Sarah Turnbull

Post-doctoral Research Fellow

Sarah Turnbull is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Centre for Criminology (2013-2016). She responsible for the ‘Home and Away: Gender, Nation, Deportation’ project, which is part of a broader European Research Council funded research endeavour entitled ‘Subjectivity, Identity and Penal Power: Incarceration in a Global Age’, led by Dr Mary Bosworth. Sarah recently completed her PhD in Criminology and Sociolegal Studies and the Collaborative Program in Women and Gender Studies at the University of Toronto (2012). Her doctoral research explored the integration of ‘gender’ and ‘diversity’ into Canadian federal parole policy and practice, with a specific focus on how ideas about ‘difference’ shape penal responses for particular groups of offenders. Sarah also has an MA in Criminology and Sociolegal Studies (University of Toronto) and a BA in Women’s Studies (Simon Fraser University).