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Aisha Chapra, MSW, LSW (she/her/hers)

Assistant Professor, BSW Field Director
Whatcom College
Bellingham, United States

Aisha Chapra is originally from Karachi, Pakistan and has lived for significant periods of time in Canada, US, and Pakistan. Currently Aisha will be a full time faculty and lead practicum education in a brand new BSW program at Whatcom Community College, based in Bellingham, Washington. She completed her BA in Political Science & English Literature and her BSW from McGill University, Canada. Her academic interests center on decolonization, identity, immigration,
globalization and the interrelated forces that create the world we live in. She teaches high-level academic content through engaging activities, lectures and assignments. Outside of social work she has taught yoga for more than a decade and has worked as a freelance writer and journalist.
Chapra completed her MSW in Toronto where she had the privilege of working directly with new immigrants and refugees. Chapra worked as a research assistant with Professor Sakamoto at the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work in the University of Toronto. She spent four years teaching in Karachi, Pakistan, at a private university in both the social sciences and media studies departments. She also volunteered as a yoga instructor at the central prison for women in Karachi for three years, eventually coordinating donation drives for basic needs for women and children living in the prison. For four years, Chapra organized and led yoga and hiking retreats in the northern areas of Pakistanusing her social work background to create healing experiences for the attendants.

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