scholar of law, technoscience, and regulation
I am honored to have been named the 2018 Critical Criminologist of the Year by the American Society of Criminology. The Critical Criminologist of the Year … Continue Reading Critical Criminologist of the Year Award
My article in Sociology of Sport Journal, written with Madeleine Pape (University of Wisconsin-Madison), is now available online. The full text is available here. We … Continue Reading New Article in Sociology of Sport Journal
The first part of 2018 has flown by, and I have forgotten to post some things accepted for publication and in press for this year: … Continue Reading 2018 Publications
Blayne Haggart, Natasha Tusikov, and I have been working on developing an interdisciplinary discussion around the challenges of knowledge regulation in a data-driven world. We … Continue Reading Knowledge and Governance Workshop
My article in Journal of Risk Research, written with colleagues Dr. Vanessa McDermott and Dr. Jan Hayes (RMIT), is now available online ahead of print. … Continue Reading New Article in Journal of Risk Research
I am an interdisciplinary scholar and teacher who is interested in how biogovernance—that is, the governance of populations and individual humans through science and technology—informs everyday life.
I hold the Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Biogovernance, Law and Society at the University of Waterloo, where I am Assistant Professor of Sociology and Legal Studies and a fellow of the Balsillie School of International Affairs. I am also an Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) fellow and Associate Professor at RegNet, the School of Regulation and Global Governance at the Australian National University, and Co-Chair of the Law and Society Association Collaborative Research Network on Ethnography, Law and Society.
My work examines intersections between inequality, social control, science, and technology, particularly how they contribute to understandings of human bodies and how they are governed. My research and publications span topics related to biometric surveillance, practices of policing, and the regulation of drugs, human enhancement, and sport-related activity. My teaching reflects this range: I have taught courses on social theory, law and society, gender studies, sociology of deviance, surveillance, and sociology of sport.
