Erica Lawson

MA , PhD (OISE, UfT)

	Assistant Professor - Women's Studies and Feminist Research Office: Lawson Hall 3234 Phone: 519-661-2111 ext. 86941 elawso3@uwo.ca Research Mothering and motherhood; feminist and critical race theories; grief and violence, particularly as they impact the lives of African Canadians

Recent Publications

Lawson, Erica. 2012. “Single Mothers, Absentee Fathers, and Gun Violence in Toronto: A Contextual Interpretation.” Women’s Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 41(7):805-828.
Lawson, Erica. 2012. “Feminist Pedagogies: The Textuality of the Racialized Body in the Feminist Classroom.” Atlantis: Critical Studies in Gender, Culture, & Social Justice,” 35(2): 107-117.
Gardez, F., Calzavara, L., Husbands, W., Tharao, E., Lawson E., Meyers, T., et. al. 2008. “Experiences of and Response to HIV Among African and Caribbean Communities in Toronto, Canada,” AIDS Care: Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV, 20(6): 718-725.
Lawson, Erica. 2008. "The Politics and Pedagogy of Crash in the Postmodern Era: A Black Feminist Reflection." In Crash Politics and Antiracism: Interrogations of Liberal Race Discourse, eds. P. Howard and G. Dei (17-89). New York: Peter Lang.

Forthcoming Publications

Lawson, Erica. 2013. “The Gendered Lives of Seven Jamaican Women: A Story about ‘Here’ and ‘There’ in a Transnational Context.” Feminist Formations, 25(1):
Lawson, E. 2013. “Precautionary Measures: Caribbean-Canadian Mothers, Daughters, and ‘Sex Education.’” Caribbean Mothering. Red Sea Press.

Recent Presentations

“Single mothers and ‘absent’ fathers: An examination of Media Coverage of Gun-related Violence in Toronto.” Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Development, Barbados, February, 2012.
“Immigration and Deportation Policies as Colonial Practice: A Look at Caribbean Immigrants in Canada.” Re-thinking the Modern: Colonialism, Empire, Slavery, Birmingham, England, July 2012.
“Globalization and Maternal Empowerment in Hard Times." Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, Scottsdale Arizona, October, 2011.
“Black Women as Public Intellectuals: The Case of the Seven Jamaican Women.” Black Women as Public Intellectuals, Past, Present and Future.” Symposium, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, October, 2010.