GSA Senator

Hussain Alhussainy is an MA student in Political Science at the University of Alberta, funded by a SSHRC Master’s award. His research focuses on de-Westernizing disability studies through a post-colonial lens, examining how neocolonialism and Western legacies shape disability inclusion in the Middle East. He also works as a Research Assistant at the Stuttering Commons. Hussain currently serves as Vice President Labour of the Political Science Graduate Students’ Association. A co-founder of the Council for Disability Cultures and Access, he brings lived experience as a disabled student with cerebral palsy and a periodic stutter to his academic work. He is a recipient of the King Charles III Coronation Medal for outstanding service to the Crown and country.