rodger.
My doctoral research looks at the relationship between homelessness and reproductive & sexual health. In particular, my research focuses on the following themes: how women experiencing homelessness in metropolitan Adelaide perceive, manage and make meaning of their health care needs and wishes; what existing services and/or practices they perceive to be helpful and supportive; and, conversely, what they identify as the primary barriers to accessing adequate and appropriate health care.
While the link between homelessness and negative health outcomes has been well established through both quantitative and qualitative studies, the social, cultural, historical, political and economic underpinnings in the Australian context are not as well understood. I aim to use ethnographic research methods to address this gap in the literature. I argue that a better understanding of the explicit and implicit links between homelessness and reproductive & sexual health outcomes may then lead to strategies and services that better address the specific, complex and often compounding health and other service needs of women experiencing homelessness.
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Language Competencies
Language Competency English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review Finnish Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review German Can read, speak and understand spoken Hindi Can read, speak and understand spoken Swedish Can read, write, speak and understand spoken Urdu Can read, speak and understand spoken -
Research Interests
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Journals
Year Citation 2019 Pearce, S., Urry, K., Sultan, A. J. M., & Challans, B. (2019). Locating the self: The sticky, shifting processes of knowledge-making, boundary-tracing and coming home. Writing From Below, (Space and Place). -
Internet Publications
Year Citation 2019 Sultan, A. J. M. (2019). When Fieldwork Breaks Your Heart. AnthroPod: The SCA Podcast, Cultural Anthropology website.
2024 Enhancement of Research Culture Award, School of Social Sciences, University of Adelaide: as part of the AJSS board
2023 Enhancement of Research Culture Award, School of Social Sciences, University of Adelaide, as part of Reading Feminism
2023 ANSA Visual Ethnography Award
2022: Postgraduate Grant, School of Social Sciences, University of Adelaide
2021: Graduate Women SA Centenary Scholarship, The Australian Federation of University Women South Australia Inc. (AFUW-SA) Trust Fund
2019: Postgraduate Travel Grant, Australian Anthropological Association
2019: Postgraduate Conference Grant, Division of Anthropology and Development Studies, University of Adelaide
2018: Fieldwork Grant, Division of Anthropology and Development Studies
2017- 2020: Australian Government Research Training Program Stipend
2011: Honours Year Grant, La Trobe University
Tutor/Teaching Assistant and marker:
2024 Introduction to Social Research Methods
2024 Encountering Human Rights: Global Citizenship II/III
2023 Introduction to Sociology
2023 Gender and Race in a Postcolonial World
2022 Introduction to Social Research Methods
2022 Anthropology of Violence and Crime
2022 Encountering Human Rights: Global Citizenship II/III
2022 Introduction to Sociology
2022 Anthropology of Violence and Crime
2021 Introduction to Social Research Methods
2021 Gender, Sexuality and Media Representation
2021 Identity and Discrimination
2021 Anthropology of Violence and Crime
2020 Encountering Human Rights: Global Citizenship II/III
2019 Gender, Work and Society
2017 - 2020
Tutor for Wirltu Yarlu (one-on-one support in various undergraduate courses, including anthropology, sociology and university studies)
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Other Supervision Activities
Date Role Research Topic Location Program Supervision Type Student Load Student Name 2024 - ongoing Principal Supervisor Indo-Fijian cultural identity in Australia University of Adelaide Arts Advanced Other Full Time Ms Rosana Marshall
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Board Memberships
Date Role Board name Institution name Country 2022 - ongoing Secretary Adelaide University Social Science Society University of Adelaide Australia -
Committee Memberships
Date Role Committee Institution Country 2019 - 2020 Advisory Board Member The 7th Annual SA Gender, Sex & Sexualities Postgraduate + ECR Conference 2020 South Australian Postgraduate and Early Career Researcher gender, sex, and sexualities conference Australia 2018 - 2018 Member Space and Place: Conceptions of movement, belonging and boundaries 2018 Conference Committee South Australian Postgraduate and Early Career Researcher gender, sex, and sexualities conference Australia 2018 - 2019 Member Past, Present and Future: Contested histories and emerging identities 2019 Conference Committee South Australian Postgraduate and Early Career Researcher gender, sex, and sexualities conference Australia 2017 - ongoing Representative The Australian Network of Student Anthropologists (ANSA) University of Adelaide Australia -
Editorial Boards
Date Role Editorial Board Name Institution Country 2023 - ongoing Editor-In-chief Adelaide Journal of Social Sciences University of Adelaide Australia 2022 - 2023 Editor Adelaide Journal of Social Sciences University of Adelaide Australia 2018 - ongoing Editor Writing From Below ‘Space and Place’ Special Issue La Trobe University Australia
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