Carmela Murdocca
Professor
York Research Chair in Reparative and Racial Justice
Office: Vari Hall, 2100
Phone: (416) 736-2100 Ext: 77992
Email: murdocca@yorku.ca
Secondary website: Collaborative for Racial Justice
Dr. Carmela Murdocca is the York Research Chair in Reparative and Racial Justice and Professor in the Department of Sociology at York University. She is appointed to graduate programs in Sociology, Socio-Legal Studies, and Social and Political Thought. Her research examines the intersections of racialization, criminalization and the social and legal politics of repair, redress and reparations. She is a Senior Fellow at Massey College, University of Toronto. She has been a Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Fellow at the Center for the Study of Law and Culture at the School of Law and the Center for Ethnicity and Race at Columbia University. Her research has been supported by the Social Science Research and Humanities Council of Canada, a Dean’s Award for Research Distinction in Social Justice Research and the Law Commission of Canada.
Brock, D., Glasbeek, A., Murdocca, C., eds. Criminalization, Representation, Regulation. University of Toronto Press, 2014.
Murdocca, C. To Right Historical Wrongs: Race, Gender, and Sentencing in Canada. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2013.
Murdocca, C. “Race, Indigeneity and Feminism.” In Feminist Issues: Race, Class, Sexuality. 6th edition, Nancy Mandel, Jennifer Johnson, eds. Toronto: Nelson, 2016, p.35-61.
Murdocca, C. “Racialization, Criminalization, Representation.” Murdocca C. with D. Brock, A. Glasbeek, eds. Criminalization, Representation, Regulation University of Toronto Press, 2014, p.107-132.
Murdocca, C. “Michel Foucault: Theories and Method.” Murdocca C. with D. Brock, A. Glasbeek , eds. Criminalization, Representation, Regulation. University of Toronto Press, 2014, p.5-28.
Murdocca, C., “Pursuing National Responsibility in a post-9/11 World: Seeking Asylum in Canada for Gender Persecution” Not Born A Refugee Woman: Contesting Identities, Rethinking Practices, Maroussia Hajdukowski-Ahmed, Nazilla Khanlou and Helene Moussa, eds. Oxford and New York: Berghahn Books and Refugee and Forced Migration Studies, 2008, 254-263.
Murdocca, C. “National Responsibility and Systemic Racism in Criminal Sentencing: The Case of R. v. Hamilton.” The Place of Justice, Nicholas Blomley and Sean Robertson, eds. Vancouver: Fernwood Publishing, 2006, 67-94.
Murdocca, C. “Her Home.ca: Feminist Postings Online.” Turbo Chicks: Talking Young Feminism, Lisa Bryn Rundle, Lara Karain, eds. Toronto: Sumach Press, 2001, p.213-220.
Murdocca, C., Review of Let Right Be Done: Aboriginal Title, the Calder Case, and the Future of Indigenous Rights, by Hamar Foster, Heather Raven and Jeremy Webber, eds. Vancouver, UBC Press, 2007. Law and Politics Review 18, 7, 2008, p.574-578.
Murdocca, C., Review of Challenging Diversity: Rethinking Equality and the Value of Difference, Davina Cooper (London: Cambridge University Press, 2004) Resources for Feminist Research, 2007, p.1021-1022.
Murdocca, C., Review of Rethinking Law, Society and Governance: Foucault’s Bequest. George Pavlich and Gary Wickham (eds.). Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice, 2003, http://www.ccja-acjp.ca/en/cjcr38.html
Murdocca, C., Review of Multicultural States: Rethinking Difference and Identity in Fuse, 23, 2 (2000), p.47-48.
Murdocca, C. “Understanding Gladue from the Perspective of Indigenous People.” Criminal
Law Quarterly 69, 3 (2021), p.377-401.
Murdocca, C. “Ethics of Accountability: Gladue, racial carceral violence and the limits of reparative justice” Canadian Journal of Women and the Law 30, 2 (2018), p.522-542.
Murdocca, C. “Visual Legalities of Race and Reparations,” Canadian Journal of Law and Society 29, 2 (2014), p.219-234.
Murdocca, C. “Persistence and Memorialization: Self-Harm and Suicide in Reparation Politics in Canada,” Australian Feminist Law Journal 38, 2 (2013), p. 93-107.
Murdocca, C. “‘A Matter of Time and a Matter of Place’: Colonial Inquiries and the Politics of Testimony,” Law, Culture and the Humanities (2013), p.1-23.
Murdocca, C. “‘There is Something in that Water:’ Race, Nationalism and Legal Violence,” Law and Social Inquiry 35, 2 (2010): 369-402.
Murdocca, C. “From Incarceration to Restoration: National Responsibility, Gender and the Production of Difference,” Social and Legal Studies 18, 1 (2009): 23-45.
Murdocca, C., “The Racial Profile: Governing Race through Knowledge Production,” Canadian Journal of Law and Society 19, 1 (2004): 153-167.
Murdocca, C., “When Ebola Came to Canada: Race and the Making of the Respectable Body,” Atlantis: A Women’s Studies Journal, 27, 2 (2003): 24-31.
