Graduate Students
Shahd Alasaly
CONTACT
Office: CPR 218
BIO
Shahd Alasaly is a second year PhD student in the department of Sociology. She received
her master’s degree in International Psychology. Upon completing her master’s, she
founded Blue Meets Blue, a humanitarian clothing line headquartered in Chicago that
employed refugee women. Through this venture she was able to conduct countless interviews
with refugee women and families as they worked closely on the fashion they produced.
The goal was a production of high-end slow fashion by artisans who had a prior skillset
in sewing and fashion design, focusing on methods of art therapy and community building.
She later moved to Tampa and began her PhD at the University of South Florida with
a concentration in Sociology. Her research interests include social psychology and
social inequality.
Research Interests
Social Psychology, Global Politics, Identity and Trauma
advisor
Dr. David Jacobson