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Dr Jennifer Dvorak serves as Senior Lecturer in Law at Canterbury Christ Church University, holding dual administrative roles as Associate Dean for Research, Enterprise & Knowledge Mobilisation Capacity (School of Business, Law & Policing) and Deputy Director of Research, Enterprise and Postgraduate Studies (School of Law, Policing & Social Sciences). She teaches across LLB, LLM, Sociology, and Applied Criminology degree programmes while leading postgraduate research supervision.
Her academic credentials include:
- BA (Hons) from University of Bath (UK)
- MA from The Ohio State University (US)
- PhD from University of Alberta (Canada)
Dvorak's research critically examines intersections of law, ethics, crime and society through sociological and criminological lenses. She specializes in bioethical controversies surrounding beginning/end-of-life interventions (abortion, assisted suicide, euthanasia) and sport-related ethical dilemmas including violence, concussions, and bodily integrity. Her work bridges socio-legal theory with practical ethical challenges in medical and athletic contexts, emphasizing medicalization processes and biopolitical governance.
Her award-winning 2020 publication on boxing exemplifies her focus on corporeal politics within sports ethics, demonstrating how athletic practices become sites for negotiating societal norms and legal boundaries. This work established her reputation in critical criminology and bioethics scholarship.
Scientific recognition includes:
- Theoretical Criminology’s Best Article Award (2020)
Dvorak actively mentors doctoral candidates in bioethics, law-society relations, and socio-legal sport studies while directing postgraduate research initiatives. Her leadership in research enterprise development shapes institutional knowledge mobilization strategies across legal and social science disciplines.
