Mandi Gray

Mandi Gray is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Trent University, affiliated with Otonabee College. She teaches courses including CRIM-PHIL 2618H Responding to Violence, CRIM-INDG3600H Criminalizing the Colonized, CRIM 3625H Sexed Violence, CRIM 4850 Criminology Field Placement, and SOCI 2610H Deviance and Social Control. Her work bridges academia and advocacy, emphasizing structural violence and Indigenous health sovereignty.

Education:

• B.A. (Hons) from University of Winnipeg
• M.A. from York University
• Ph.D. from York University

Gray's research examines structural violence, resistance, inquests, institutional responses to sexual violence, and Indigenous health data sovereignty. She employs critical frameworks from criminology, sociology, and Indigenous studies to analyze systemic inequities. Her approach centers marginalized voices, particularly in contexts of colonial violence and gender oppression.

Publications since 2019 reveal a focus on: (1) Indigenous health policy and data sovereignty, (2) homelessness among aging/Indigenous populations, and (3) legal mechanisms silencing sexual violence survivors. Her 2024 book Suing for Silence is a landmark contribution critiquing defamation law's role in perpetuating gender-based violence.

Gray adopts a hands-on supervisory approach for students researching gendered violence and Indigenous health, emphasizing regular collaboration to develop critical academic and professional skills.