In her research, she examines the intersectionality of race and gender in media narratives of violence against women and representations of racialized peoples.
[1] Currently, Dr. Jiwani is a full professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec.
[2] Her thesis topic was entitled “The Forms of Jah: The Mystic Collectivity of the Rastafarians.”[3] In 1988, Jiwani received a certificate from the Summer Institute for Semiotic and Structural Studies from UBC.
[2] Her doctoral dissertation was entitled “By Omission and Commission: ‘Race’ and Representation in Canadian Television News.”[3] From 1978 to 1980, Jiwani was a teaching assistant (TA) in the Department of Psychology at UBC.
From 1989 to 1990, Jiwani worked as the communications director for the In Visible Colours International Film and Video Society.