Acadia ALERT - Campus Closed (Weather)

Today, Tuesday, January 27, 2026, Acadia University will remain closed, with the exception of residences and Wheelock Dining Hall, due to the current campus and travel conditions. Wheelock Dining Hall may adjust their hours and any change in hours will be communicated through Residence Life.

Employees and students are not expected to come to campus and only employees deemed essential are required to report to work. Non-essential employees are not expected to work during the closure. Any events scheduled for today will be postponed or cancelled.

Updates will be posted on www.acadiau.ca and pre-recorded on Acadia’s Information Line: 902-585-4636 (585-INFO) and on 585 phone system voicemail. If you need emergency-related information, please contact the Department of Safety and Security by dialing 88 on all 585-phone systems, or by calling 902-585-1103.

If you have any questions, please contact:

Acadia University

Department of Safety & Security

902-585-1103

security@acadiau.ca

(Tuesday January 27, 2026 @ 9:42 am)

Dr. Emily Lockhart

Assistant Professor

Office: BAC 303
Phone: 902-585-1479
Email: emily.lockhart@acadiau.ca

Education

PhD (York University)
MA (University of New Brunswick)
BA (University of New Brunswick)

Research/Teaching Interests

  • Gender and Sexuality
  • Sexual Citizenship
  • Critical Youth Studies
  • Feminist and Critical Legal Theory
  • Social Justice
  • Digital Technology and Communication Studies
  • Sociology of Law
  • Critical Criminology

Teaching (2025-2026)

  • LAWS 1003: Introduction to Law and Society
  • LAWS 2003: Theories of Law and Society
  • LAWS 3013: Justice in the Spotlight: Law, Society, and High-Profile Trials
  • LAWS 4003: Issues in Law and Society

 

Selected Publications

Articles
Alexa Dodge and Emily Lockhart. 2022. “‘Young People Just Resolve It in Their Own Group’: Young People’s Perspectives on Responses to Non-Consensual Intimate Image Distribution.” Youth Justice 22, no. 3: 304–319.

Katrin Roots and Emily Lockhart. 2021. “To Protect and Responsibilize: The Discursive Explosion of Combining Youth Sexuality, Human Trafficking, and Online Spaces.” Canadian Journal of Women and the Law 33, no. 1: 58–83.

Annie Bunting, Heather Tasker, and Emily Lockhart. 2021. “Women’s Lawmaking and Contestations of ‘Marriage’ in African Conflict Situations.” Law & Society Review 55: 614–633.

Book Chapters
Emily Lockhart. Forthcoming. “Reporting Non-Consensual Intimate Image Distribution: Girls’ Legal Consciousness and Hesitancy to Invoke Criminal Law.” In Youth Girls' Positionalities at the Intersection of Identity and Violence, edited by C. Chapdelaine-Feliciati. Cham: Springer.

Emily Lockhart, Katrin Roots, and Heather Tasker. 2023. “Law, Gendered Violence, and Justice: Critically Engaging #MeToo.” In Violence, Imagination, and Resistance: Socio-Legal Interrogations of Power, edited by Mariful Alam, Patrick Dwyer, and Katrin Roots. Athabasca, AB: Athabasca University Press.