Carieta Thomas
My diverse experiences have shaped my research agenda to focus on a variety of topics including international migration, gender, sociology of labour, intersectionality theory and methods, race and ethnicity as well as socio-legal studies. I have participated in social justice initiatives such as refugee resettlement; transitional justice and human rights; educational development and administration as well as immigration law at legal aide organizations.
My research connects my immigration law background with the sociology of carework. My research uses intersectionality theory to compare how surveillance in the form of pre-employment screening impacts the lives and employment choices of illegalized/undocumented Caribbean women care workers in Canada and the U.S.
My research connects my immigration law background with the sociology of carework. My research uses intersectionality theory to compare how surveillance in the form of pre-employment screening impacts the lives and employment choices of illegalized/undocumented Caribbean women care workers in Canada and the U.S.
Peer Reviewed Publications
Banerjee, Pallavi and Carieta Thomas. 2023. “Intersectional Research on Citizenship & Labor” in Research Handbook on Intersectionality, edited by Mary Romero and Reshawna Chapple. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Special Issue Co-Editor, 2022. “Pandemic Perspectives: Racialized and Gendered Experiences of Refugee and Immigrant Families in Canada”, Canadian Ethnic Studies.
Thomas, Carieta and Naomi Lightman. 2022. “ ‘Island Girls’: Caribbean Women Care Workers in Canada”. Canadian Ethnic Studies 54(1):29-58.
Thomas, Carieta. 2021. “Elephant in the Room and Mouse in the Corner: Tales of Networking while Black”. Women, Gender, and Families of Color (online special issue).
Thomas, Carieta. 2021. “Who Cares: Lesson on the Stratification of Care Work”. Gender & Society Peer Reviewed Pedagogy Project Lesson Plan.
(Revise and Resubmit) Banerjee, Pallavi and Carieta Thomas. 2022. “The Migrant Carework Regime and the Making of the Constant-Careworker Among Indian Immigrant Nurses.” Gender, Work & Organization.
(Under Review) Thomas, Carieta. 2023. “Nobody’s gonna talk to you about that”: Methodological Considerations in Research with Undocumented Caribbean Care Workers during COVID-19” in Unmasking Academia: Institutional Inequities Laid Bare by the COVID-19 Pandemic, edited by Irene Shankar and Corinne L. Mason.
Special Issue Co-Editor, 2022. “Pandemic Perspectives: Racialized and Gendered Experiences of Refugee and Immigrant Families in Canada”, Canadian Ethnic Studies.
Thomas, Carieta and Naomi Lightman. 2022. “ ‘Island Girls’: Caribbean Women Care Workers in Canada”. Canadian Ethnic Studies 54(1):29-58.
Thomas, Carieta. 2021. “Elephant in the Room and Mouse in the Corner: Tales of Networking while Black”. Women, Gender, and Families of Color (online special issue).
Thomas, Carieta. 2021. “Who Cares: Lesson on the Stratification of Care Work”. Gender & Society Peer Reviewed Pedagogy Project Lesson Plan.
(Revise and Resubmit) Banerjee, Pallavi and Carieta Thomas. 2022. “The Migrant Carework Regime and the Making of the Constant-Careworker Among Indian Immigrant Nurses.” Gender, Work & Organization.
(Under Review) Thomas, Carieta. 2023. “Nobody’s gonna talk to you about that”: Methodological Considerations in Research with Undocumented Caribbean Care Workers during COVID-19” in Unmasking Academia: Institutional Inequities Laid Bare by the COVID-19 Pandemic, edited by Irene Shankar and Corinne L. Mason.
Research Projects
2021 Research Assistant, Regine King, University of Calgary Urban Alliance, “Scoping Review—Municipal Anti-racist Practices that Might Work”.
2020 Research Assistant, Michael Adorjan, University of Calgary, SSHRC Sponsored, “Responding to Youth and Cyber-Risk: Assessing Parents' and Educators' Experiences, Attitudes and Strategies Towards Online Risks Facing Youth”.
2019 Research Assistant, Pallavi Banerjee University of Calgary, “Dismantling Dependence: Gendered Migration of Indian Professional Families and the Visa Regime”.
2019 Research Assistant, Naomi Lightman, University of Calgary, SSHRC Insight Development Grant “Sorting and Shaping: The Dynamics of Labor Market Exclusion for Female Migrant Care Workers in Canada”.
2011 Independent Research on former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Liberian reconciliation process. Syracuse University.
2020 Research Assistant, Michael Adorjan, University of Calgary, SSHRC Sponsored, “Responding to Youth and Cyber-Risk: Assessing Parents' and Educators' Experiences, Attitudes and Strategies Towards Online Risks Facing Youth”.
2019 Research Assistant, Pallavi Banerjee University of Calgary, “Dismantling Dependence: Gendered Migration of Indian Professional Families and the Visa Regime”.
2019 Research Assistant, Naomi Lightman, University of Calgary, SSHRC Insight Development Grant “Sorting and Shaping: The Dynamics of Labor Market Exclusion for Female Migrant Care Workers in Canada”.
2011 Independent Research on former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Liberian reconciliation process. Syracuse University.