Aysan Sev'er
Professor of Sociology
Special Advisor to the Principal on Equity Issues
University of Toronto at Scarborough

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Women's Health and Urban Life

Aysan Sev'er is a first-generation Turkish-Canadian. She teaches graduate and undergraduate courses on gender relations and sociology of family at the University of Toronto. Her research focuses on problematic issues in women's lives, such as separation and divorce, sexual harassment, and violence by male partners. She is interested in extreme forms of violence against women in some of the developing countries, and how the local and the international communities can combine forces towards the elimination of such violence.

Aysan Sev'er organized the National Sociology and Anthropology meetings that took place in Toronto (May 29 - June 1, 2002) and also is publishing a feminist journal on women's health (Women's Health & Urban Life). Her most current book entitled "Fleeing the House of Horrors" is published by The University of Toronto Press, 2002.

Organized Conferences:

2002 Local Organizer: Toronto Meetings of the HSSFC, May 2002

2002 Sociology and Anthropology Organizer: Toronto Meetings of the HSSFC, May 2002

1999 Violations: Gender-based Risks in Women’s Lives
(April 15 -16, Croft Chapter House, U of T).

Degrees:

1980/83 Ph.D. Sociology (York University) Dissertation: Effects of status, demeanour and sex of dyads on influence: An empirical investigation of two competing theories. Supervisor: Professor John Fox

1979/80 M.A. Sociology (University of Windsor) Thesis: A case study of resocialization problems of ex-offenders: Compulsory group participation as a vehicle to assess interactional problems of ex-offenders in a halfway house. Supervisor: Professor Mary-Lou Dietz

1978/79 B.A. Honours, Psychology (University of Windsor)

1977/78 B.A. Psychology (University of Windsor)

Community Based Award:

1998 Toronto Persons’ Day Award (Presented by LEAF: Legal Education Action Fund Foundation and WIN: Women’s Intercultural Network).

2002 CSAA Lifetime Service Award (Presented by the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association)

SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS

Books:

2001 Gocmen Ruhuna Acilan Pencereler: Windows to an Immigrant’s Soul. Toronto: Pristine Publications. (Editor- Non-Academic, Book Based on Experiences of Turkish-Canadian Immigrants)

2002 Fleeing the House of Horrors: Women Who Have Left Abusive Partners. (Forthcoming: University of Toronto Press). (Single Author - Academic)

1998 Frontiers in Women’s Studies: Canadian and German Perspectives. Toronto: Canadian Scholars’ Press. (Editor - Academic)

1997 A Cross-Cultural Exploration of Wife Abuse: Problems and Prospects. New Jersey: Edwin Mellen (Editor - Academic)

1992 Women and Divorce in Canada: A Sociological Analysis. Toronto: The Canadian Scholars' Press. 328 pages (Single Author - Academic)