HERSTORY on RTRFM: Professor Samina Yasmeen AM

Born in Pakistan, Professor of Political Sciences and commentator on Muslim identities, Samina Yasmeen has achieved many accolades in her work representing Muslim voices in Western cultures.

Growing up with a family who offered her the same academic opportunities as her brothers, Yasmeen says she felt her upbringing was progressive for the time. She moved to Australia at age 22 to study at Australian National University before eventually teaching at the University of Western Australia as a professor in 1988 where she would later meet her husband James Trevelyan (UWA Lecturer of Engineering), a Christian man.

Professor Yasmeen has received grant opportunities to further her research on the social inclusion of Muslims. In 2014 she was acknowledged in the Queen’s Birthday Honour List, she was recognised in 2011 with the Sir Ronald Wilson Leadership Award in the 39th annual WA Citizen of the Year Awards and is a fellow of the Australian Institute of International Affairs 2012.

Samina Yasmeen was inducted in the Western Australia Women’s Hall of Fame in 2012.

In this episode of HERSTORY on RTRFM, Samina Yasmeen speaks to Taylah Strano about love, faith, family and academia.

HERSTORY is an RTRFM podcast series about some of the remarkable women in the Western Australian Hall of Fame.

Join us as we shine a light on the lives and careers of women who have demolished barriers, lived incredible lives, and built a legacy of possibility for the girls and young women who follow in their footsteps.

Produced with the assistance of the Community Broadcasting Foundation. Find out more at www.cbf.org.au.