Tahmina Rashid is an Associate Professor in International Studies, Faculty of Arts & Design at the University of Canberra, Australia. Currently she is Discipline Head Arts & Humanities. She has previously worked as Program Director International Development, RMIT, and Assistant Professor Political Science in Pakistan. She was a Fulbright scholar in 1996 and was also awarded Asia Fellow Award, Ford Foundation in 2004-05 to work in urban slums in Dhaka, Bangladesh. She is a development consultant & field researcher with a keen interest in South Asian region. Her academic interests include feminist movements in South Asia; radical Islamic Movements; urban/rural poverty; migration & identity; development & human rights; community sustainability & empowerment and microcredit.

Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Teaching & Learning, RMIT
PhD: University of Melbourne
MA: University of Melbourne
MA: University of the Punjab, Lahore. Pakistan

Development Research

Gender and Development

Previously taught:

International Human Rights

Gender Issues in Development
Human Trafficking
Governance & Democracy in Developing Countries
Research Methods in social science & humanities

Books & Book Chapters

Rashid, Tahmina, (2006) Contested Representation: Punjabi Women in Feminist Debates in Pakistan, Karachi: Oxford University Press, Pp. 420. (ISBN: 978-0-19-547110-6)

Rashid, Tahmina; Flanagan, Jason, (Eds.) (2011) International Development: Linking academia with Development Aid & Effectiveness, Saarbrücken: LAMBERT Academic Publishing, Pp.170. (ISBN 978-3-8443-8072-9)

Rashid, Tahmina, (2011) Australia’s War On Terrorism: Impact on Australian Muslim Communities, in Babacan, Alperhan, Community Safety in Multicultural Australia: Counter Terrorism, Social Cohesion and Belonging, Newcastle (UK): Cambridge Scholars Publishing. PP. 61-80 (ISBN 978-1-4438-3292-2)

Rashid, Tahmina, (2011) Why It Matters: Role of Academia in Development and Aid Effectiveness, in Rashid, Tahmina; Flanagan, Jason, (Eds.) International Development: Linking academia with Development Aid & Effectiveness, Saarbrücken: LAMBERT Academic Publishing. Pp. 1-12 (ISBN 978-3-8443-8072-9)

Rashid, Tahmina, (2011) Learning by Doing: Stories from the ‘sites of development’, in Rashid, Tahmina; Flanagan, Jason, (Eds.) International Development: Linking academia with Development Aid & Effectiveness, Saarbrücken: LAMBERT Academic Publishing. Pp. 112-135. (ISBN 978-3-8443-8072-9)

Rashid, Tahmina, (2011) Negotiating Rights through Transnational fundamentalism: Religious discourses; cyber technology and women in Pakistan, in Ahmad, Ishtiaq, Politics of Religion in South and Southeast Asia. Singapore: Routledge, Pp. 242-260 (ISBN 978-0-415-60227-3)

Rashid, Tahmina, (2011) Radicalisation of civil society: A Case study of Pakistan, New Delhi, in Pattanaik, Smruti S. South Asia: Envisioning a Regional Future, New Delhi: Pentagon Security International, PP. 149-168 (ISBN 978-81-8274-497-4)

Rashid, Tahmina, (2011) Empowerment and subordination of Pakistani women through Patriarchy; Elitism; Class & Gender Discourses, in Kalia, Ravi, (Ed.), Pakistan: From the Rhetoric of Democracy to the Rise of Militancy. New Delhi: Routledge. PP. 85-104 (ISBN 978-0415670401)

Rashid, Tahmina, (2010) Migration and Belonging: Brown Muslim Women’s Experience in Australia, in Singh, Supriya, & Babacan, Alperhan, Migration, Belonging and the Nation State, Newcastle (UK): Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Pp. 105-132 (ISBN 978-1-4438-2081-3)

Rashid, Tahmina, (2008) Feminist Debates in Pakistan, in Hasnat, Syed Farooq, & Farouqui, Ahmed, Unresolved Issues of the Pakistani Society and State, Lahore: Vanguard, Pp. 175-197 (ISBN 978-969-402-509-4)

Journal Articles (Refereed)

Rashid, Tahmina, (2009) Militarized Masculinities, Female Bodies, and 'Security Discourse' in Post-9/11 Pakistan, Strategic Analysis, Vol. 33, Issue 4, July. Pp. 566 – 578

Rashid, Tahmina, (2008) Masculine Notions of Justice for Female Victims in Pakistan, South Asia Journal, Issue 21, July. Pp. 65-8

Rashid, Tahmina, (2008) Politics of Female Body: Pakistan’s military and religious elite, Asian Profile Vol. 36. No.1,

Rashid, Tahmina, (2007) Configuration of National Identity and Citizenship in Australia: Migration, Ethnicity and Religious Minorities, Alternatives, Vol. 6, No. 2& 3, Fall & Winter, Pp. 1-27,

Rashid, Tahmina, (2007) Secular State, Citizenship and the Matrix of Globalized Religious Identity, Alternatives, Vol. 6, No. 1& 2, Spring &Summer, Pp. 156-175

Rashid, Tahmina, (2006) Correlation of Gender Identity in Radical Islamic Movements - Jamat-i-Islami and Tablighi Jamat in Pakistan, Strategic Analysis Vol. 30, No. 2, Apr-Jun, Pp. 354-376

Rashid, Tahmina, (2004) Politics of Participation and Representation: A Gendered Perspective from South Asia, Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan Vol. XXXXI, NO. 1, July, Pp. 27-50

Rashid, Tahmina, (2004) Socio-Economic Dynamics in South Asia: Role and Status of Women, Pakistan Vision Vol.5, NO. 1, July. Pp. 1-26

Rashid, Tahmina, (2003) Global Terrorism and Counter Terrorism: Pakistan’s Response to the Emerging Challenges, Pakistan Defence Review Vol.17, Winter, Pp.31-52

Rashid, Tahmina, (2003) War and Armed Conflicts: Impact on Women and Children, Journal of Research (Humanities) Volume-XXXVIII, Number-2, July, Pp.55-77

Co Authored Articles (Refereed)

Hasnat, Syed Farooq, & Rashid, Tahmina, (2004) Politics in Pakistan: Problems of Active Participation and Political Process, Nepali Journal of Contemporary Studies Vol. IV, No.1, March, Pp. 39-58

Hasnat, Syed Farooq, & Rashid, Tahmina, (2004) Implications of the Terrorist Attacks on the US: Its fallout on the Socio-Political Scene in Pakistan, IPRI Journal, Vol. IV, No.1, Winter 2004, Pp. 93-106, http://ipripak.org/journal/winter2004/implicationsof.shtml

Hasnat, Farooq & Rashid, Tahmina, (2003) Shifting Power Balance in the Gulf: An Appraisal of the Major Power’s Manoeuvres, Journal of Research (Humanities) Volume-XXXVIII, No.1, January, Pp. 43-107

Dr. Tahmina Rashid
Associate Professor International Studies
Faculty of Arts & Design
Location: 20C1
Ph: + 61 2 6201 2271
Fax: +61 2 6201 2649
Email: Tahmina.Rashid@canberra.edu.au