
Allison Petrozziello
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Allison Petrozziello is Assistant Professor of Global Migration & Inequality at Toronto Metropolitan University. Dr. Petrozziello is a global governance scholar specialized in gender and human-rights based approaches to the governance of migration and citizenship, who is interested in thinking through the linkages between the WPS agenda, gender and migration. Her academic work builds on over 15 years of experience in international research, training, and policy advocacy work, mostly in Latin America and the Caribbean, with stakeholders ranging from grassroots organizations to policymakers to the United Nations. With UN Women, she authored the training manual Gender on the Move: Working on the Migration-Development Nexus from a Gender Perspective as well as the core content of the flagship “I Know Gender” online course for UN Staff. At TMU, she teaches courses on women, power, and politics; migration; and public policy. Dr. Petrozziello’s research, as featured on TMU’s Borders & Belonging podcast, examines global patterns of intersecting forms of social inequality which can make children of migrants and refugees stateless. She holds a PhD in Global Governance from Wilfrid Laurier University/Balsillie School of International Affairs, an MA in International Development & Social Change from Clark University, and a BA in Women’s Studies from Smith College.