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Faculty & Research

 

Erick Laming 

 Assistant Professor 
 B.A. Hons, M.A. (Carleton), Ph.D. (Toronto)  

 Otonabee College 225
 ericklaming@trentu.ca  

 

Research interests: 

  • Policing
  • Police use of force
  • Police oversight and accountability
  • Corrections
  • Criminal justice policy and reform
  • Comparative criminal justice
  • Race and the criminal justice system

Stephanie Ehret

 Assistant Professor 
 Hon.B.A. (Toronto), M.A. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Ottawa)   

 Otonabee College 228
 stephanieehret@trentu.ca

 

Research interests:    

  • Gendered violence 
  • Intimate partner violence  
  • Autism, disability, and justice 
  • Social (extra-legal) anti-violence interventions 
  • Policy 

 Elizabeth Torrens

 Assistant Professor, Sociology

  B.A., M.A., Ph.D (Western University)

  Otonabee College 223, ext. 7822, elizabethtorrens@trentu.ca

Research interests:

  • Gender and sexuality
  • Bullying
  • Education
  • Social control and deviance

Black woman smiling Beatrice Anane-Bediakoh (She/Her)

 Senior Lecturer, Sociology & Criminology
 B.A. (Hon) (Wilfrid Laurier University), M.Ed. (University of Toronto), Ph.D, ABD. (York University)
 Durham Campus, B334, Ext. 5257
 Bananebediakoh@trentu.ca

Research interests:    

  • Black Studies
  • Critical Criminology/Carceral Logics
  • Sociology of Race and Racism; Racialization
  • Community-Engaged Research
  • Black Geographies

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Kadija Osei

Tenure Track Lecturer, Sociology

B.Sc. Hons (University of Toronto), M.A (University of Toronto), Ph.D, ABD. (University of Toronto)

Otonabee College 225, kadijaosei@trentu.ca 

 

 

 

Research interests:

  • Critical Criminology

  • Corrections/Carceral Studies

  • Black Canadian Studies

  • Policing 

  • Criminal Justice Policy and Reform

  • Race and the Criminal Justice System

  • Community-Engaged Research


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 Mandi Gray

 Assistant Professor

  B.A. (Hon) (University of Winnipeg)., M.A., Ph.D., (York University)
 Otonabee College 228, ext. 7430

  mandigray@trentu.ca
 

Research interests:

  • Structural violence and resistance
  • Inquests and inquiries
  • Institutional and government responses to sexual violence
  • Indigenous health data sovereignty

Faculty & Research

  • Erick Laming
  • Elizabeth Torrens
  • Stephanie Ehret
  • Beatrice Anane-Bediakoh
  • Kadija Osei
  • Mandi Gray
  • Kristy Buccieri
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