Our Faculty
Faculty contributing to the Law and Society Program are scholars engaged in interdisciplinary teaching and research from a range of disciplines, including business, criminology, economics, history, legal theory, philosophy, political science, and sociology.
Dr. Natalie Ghosn
LAWS 1003 Introduction to Law and Society (Summer 2025)
Dr. Emily Lockhart
LAWS 1003 Introduction to Law and Society (Fall 2025), LAWS 2003 Theories of Law and Justice (Winter 2026), LAWS 3013 Justice in the Spotlight: Law, Society, and High-Profile Trials (Winter 2026), LAWS 4003 Issues in Law and Society (Fall 2025)
Dr. Marc Ramsay
LAWS 2003 Theories of Law and Justice (Fall 2025)
Dr. Jeffrey Sachs
LAWS 1013 Introduction to Law and Society for Majors (Winter 2026)
Dr. Johannes Wheeldon
LAWS 1003 & 1013 Introduction to Law and Society (Fall 2025 & Winter 2026), LAWS 3003 Approaches to Law and Society (Fall 2025), LAWS 3013 Law, Society, and Cannabis (Winter 2026), LAWS 4003 Issues in Law and Society (Winter 2026)
Kate Ashley
Associate Professor, Centre for Interdisciplinary and Language Programs
Research and Teaching Interests: Education Law; Language Law; Labour and Employment Law; Human Rights; Dispute Resolution.
Mike Beazley
Academic Librarian for Law and Society
Mariah Cooper
Teaching Affiliate, Department of History and Classics & Women's and Gender Studies Program
Research Interests: Medieval History, Gender and Legal History, Medieval Criminality and Victimology
Erin Crandall
Coordinator, Law and Society Program; Professor, Department of Politics
Research and Teaching Interests: Canadian law and politics; constitutionalism; judicial appointments; election law; gender and law
Kelly Dye
Professor, Manning School of Business Administration
Research and Teaching Interests: Gender and Diversity, Employment Law, Financial Inclusion, Human Rights Law
Emily Lockhart
Assistant Professor, Law and Society Program
Research and Teaching Interests: Gender and Sexuality, Sexual Citizenship, Critical Youth Studies, Feminist and Critical Legal Theory, Social Justice, Digital Technology and Communication Studies
Jennifer MacDonald
Associate Professor, Department of History and Classics
Research and Teaching Interests: Medieval Europe, Medieval law and society, history of material culture
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
Jeffrey Sachs
Instructor, Department of Politics & Department of History and Classics
Research and Teaching Interests: Islam and Politics, Judicial Politics, International Law, Academic Freedom
Allison Smith
Adjunct Professor, Law and Society Program
Research and Teaching Interests: Human rights law, 2SLGBTQIA+ rights and inclusion, Sexual violence, consent, and the law, Social justice, Dispute resolution
Johannes Wheeldon
Assistant Professor, Law and Society Program
Research and Teaching Interests: Canadian Criminal Justice, Philosophy of Law, Drugs and Society, Visual Research and Methods
Barry Watson
Associate Professor, Department of Economics
Research and Teaching Interests: Health Economics, Labour Economics, Applied Economics, Well Being