Assistant Professor
Program Director
- PhD - Political Science - University of California at Santa Barbara
(Fields: American Politics, Religion & Politics) - MA - Political Science - University of California at Santa Barbara
- MA - Political Science - Georgia State University
(Fields: American Politics, Public Law) - BA - Political Science - Purdue University
(Minors: Jewish Studies, English Literature)
Dr. Sriram is an expert on refugee resettlement and loves to research, teach, and explain the intricacies of American politics and policies. He considers three places home: Chicago, Atlanta, and Hercules (CA). He loves mentoring and co-authoring articles with his students and is always looking for future researchers! Although raised in a Hindu family, Dr. Sriram converted to Islam in 2006. Dr. Sriram has established himself at Canisius as a faculty member who deeply cares about social justice, and an emphasis on applied and practical knowledge. He started two student organizations: the Muslim Students Association (2023 – 2024 Rookie Club of the Year) and Every Campus a Refuge.
Read more about Dr. Sriram’s Mission in Curriculum Project at Canisius to get a feel for his teaching philosophy.
Publications
Sriram, Shyam K. 2026 (In Progress). The Other Kennedy: Exploring JFK’s Contributions to American Refugee Policy.
Sriram, Shyam K. 2024 (Forthcoming). An Introduction to Refugee Resettlement in the United States. Solano Beach, CA: Cognella Academic Publishing.
Sriram, Shyam K. 2024. “New Data Shows Many Americans Share Donald Trump’s Anti-Immigration Views.” United States Politics and Policy Blog (London School of Economics), February 13.
Paarlberg, Afshaan, Ronia Hawash, and Shyam K. Sriram. 2023. “Dimensions of Accountability: Competing Expectations between Rohingya Refugees and NGOs in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh,” VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations.
Visalvanich, Neil and Shyam K. Sriram. 2023. “Imperative Patriotism and Minority Candidacies: Examining the Role of Military Status in Racial Evaluations of South Asian Candidates,” Political Research Quarterly, 76 (1): 44 – 59
Sriram, Shyam K. and Raziya Hillery. 2023. “Teaching Politics through the Mind of Philip Roth: A 2020 Case Study,” The Political Science Educator, 27 (1): 92 – 95.
Sriram, Shyam K., Chloe McCarthy, and Analee DeGlopper. 2023. “Nativism and Islamophobia Might Explain Why Some Asian Pacific Americans Have Anti-Refugee Attitudes.” US Politics and Policy Blog, London School of Economics, July 28.
Sriram, Shyam K., Giuliano Espino, Ida Segmüller, Bree Kruszka, and Leah Rozbicki. 2023.“Political Culture May Be Why Wyoming is the Only State Not to Resettle Refugees,” United States Politics and Policy Blog, London School of Economics, July 3.
Sriram, Shyam K., Shayna Pekala, and Stephanie Plowman. 2022. “Inspiring Asian American Awareness through Archival Research.” College & Research Library News, 83 (10): 427 – 431.
Sriram, Shyam K. 2020. “The Hierarchical Integration Model of Refugee Resettlement,” Journal of Political Science, 48 (1): 7 – 29.
Sriram, Shyam K. 2019. “Integration Distress and Acculturative Stress: The Resettlement Challenges of Bhutanese Refugees in the United States,” South Asian Diaspora, 12 (1): 93 – 108.
Nasif, Noelle, Shyam K. Sriram, and Eric R.A.N. Smith. 2018. “Racial Exclusion and Death Penalty Juries: A Big Problem that will Only Get Bigger,” Kansas Journal of Law & Public Policy, 27: 147 – 165.