Tyler Totten

Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, Law & Society (LASO)
Coordinator, Foundations Program
Office: Ross Building, S735
Phone: 416-736-2100 Ext: 20515
Email: ttotten@yorku.ca
I am an Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, in the Department of Social Science’s Law & Society program, as well as the Coordinator of the Foundations program in the same department. I regularly teach courses that focus on contemporary social issues related to the law, fundamental learning skills, and my area of specialty: animal law.
My doctoral work examined the relationship between animals and the law, highlighting both the possibilities that emerge when encountering species other than our own and the inescapable limitations of law which is made by and for human beings.
Complementing my academic background regarding other-than-human entities, my most significant scholarly interest is currently in digital pedagogies that interrogate the place of “the human” in technologically-mediated spaces.
Degrees
PhD, Legal Studies, Carleton UniversityMA, Western University
BA, Western University
Research Interests
Current Courses
Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
---|---|---|---|---|
Fall/Winter 2023 | AP/SOSC1350 9.0 | B | Gender and the Law | TUTR |
Fall/Winter 2023 | AP/SOSC1350 9.0 | B | Gender and the Law | ONLN |
Fall/Winter 2023 | AP/SOSC4365 6.0 | A | Animal Rights Debates | ONLN |
Upcoming Courses
Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
---|---|---|---|---|
Winter 2024 | AP/SOSC3375 3.0 | M | Socio-legal Theories | LECT |
Fall/Winter 2023 | AP/SOSC1350 9.0 | B | Gender and the Law | ONLN |
Fall/Winter 2023 | AP/SOSC1350 9.0 | B | Gender and the Law | TUTR |
Fall/Winter 2023 | AP/SOSC4365 6.0 | A | Animal Rights Debates | ONLN |
I am an Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, in the Department of Social Science’s Law & Society program, as well as the Coordinator of the Foundations program in the same department. I regularly teach courses that focus on contemporary social issues related to the law, fundamental learning skills, and my area of specialty: animal law.
My doctoral work examined the relationship between animals and the law, highlighting both the possibilities that emerge when encountering species other than our own and the inescapable limitations of law which is made by and for human beings.
Complementing my academic background regarding other-than-human entities, my most significant scholarly interest is currently in digital pedagogies that interrogate the place of “the human” in technologically-mediated spaces.
Degrees
PhD, Legal Studies, Carleton UniversityMA, Western University
BA, Western University
Research Interests
Current Courses
Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
---|---|---|---|---|
Fall/Winter 2023 | AP/SOSC1350 9.0 | B | Gender and the Law | TUTR |
Fall/Winter 2023 | AP/SOSC1350 9.0 | B | Gender and the Law | ONLN |
Fall/Winter 2023 | AP/SOSC4365 6.0 | A | Animal Rights Debates | ONLN |
Upcoming Courses
Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
---|---|---|---|---|
Winter 2024 | AP/SOSC3375 3.0 | M | Socio-legal Theories | LECT |
Fall/Winter 2023 | AP/SOSC1350 9.0 | B | Gender and the Law | ONLN |
Fall/Winter 2023 | AP/SOSC1350 9.0 | B | Gender and the Law | TUTR |
Fall/Winter 2023 | AP/SOSC4365 6.0 | A | Animal Rights Debates | ONLN |