Robyn Maynard

Robyn Maynard is an Assistant Professor of Black Feminisms in Canada at the University of Toronto Scarborough, Department of Historical and Cultural Studies. She serves as Associate Chair, Equity, and holds a graduate appointment in the Women and Gender Studies Institute at the St. George Campus. Her work bridges transnational Black feminist thought with abolitionist and anti-colonial methodologies.

Maynard's research focuses on Black social movements, policing, borders, carceral studies, Black-Indigenous histories, and Black Canadian studies. She critiques state violence through historical and contemporary lenses, emphasizing decolonial frameworks.

Her major publications include Policing Black Lives (2017) and Rehearsals for Living (2022). Her writing appears in journals like TOPIA: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies and Scholar & Feminist Journal.