Alfiya Battalova is an Assistant Professor in Justice Studies, School of Humanitarian Studies at Royal Roads University. Alfiya Battalova is a qualitative researcher and Credentialed Evaluator whose work spans disability advocacy, municipal accessibility policy, and community engagement. She holds a PhD in Disability Studies from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Battalova's research traces how structural arrangements shape the lives of disabled people, from the adequacy of federal income policy and the role of municipal advisory committees in local policymaking, to community resilience during crises and the experiences of disability movements in post-Socialist contexts. Across these areas, she brings a consistent critical disability studies lens that centers the voices of disabled people and interrogates the gap between policy intent and lived reality. Her work spans qualitative inquiry, program evaluation, and community-engaged methods, and has been developed in close partnership with disability organizations, municipalities, and grassroots advocates across Canada and internationally.