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Dr. Kelly Struthers Montford is an Associate Professor at Toronto Metropolitan University's Department of Criminology. Her research focuses on the intersections of captivity, power, and political ontology in carceral settings like prisons and animal agriculture. She previously held roles at the University of British Columbia Okanagan and the University of Toronto's Centre for Criminology. Her work includes studies on solitary confinement, Indigenous women's criminalization, and the Prisons Transparency Project. She has authored/co-edited books such as Colonialism and Animality and Disability and Animality, and her research spans critical animal studies, green criminology, and socio-legal theory.
Education:
- PhD in Sociology, University of Alberta (2017)
- MA in Sociology, University of Alberta (2012)
- BA in Criminology, University of Ottawa (2008)
Research Interests: Her work examines carceral power, food politics in the Anthropocene, and colonialism's impact on human and animal relations. Current projects include Agricultural Power: Food, Life, and Law in Settler Spaces and Agricultural Power/Carceral Power, investigating penitentiary agriculture and colonialism.
Publications: Over 15 recent articles in journals like Animal Studies Journal and Radical Philosophy Review, focusing on prison labor, dietary normalization in prisons, and multispecies justice.
Awards:
- Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Scholarship
- SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship
- 2013-2014 Hilda Scholar Award
Grants & Projects: SSHRC-funded work on decarceration and the Prisons Transparency Project. Collaborative projects include Abnormal Appetites: Food Politics in the Anthropocene with Chloë Taylor.
Academic Engagement: Teaches courses on gender, law, and qualitative research. Serves as co-editor for multiple volumes and actively engages in abolitionist scholarship.
