Our People
Faculty contributing to the Law and Society Program are scholars engaged in interdisciplinary teaching and research from a range of disciplines, including business, history, legal theory, philosophy, political science, and sociology.
Dr. Erin Crandall
LAWS 3003 Approaches to Law and Society (Winter 2025)
Dr. Natalie Ghosn
LAWS 1003 Introduction to Law and Society (Summer 2024)
Dr. Marc Ramsay
LAWS 2003 Theories of Law and Justice (Fall 2024 & Winter 2025)
Dr. Jeffrey Sachs
LAWS 1003 Introduction to Law and Society (Fall 2024)
Dr. Kate Ashley
Associate Professor, Centre for Interdisciplinary and Language Programs; VP Academic Interim
Research and Teaching Interests: Education Law; Language Law; Labour and Employment Law; Human Rights; Dispute Resolution.
Mike Beazley
Academic Librarian for Law and Society
Email: mike.beazley@acadiau.ca
Dr. Alice Cohen
Professor, Earth and Environmental Science
Research and Teaching Interests: Environmental Geography, Environmental Policy and Politics, Legal Issues in Environmental Science
Dr. Erin Crandall
Coordinator, Law and Society Program; Associate Professor, Department of Politics
Research and Teaching Interests: Canadian law and politics; constitutionalism; judicial appointments; election law; gender and law
Dr. Kelly Dye
Professor, Manning School of Business Administration
Research and Teaching Interests: Gender and Diversity, Employment Law, Financial Inclusion, Human Rights Law
Dr. Stephen Henderson
Professor, Department of History and Classics
Research and Teaching Interests: Canadian History, History of Law and Punishment in Canada
Dr. Emily Lockhart
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology
Research and Teaching Interests: Gender and Sexuality, Sexual Citizenship, Critical Youth Studies, Feminist and Critical Legal Theory, Social Justice, Digital Technology and Communication Studies
Dr. Jennifer MacDonald
Associate Professor, Department of History and Classics
Research and Teaching Interests: Medieval Europe, Medieval law and society, history of material culture
Dr. Marc Ramsay
Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy
Research and Teaching Interests: Ethics and Philosophy of Law, Constitutional Rights and Judicial Review, Children's Rights, Philosophical Issues in Private Law, Theories of Equality
Dr. Jeffrey Sachs
Instructor, Department of Politics & Department of History and Classics
Research and Teaching Interests: Islam and Politics, Judicial Politics, International Law, Academic Freedom
Dr. James Sedgwick
Associate Professor, Department of History and Classics
Research and Teaching Interests: Genocide and Justice, Modern East Asia History, History of Medicine