Faculty

Alisha Ali

Associate Professor of Applied Psychology

Alisha Ali

Phone: (212) 998-5222
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Dr. Ali is an Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Psychology at New York University. Her research focuses on well-being and mental health issues in disadvantaged populations. She has studied immigrant women, women of color, individuals living in poverty, and mental health outpatient samples. She also writes in the area of feminist epistemology and social action.


Courses

  • Women and Mental Health (E63.2041)
  • Program Development and Evaluation in Counseling (E63.2663)

Awards

  • 2000 : Lundbeck Canada Fellow Award
  • 2000 : Canadian Race Relations Foundation
  • 1998 : Eli Lilly Canada Fellow Award
  • 1999 : Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
  • 2002 : Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
  • 2003 : Liberty Foundation
  • 2004 : National Institute of Mental Health

Research Interests

  • Well-being and mental health
  • Immigrant women
  • Women of color
  • Feminist epistemology and social action

Degrees Held

  • B.Sc. University of Toronto
  • M.S. University of Toronto
  • Ph.D. University of Toronto

Publications

  • Ali, A. & Toner, B.B. (1996). Gender differences in depressive response: The role of social support. Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 35, (6), 281-293.
  • Belitsky, C., Toner, B.B., Ali, A., Yu, B., Osborne, S.L. & deRooy, E. (1996). Sex-role attitudes and clinical appraisal in psychiatry residents. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 41, 503-508.
  • Ali, A., Richardson, D.C. & Toner, B.B.(1998). Feminine gender role and illness behaviour in irritable bowel syndrome. Journal of Gender, Culture and Health, 3(1), 59-65.
  • Toner, B.B., Segal, Z.V., Emmott, S.D., Myran, D., Ali, A., DiGasbarro, I., & Stuckless, N. (1998). Cognitive behaviour group therapy for patients with irritable bowel syndrome. International Journal of Group Psychotherapy, 48(2), 215-243.
  • Toner, B.B., Stuckless, N., Ali, A., Downie, F., Emmott, S. & Akman, D. (1998). Development of a cognitive scale for functional bowel disorders. Psychosomatic Medicine, 60, 492-497.
  • Tang, T.N., Toner, B.B., Dion, K.L., Kaplan, A., Stuckless, N. & Ali, A. (1998). Features of eating disorders in patients with irritable bowel syndrome. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 45(2), 171-178.
  • Pinhas, l., Toner, B.B., Ali, A., Garfinkel, P.E., & Stuckless, N. (1999). The effects of the ideal of female beauty on mood and body satisfaction. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 25(2), 223-226.
  • Ali, A., Oatley, K., & Toner, B.B. (1999). Emotional abuse as a precipitating factor for depression in women. Journal of Emotional Abuse, 1(4), 1-13.
  • Ali, A., Toner, B.B., Stuckless, N., Gallop, R. Diamant, N.E., Gould, M.I., & Vidins, E.I. (2000). Emotional abuse, self-blame and self-silencing in women with irritable bowel syndrome. Psychosomatic Medicine, 62(1), 76-82.
  • Ali, A. & Toner, B.B. (2001). Self-esteem as a predictor of attitudes toward wife abuse among Muslim women and men. Journal of Social Psychology, 141(1), 1-8.
  • Ali, A. (2001). Medical psychology in Canada. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings, 8(1), 15-20.
  • Ali, A. & Toner, B.B. (2001). Symptoms of depression among Caribbean women and Caribbean-Canadian women: An investigation of self-silencing and domains of meaning. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 25, 175-180.
  • Akman, D.E., Toner, B.B., Stuckless, N., Ali, A., Emmott, S.D. & Downie, F.P. (2001). Feminist issues in research methodology: The development of a cognitive scale. Feminism and Psychology: An International Journal, 11(2), 209-228.
  • Ali, A, & Toner, B.B. (2001). Emotional abuse in women. In The Encyclopedia of Women and Gender. J. Worell, Editor. New York: American Psychological Association and Academic Press.
  • Ali, A. (2002). The convergence of Foucault and feminist psychiatry: Exploring emancipatory knowledge-building. Journal of Gender Studies, 11(2), 233-242.
  • Ali, A., Oatley, K., & Toner, B.B. (2002). Life stress, self-silencing and domains of meaning in unipolar depression: An investigation of an outpatient sample of women. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 21(6), 669-685.
  • Ali, A. (2004). The intersection of racism and sexism in psychiatric diagnosis. In Bias in Psychiatric Diagnosis. P. Caplan & L. Cosgrove, Eds. New York: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
  • Ross, E., Ali, A., & Toner, B.B. (2003). Investigating issues surrounding depression in adolescent girls across Ontario: A participatory action research project. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, 22(1), 55-68.
  • Ali, A. & Toner, B.B. (2005). A cross-cultural investigation of emotional abuse among Caribbean women and Caribbean-Canadian women. Journal of Emotional Abuse, 5(1), 125-140.
  • Ali, A. (in press). Where is the voice of feminism in research on emotional abuse? Journal of Gender Studies.
  • Ali, A. (in press). Identity as contested space. Feminism and Psychology
  • Ali, A. (in press). A framework for emancipatory inquiry in psychology: Lessons from feminist methodology. Race, Gender, and Class.
  • Jack, D.C. & Ali, A. (under contract). Cultural Perspectives on Women's Depression: Self-Silencing, Psychological Distress, and Recovery. Oxford University Press.

Editorial Boards

  • Sex Roles, Consulting Editor
  • Journal of Emotional Abuse, Editorial Board Member
  • Psychology of Women Quarterly, Editorial Board Member