Teresa Hill

Adjunct Professor

Teresa Hill, PhD, is an equity-driven researcher and educator with goals of advancing inclusive, community-based research in Niagara and beyond. Her academic training and research program encompasses an interdisciplinary approach, drawing on the fields of sociology of sport, child and youth studies, public health, leisure, cultural geography, feminist, and spatial studies. Teresa’s work is grounded in ethical, anti-oppressive, and community-engaged research that centers the lived experiences of equity-owed populations, particularly children and youth affected by poverty, homelessness, and systemic marginalization.

  • Qualitative methodologies
  • Community-based research
  • Intersectionalities of marginalization
  • Poverty and homelessness
  • Youth sport
  • Social determinants of health and wellbeing