Sherene Razack

Sherene Razack

Affiliated Faculty

Distinguished Professor

Gender Studies
Penny Kanner Endowed Chair in Women's Studies

Office: 2220 Rolfe Hall

Phone: sherenerazack@ucla.edu

Biography

Sherene H. Razack is a Distinguished Professor and the Penney Kanner Endowed Chair in Women’s Studies. Her research and teaching focus on racial violence. She is the founder of the virtual research and teaching network Racial Violence Hub (RVHub).

Selected Publications

2015    Dying From Improvement: Inquests and Inquiries into Indigenous Deaths in Custody. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

2014    Co-editor with Suvendrini Perera. At The Limits of Justice: Women of Colour on Terror. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2014.

2010    Co-editor with Malinda Smith and Sunera Thobani. States of Race: Critical Race feminism for the 21st Century. Toronto: Between the Lines.

2008, 2009    Casting Out: Race and the Eviction of Muslims From Western Law and Politics. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

2011    La Chasse Aux Musulmans. Evincer Les Musulmans de L’Espace Politique. Montreal: Lux Editeur. [French translation of Casting Out including a preface to the French edition.]

2004    Dark Threats and White Knights: The Somalia Affair, Peacekeeping and the New Imperialism. University of Toronto Press.

2002,   Editor. Race, Space and the Law: Unmapping a white settler society. Toronto: Between the Lines.

1998, 1999, 2001, 2006    Looking white people in the eye: gender, race and culture in courtrooms and classrooms. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

1991    Canadian feminism and the law: The women’s legal education and action fund and the pursuit of equality. Toronto: Second Story Press.