Listening Carefully to Students’ Ambivalence: Lessons for Qualitative Researchers

Date

Thursday March 26, 2026
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Location

Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Room D216

Dr. Robel Abay Appointed Visiting Professor in Sociology

The Department of Sociology at Queen’s University is pleased to welcome Dr. Robel Abay as a Good Family Visiting Professor. During his fellowship, Dr. Abay will develop a new research project on Intersectional Disability Justice (IDJ), an innovative framework that examines how colonial systems of oppression shape experiences of disability, race, gender, and forced migration.

Abay, Robel

Robel Abay

Robel Abay

Visiting Professor of Sociology

Department of Sociology

Mackintosh-Corry Hall, D413

robel.a@queensu.ca

Office Hours By Appointment

Dr. Robel Abay is a Professor of Disability Studies at . Previously, he has worked as a research associate at the Institute of Sociology at Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Germany. He holds a PhD from Humboldt University of Berlin on intersectional colonialities of . During his fellowship at »ÆÉ«ÊÓƵ as a Visiting Professor of Sociology, he will work on his new research project on Intersectional Disability Justice (IDJ). His research and teaching interests include: Sociology of Disability; Technoableism; Decolonial Theories; Intersectional Disability Justice; Sociology of Race & Ethnic Relations; Crip Technoscience; Disability Studies & Critical Race Theory (DisCrit); Queer Migration; Climate & Social Justice; Gender & Queer Studies; Participatory Research.

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