MsJaveria Shams
(She/Her)
Graduate Researcher Teaching Fellow
Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Orcid identifier0000-0002-2076-736X (opens in a new tab)
- Graduate Researcher Teaching FellowFaculty of Arts and Education/School of Humanities and Social Sciences
- Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125
BIO
Javeria Shams is a Doctoral candidate at Deakin University, Melbourne, specializing in the study of religious minorities in Pakistan. Her dissertation, is a comparative study of the lived experiences of these communities, focusing on how the interplay of religious identity and social class contributes to varying levels of differential treatment. As an interdisciplinary scholar, Her work spans various fields, including religious studies, religion and politics, peace and conflict studies, human rights, critical caste studies, and gender studies.
DEAKIN UNIVERSITY CURRENT APPOINTMENT
- Graduate Researcher Teaching FellowDeakin University, School of Humanities and Social Sciences
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Sessional Academic/ TutorDeakin University, Humanities and Social Sciences, Burwood, Australia15 Jul 2025 - 12 May 2026
- Research AssitantDeakin University, Humanities and Social Sciences, Burwood, Australia5 May 2023 - 5 Feb 2024
- LecturerUniversity of Central Punjab, Lahore, Department of Politics and International Relations, Lahore, Pakistan7 Apr 2020 - 10 Oct 2022
- High School TeacherLearning Alliance Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan6 Feb 2017 - 4 Feb 2019
DEGREES
- PhD, International RelationsDeakin University, Burwood, Australia9 Nov 2022 - present
- MPhil, International RelationsUniversity of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan5 Feb 2018 - 10 Feb 2020
- BS (Hons.), Applied PsychologyLahore College for Women University, Lahore, Pakistan9 Sep 2013 - 10 Oct 2017
LANGUAGES
- EnglishCan read, write, speak, understand and peer review
- UrduCan read, write, speak, understand and peer review
- Panjabi; PunjabiCan read, write, speak and understand
- SindhiCan read, speak and understand
AREA/FACULTY
- Faculty of Arts and Education
DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL/INSTITUTE/DISCIPLINE
- School of Humanities and Social Sciences