Maham Afzaal

Brief Biography 

Maham Afzaal is a doctoral student in the Department of Political Studies at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션™s 카지노게임사이트 studying International Relations. She received an MPP in Digital Society and an Hons. B.A. in Economics (Specialist) with a minor in Political Science from McMaster 카지노게임사이트.

Maham카지노 게임 컬렉션™s previous research drew from Foucault카지노 게임 컬렉션™s conception of the panopticon to explore the socio-political implications of employing proctoring AI technologies in undergraduate and secondary school settings, focusing on how potential racial and gendered biases in AI impact students belonging to minority groups. She is currently interested in researching critical security issues in schools informed by historical, decolonial, and feminist frameworks.

Research Interests

Critical security studies, Childhood studies, Historical injustice, Race, Gender, Philosophy of technology, AI ethics, Research ethics, Critical pedagogy, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Education policy 

Awards

Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션™s Graduate Award (2024) 

Outstanding Student Performance Award in Digital Governance (McMaster, 2024)

Outstanding Student Performance Award in Product Management (McMaster, 2024) 

Outstanding Student Performance Award in Architectures of Digital Ecosystems (McMaster, 2023) 

Graduate Entrance Scholarship (McMaster, 2023) 

International Student Career Trek Honorarium (McMaster, 2022) 

Undergraduate Student Research Award (McMaster, 2022) 

Undergraduate Student Research Award (McMaster, 2021) 

Teaching Experience

TA:

POLS 284 (Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션™s, 2024) 

POLSCI 1AA3 (McMaster, 2023)