Carolyn Brooks

Carolyn Brooks is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Saskatchewan, where she focuses on social control, theoretical criminology, youth resilience, and intimate partner violence. She serves as the Interim Academic Coordinator for the Certificate in Criminology and Addictions Program (CCAP).

• Research Interests: Criminology, Intimate Partner Violence, Penology, Social Control, Youth Crime and Resilience, Theoretical Criminology, Indigenous Justice, Digital Surveillance
• Teaching: Courses in criminology, social control, penology, and Indigenous justice frameworks

Her recent publications examine resilience in dementia care through therapy dogs, rural women's experiences with coercive control, and digital storytelling methodologies for gendered violence survivors. She collaborates extensively with researchers like Karen Wood, Jennifer Poudrier, and Mitch Daschuk.

Selected grants include SSHRC funding for youth resilience research (2011-2013), Prairie Action Foundation grants for IPV studies (2020-2021), and CIHR/SHRF funding for Indigenous women's health projects.

• Scientific Awards:
  • USSU Teaching Excellence Award (2017, 2010, 2002-2003)
  • Sylvia Wallace Sessional Lecturer Award (2003-2004)