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Allyson M Lunny

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Department of Social Science

Associate Professor
Law & Society (LASO)

Office: 730 Ross Building South
Phone: 416 736 2100 Ext: 44097
Email: alunny@yorku.ca

Accepting New Graduate Students

Degrees

Ph.D. (Criminology), University of Toronto
M.A. (English Lit), University of Western Ontario
M.A. (Theory and Criticism), University of Western Ontario
B.A. (Semiotics), University of Toronto

Appointments

Faculty of Graduate Studies

Professional Leadership

Appointed Endowed Chair, Criminology & Criminal Justice, St. Thomas University (N.B.) for Fall 2021

Research Interests

Sexuality , Law and Justice, Hate Crime/ Hate Speech, Critical Psychoanalysis, Representation & Law, Law & Sexuality; Hate Crime
Books

Publication
Year

Lunny, Allyson M. (2017). Debating Hate Crime: Language, Legislatures, and the Law in Canada, UBC Press.

2017

Journal Articles

Publication
Year

Lunny, Allyson M. (2021). "Hate Speech, Media, and Canadian Federal Law." Sociology of Crime, Law and Deviance 26: 133-149.

2021

Lunny, Allyson M. (2013) "'Look, a faggot!': The Scopic Economies of Cruising, Queer Bashing, and Law" Social and Legal Studies 22.2: 231-245.

2013

Lunny, Allyson M. (2003). “Provocation and ‘Homosexual’ Advance: Masculinized Subjects as Threat, Masculinized Subjects Under Threat,” Social & Legal Studies 12.3: 311-333.

2003

Lunny, Allyson M. (1999). “Heimlich Maneuvers: Freud’s Analytic Seduction of the Wolf Man,” GLQ: Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, 5.1: 41-62.

1999

Research Reports

Publication
Year

Lunny, Allyson M. (2021). "Why is it so hard to prosecute hate speech?" Justice Report, 36.1: 16-19.

2021

Public Lectures

Publication
Year

St Thomas University Annual Endowed Chair in Criminology & Criminal Justice Symposium

2021

“Hate crime and hate speech in Canada,” Safe City Mississauga’s 9th Annual Crime Prevention Conference, Nov. 26, 2019.

2019

Lunny, Allyson. “Understanding Hate Crime in Canada,” presented to City of Hamilton senior leadership, Oct. 25, 2019.

2019

Approach to Teaching


My approach to teaching may be characterized as a questioning and critical engagement with law and sexuality, and law and representation. My research, writing and pedagogy utilizes theoretical and methodological aspects of critical psychoanalysis, discursive theory and semiotics, and affect theory.


Current Courses

Term Course Number Section Title Type
Fall 2024 AP/SOSC3357 3.0 A Hate Crime & Hate Speech SEMR
Fall/Winter 2024 AP/SOSC4353 6.0 A Narratives of Legal Responsibility SEMR


Upcoming Courses

Term Course Number Section Title Type
Fall/Winter 2024 AP/SOSC4353 6.0 A Narratives of Legal Responsibility SEMR
Winter 2025 GS/SLST6013 3.0 M Hate Crime and Hate Speech SEMR

Degrees

Ph.D. (Criminology), University of Toronto
M.A. (English Lit), University of Western Ontario
M.A. (Theory and Criticism), University of Western Ontario
B.A. (Semiotics), University of Toronto

Appointments

Faculty of Graduate Studies

Professional Leadership

Appointed Endowed Chair, Criminology & Criminal Justice, St. Thomas University (N.B.) for Fall 2021

Research Interests

Sexuality , Law and Justice, Hate Crime/ Hate Speech, Critical Psychoanalysis, Representation & Law, Law & Sexuality; Hate Crime

All Publications


Books

Publication
Year

Lunny, Allyson M. (2017). Debating Hate Crime: Language, Legislatures, and the Law in Canada, UBC Press.

2017

Journal Articles

Publication
Year

Lunny, Allyson M. (2021). "Hate Speech, Media, and Canadian Federal Law." Sociology of Crime, Law and Deviance 26: 133-149.

2021

Lunny, Allyson M. (2013) "'Look, a faggot!': The Scopic Economies of Cruising, Queer Bashing, and Law" Social and Legal Studies 22.2: 231-245.

2013

Lunny, Allyson M. (2003). “Provocation and ‘Homosexual’ Advance: Masculinized Subjects as Threat, Masculinized Subjects Under Threat,” Social & Legal Studies 12.3: 311-333.

2003

Lunny, Allyson M. (1999). “Heimlich Maneuvers: Freud’s Analytic Seduction of the Wolf Man,” GLQ: Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, 5.1: 41-62.

1999

Research Reports

Publication
Year

Lunny, Allyson M. (2021). "Why is it so hard to prosecute hate speech?" Justice Report, 36.1: 16-19.

2021

Public Lectures

Publication
Year

St Thomas University Annual Endowed Chair in Criminology & Criminal Justice Symposium

2021

“Hate crime and hate speech in Canada,” Safe City Mississauga’s 9th Annual Crime Prevention Conference, Nov. 26, 2019.

2019

Lunny, Allyson. “Understanding Hate Crime in Canada,” presented to City of Hamilton senior leadership, Oct. 25, 2019.

2019

Approach to Teaching


My approach to teaching may be characterized as a questioning and critical engagement with law and sexuality, and law and representation. My research, writing and pedagogy utilizes theoretical and methodological aspects of critical psychoanalysis, discursive theory and semiotics, and affect theory.


Current Courses

Term Course Number Section Title Type
Fall 2024 AP/SOSC3357 3.0 A Hate Crime & Hate Speech SEMR
Fall/Winter 2024 AP/SOSC4353 6.0 A Narratives of Legal Responsibility SEMR


Upcoming Courses

Term Course Number Section Title Type
Fall/Winter 2024 AP/SOSC4353 6.0 A Narratives of Legal Responsibility SEMR
Winter 2025 GS/SLST6013 3.0 M Hate Crime and Hate Speech SEMR