Faculty Member, Social Work
About
Alankaar Sharma is a Visiting Instructor at School of Social Work, The University of Iowa. His academic interests lie at the various points of intersections between gender, violence, sexuality, and childhood. His teaching and research have focused on diversity and anti-oppressive social work, masculinities from a pro-feminist perspective, gender-based violence, child sexual abuse, and rights based approaches to gender identity and sexual orientation. He has worked as a social work researcher, instructor, practitioner and trainer in India and the United States, and has worked as a consultant in several other South and Southeast Asian countries.






