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# Sarita Srivastava

 ![](https://ultima7-its.ocadu.ca/bios/ssrivastava/portrait) 

 ssrivastava@ocadu.ca 

 

 

 Faculty Information Dean, Faculty of Arts & Science   
 Faculty of Arts & Science Office 



 

 Areas of ExpertiseRace

Social movements

Organizations

Emotion

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

 



<a id="main-content" tabindex="-1"></a>Dr. Sarita Srivastava is Professor of Sociology and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science at OCAD University in Toronto. Her research areas include social movements, race, and emotion. In her previous position as a faculty member of the Departments of Sociology, Gender Studies, and Cultural Studies at Queen’s University, she developed seminars and supervised graduate students in areas such as Race, Gender and Nation, and taught a Social Justice practicum for many years. In her prior work as an activist, she was director of a national environmental campaign for Greenpeace Canada, active in community radio and environmental education, and supported Indigenous, labour and feminist social movements. Her book, “Are You Calling Me a Racist? How to stop talking about race and start taking real antiracist action,” (New York University Press, 2024) won the 2025 Book Award from the Canadian Sociology Association. It explores the conflicts and emotional responses that arise when organizations are faced with the challenges of diversity and equity, and proposes alternatives to the conventional training approaches.

 

 

 

 

  ###    Works        

#### "Are You Calling Me a Racist?"

How to stop talking about race and start taking real antiracist action

New York University Press

Published: December 7th 2024

[View Article »](https://nyupress.org/9781479815258/are-you-calling-me-a-racist/)

 

#### "You're calling me a racist?": The moral and emotional regulation of antiracism and feminism

Theories of Race and Racism: A Reader: Second Edition

Published: October 7th 2020

[View Article »](http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85099409360&partnerID=MN8TOARS)

 

#### ‘Let’s talk’: The pedagogy and politics of antiracist change

Utopian Pedagogy: Radical Experiments Against Neoliberal Globalization

Published: October 7th 2007

[View Article »](http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84966783393&partnerID=MN8TOARS)

 

#### Tears, fears and careers: Anti-racism and emotion in social movement organizations

Canadian Journal of Sociology

Published: October 7th 2006

[View Article »](http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33748317894&partnerID=MN8TOARS)

 

#### The problem of 'authentic experience': Storytelling in anti-racist and anti-homophobic education

Critical Sociology

Published: October 7th 2006

[View Article »](http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33750155053&partnerID=MN8TOARS)

 

#### "You're calling me a racist?" The moral and emotional regulation of antiracism and feminism

Signs

Published: October 7th 2005

[View Article »](http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33645121672&partnerID=MN8TOARS)

 

#### Song and dance? The performance of antiracist workshops

Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology

Published: October 7th 1996

[View Article »](http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0039460647&partnerID=MN8TOARS)

 

 

 

  

 ###    Education        

#### Master of Environmental Studies

**Type:** Faculty of Environmental Studies

York University

 

#### Ph.D

**Type:** Sociology

University of Toronto

 

 

 

  

 ###    Employment        

#### Dean

**Type:** Faculty of Arts and Science, OCAD University

Ontario College of Art and Design