Kevin Walby
Professor and Chancellor’s Research Chair
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Department:
Criminal Justice
Fields:
- Architecture
- Canada
- Crime and Criminology
- Death / Dying
- Ethics
- Government / Democratic Institutions
- Journalism / Media Studies
- Justice
- Law
- Pop Culture
- Technology
- Urban Geography
- Urban Planning / Community Planning
Areas of Expertise:
- Crime
- Criminological Theory
- Ethnography
- Imprisonment
- Interviews
- Law
- Narrative
- Police
- Punishment
- Security
- Qualitative Methods
- Social Control
- Urban Studies
Languages Spoken:
- English
Available To:
- Appear on radio or TV
- Appear as a public speaker
- Provide comment to media
- Write articles
- Discuss research with industry, government, and others
About:
Kevin Walby is the Chancellor’s Research Chair and an Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at Â鶹´«Ã½. He completed his doctoral dissertation at Carleton University and held teaching positions at the University of Victoria and the University of Toronto, prior to coming to Winnipeg. His research interests include: policing, security, surveillance; representations of crime and criminality; access to information and freedom of information law; sex work, sexuality, and emotional labour; and urban studies.
He has published over 80 peer-reviewed journal articles and is the author of Touching Encounters: Sex, Work, and Male-for-Male Internet Escorting and is co-author of Municipal Corporate Security in International Context. He is also co-editor of many books and publications including Emotions Matter: a Relational Approach to Emotions; Brokering Access: Power, Politics, and Freedom of Information Process in Canada and Policing Cities: Urban Securitization and Regulation in the 21st Century.
Media and Research Expert