aedwin@brocku.ca
Asha Edwin is an interdisciplinary researcher and doctoral candidate at Brock University. A Black feminist scholar who approaches theory as praxis, her research and creative practice span embodiment, leisure, sport, culture, aesthetics, and visual media, including photography and video. Grounded in a commitment to collective liberation and embodied experience, her work explores Black women鈥檚 wellness and expansive orientations toward pleasure. Asha is also a certified yoga teacher and the founder and executive director of scholHER, an initiative dedicated to intergenerational mentorship and leadership, academic and creative education, scholarship, and community-based impact. She is also the founder and lead researcher of Body is Home, a multidisciplinary project that explores what it means to be at home in our bodies.