Foroogh Mohammadi

Associate Professor and Honours Coordinator

Office: BAC 301
Phone: 902-585-1863
Email: foroogh.mohammadi@acadiau.ca

Office Hours: (Fall 2026)
Tuesdays, 12:30-2 p.m.

CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECT:
"The Everyday Negotiation of Boundaries of Belonging and Canadianness Among Youth from Immigrant Families in Nova Scotia"

Education

BA (Persian Gulf University), MA (University of Tehran), PhD (Memorial University)

Research/Teaching Interests

• International Migration
• Race, Ethnicity, and Racialization
• Identity and Belonging
• Sociology of Culture
• Space, Place, and Time
• Qualitative Methods

Teaching (2026-27)

Fall 2026
SOCI 1013-FA01, Introduction to Canadian Society
SOCI 4003/5003-FA01, Senior Seminar/Graduate Seminar

Winter 2027
SOCI 2473-WI01, Sociology of Migration
SOCI 4473-WI01, Boundaries, Borders, Belonging
SOCI 5613-WI01, Boarders and Belonging

Recent Publications:

Journal Articles

Mohammadi, Foroogh. 2026. "A Racialized Spiral of Silence: Iranian Immigrants Negotiating Racialization and Whiteness in Atlantic Canadian Cities." Ethnic and Racial Studies 1–20. doi:10.1080/01419870.2026.2659835.

Mohammadi, Foroogh, and Lisa-Jo K. van den Scott. 2023. "Entering Iranian Homes: Privacy Borders and Hospitality in Iranian Movies." Qualitative Sociology Review 19(2):50–73. doi:10.18778/1733-8077.19.2.03.

Book Chapters

Mohammadi, Foroogh, and Lisa-Jo K. van den Scott. 2025. "Symbolic Interaction as Resistance." Pp. 37–53 in Handbook of Interpretive Research Methods, edited by M. Kusenbach and M. Pfadenhauer. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing.