Dawn Rault

Lecturer
Criminology

BIOGRAPHY

Dawn Rault, PhD, is a Lecturer in the School of Criminology at Simon Fraser University.  Prior to joining Simon Fraser University, she taught in the Law and Society program at the University of Calgary and the Justice Studies program at Mount Royal University. Her current teaching focusses on supporting undergraduate leaners navigate the complexities of the Canadian criminal justice system with care and compassion.

She earned her doctorate in Population and Public Health from the University of Calgary as a member of the human-animal studies and one-health promotion team in the Cumming School of Medicine. Her current research examines the work of officers who enforce animal laws and novel approaches to promoting health in multi-species families, communities and publics. She is interested in how animals are woven into our social and legal systems.

AREAS OF INTEREST

Animal law; law enforcement; population and public health; qualitative research methods, community based and participatory research; social justice.

 

EDUCATION

  • BA (UFV)
  • MA (RRU)
  • PhD (U of C)

Note for potential undergraduate honours and graduate students:

SFU teaching faculty cannot supervise graduate students, but I am open to supporting undergraduate honours students.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

  • Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program-International Instructor Training Institute
  • Law Enforcement Training Day Coordinator-Humane Canada’s Summit for Animals

RECENTLY TAUGHT COURSES

  • CRIM 101-Introduction to Criminology
  • CRIM 104-Sociological Explanations of Criminal and Deviant Behaviour
  • CRIM 131-Introduction to the Criminal Justice System
  • CRIM 300w-Current theories and perspectives in Criminology
  • CRIM 318-Special Topics in Criminology: Animals, Law and Society
  • CRIM 321-Qualitative Research Methods in Criminology