Emily van der Meulen
Professor Faculty of Arts Department of Criminology Toronto, Ontario evdm@torontomu.ca
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Dr. Emily van der Meulen is a Professor in the Department of Criminology at TMU. Her areas of expertise include feminist and critical criminology, community-based and participatory methodologies, gendered surveillance studies, prison health and harm reduction, and the criminalization and stigmati...
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Dr. Emily van der Meulen is a Professor in the Department of Criminology at TMU. Her areas of expertise include feminist and critical criminology, community-based and participatory methodologies, gendered surveillance studies, prison health and harm reduction, and the criminalization and stigmatization of sex work. Some of her past projects have included an evaluation of the Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act, which offers some legal protections for people who call 911 to report an overdose, and a multi-phase undertaking on the need for effective carceral syringe distribution programs, which recently included an examination of the current federal prison needle exchange. Among her current undertakings is a study on the ways in which anti-trafficking policy is made and shaped through narratives of white saviourhood and fantasies of ‘rescue,’ and another that traces how biometric technologies can reinforce existing embodied inequities, especially with regard to race, gender, and disability. She received TMU's Faculty of Arts Scholarly, Research, and Creative Activity Award in 2013, 2019, and 2022.
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