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Tannaz Zargarian received her PhD in Language, culture, and teaching from the Faculty of Education at York University in 2020. She obtained her Bachelor’s degree in psychology and her Master’s degree in arts (Disaster and Emergency Management) from York University. In her doctoral dissertation on  Iranian Women’s Quest for Self-Liberation Through the Internet and Social Media: An Emancipatory Pedagogy, Tannaz investigated gender, sexuality, and the body in public, private, and online spheres and the role of social media, as an informal educational tool, in disrupting traditional learning and enabling women to utilize their awareness of practices and issues of body autonomy (sexuality, hijab, mobility, harassment) towards their own emancipation. Tannaz has published in the Academic Journal of Sexualities, the Journal of Political Science and the Palgrave Encyclopedia of Sexuality Education.

She completed her post doctoral fellowship in the University of Manitoba, Faculty of Education collaborating on research on spatial injustice in Canadian higher education institutions to investigate the experience of multiple marginalities on campus in relation to equity, diversity, and inclusion policies.

Tannaz’s research area focuses on the intersection of social justice, spatial justice, digital literacies, and adult education at national and transnational levels. She has been working with marginalized communities inside and outside of Canada. Her current research project is focusing on the digital divide amongst multiple marginalized adults and the way it impacts adult learning and educational practice beyond the formal teaching contexts of post-secondary education. The focus of her research and teaching lies in non-formal and informal adult learning with the phenomenon of self-directed/intentional individual and community-based learning directed at social justice and self-emancipation.

Tannaz has taught a wide range of courses in adult education and at teacher’s college, at both graduate and undergraduate levels at the University of Manitoba, Brock University, and York University previously.

PhD in Language, culture, and teaching from the Faculty of Education at York University in 2020.

Bachelor’s degree in psychology and Master’s degree in arts (Disaster and Emergency Management) from York University.

Tannaz has taught a wide range of courses in adult education and at teacher’s college, at both graduate and undergraduate levels at the University of Manitoba, Brock University, and York University previously

Tannaz’s research area focuses on the intersection of social justice, spatial justice, digital literacies, and adult education at national and transnational levels. She has been working with marginalized communities inside and outside of Canada. Her current research project is focusing on the digital divide amongst multiple marginalized adults and the way it impacts adult learning and educational practice beyond the formal teaching contexts of post-secondary education. The focus of her research and teaching lies in non-formal and informal adult learning with the phenomenon of self-directed/intentional individual and community-based learning directed at social justice and self-emancipation.