Current Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall/Winter 2024 | AP/SOCI3450 6.0 | A | The Sociology of Race and Racism | LECT |
Upcoming Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall/Winter 2024 | AP/SOCI3450 6.0 | A | The Sociology of Race and Racism | LECT |
Dr. Carmela Murdocca is the York Research Chair in Reparative and Racial Justice and Professor in the Department of Sociology at York University. She is appointed to graduate programs in Sociology, Socio-Legal Studies, and Social and Political Thought. Her research examines the intersections of racialization, criminalization and the social and legal politics of repair, redress and reparations. She is a Senior Fellow at Massey College, University of Toronto. She has been a Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Fellow at the Center for the Study of Law and Culture at the School of Law and the Center for Ethnicity and Race at Columbia University. Her research has been supported by the Social Science Research and Humanities Council of Canada, a Dean’s Award for Research Distinction in Social Justice Research and the Law Commission of Canada.
All Publications
Murdocca, C. “Race, Indigeneity and Feminism.” In Feminist Issues: Race, Class, Sexuality. 6th edition, Nancy Mandel, Jennifer Johnson, eds. Toronto: Nelson, 2016, p.35-61.
Murdocca, C. “Racialization, Criminalization, Representation.” Murdocca C. with D. Brock, A. Glasbeek, eds. Criminalization, Representation, Regulation University of Toronto Press, 2014, p.107-132.
Murdocca, C. “Michel Foucault: Theories and Method.” Murdocca C. with D. Brock, A. Glasbeek , eds. Criminalization, Representation, Regulation. University of Toronto Press, 2014, p.5-28.
Murdocca, C., “Pursuing National Responsibility in a post-9/11 World: Seeking Asylum in Canada for Gender Persecution” Not Born A Refugee Woman: Contesting Identities, Rethinking Practices, Maroussia Hajdukowski-Ahmed, Nazilla Khanlou and Helene Moussa, eds. Oxford and New York: Berghahn Books and Refugee and Forced Migration Studies, 2008, 254-263.
Murdocca, C. “National Responsibility and Systemic Racism in Criminal Sentencing: The Case of R. v. Hamilton.” The Place of Justice, Nicholas Blomley and Sean Robertson, eds. Vancouver: Fernwood Publishing, 2006, 67-94.
Murdocca, C. “Her Home.ca: Feminist Postings Online.” Turbo Chicks: Talking Young Feminism, Lisa Bryn Rundle, Lara Karain, eds. Toronto: Sumach Press, 2001, p.213-220.
Murdocca, C., Review of Let Right Be Done: Aboriginal Title, the Calder Case, and the Future of Indigenous Rights, by Hamar Foster, Heather Raven and Jeremy Webber, eds. Vancouver, UBC Press, 2007. Law and Politics Review 18, 7, 2008, p.574-578.
Murdocca, C., Review of Challenging Diversity: Rethinking Equality and the Value of Difference, Davina Cooper (London: Cambridge University Press, 2004) Resources for Feminist Research, 2007, p.1021-1022.
Murdocca, C., Review of Rethinking Law, Society and Governance: Foucault’s Bequest. George Pavlich and Gary Wickham (eds.). Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice, 2003, http://www.ccja-acjp.ca/en/cjcr38.html
Murdocca, C., Review of Multicultural States: Rethinking Difference and Identity in Fuse, 23, 2 (2000), p.47-48.
Brock, D., Glasbeek, A., Murdocca, C., eds. Criminalization, Representation, Regulation. University of Toronto Press, 2014.
Murdocca, C. To Right Historical Wrongs: Race, Gender, and Sentencing in Canada. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2013.
Murdocca, C. “Understanding Gladue from the Perspective of Indigenous People.” Criminal
Law Quarterly 69, 3 (2021), p.377-401.
Murdocca, C. “Ethics of Accountability: Gladue, racial carceral violence and the limits of reparative justice” Canadian Journal of Women and the Law 30, 2 (2018), p.522-542.
Murdocca, C. “Visual Legalities of Race and Reparations,” Canadian Journal of Law and Society 29, 2 (2014), p.219-234.
Murdocca, C. “Persistence and Memorialization: Self-Harm and Suicide in Reparation Politics in Canada,” Australian Feminist Law Journal 38, 2 (2013), p. 93-107.
Murdocca, C. “‘A Matter of Time and a Matter of Place’: Colonial Inquiries and the Politics of Testimony,” Law, Culture and the Humanities (2013), p.1-23.
Murdocca, C. “‘There is Something in that Water:’ Race, Nationalism and Legal Violence,” Law and Social Inquiry 35, 2 (2010): 369-402.
Murdocca, C. “From Incarceration to Restoration: National Responsibility, Gender and the Production of Difference,” Social and Legal Studies 18, 1 (2009): 23-45.
Murdocca, C., “The Racial Profile: Governing Race through Knowledge Production,” Canadian Journal of Law and Society 19, 1 (2004): 153-167.
Murdocca, C., “When Ebola Came to Canada: Race and the Making of the Respectable Body,” Atlantis: A Women’s Studies Journal, 27, 2 (2003): 24-31.
Current Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall/Winter 2024 | AP/SOCI3450 6.0 | A | The Sociology of Race and Racism | LECT |
Upcoming Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall/Winter 2024 | AP/SOCI3450 6.0 | A | The Sociology of Race and Racism | LECT |
