Lonergan, Meg
Meg D. Lonergan is a doctoral candidate in Legal Studies (ABD) with a collaborative specialization in Political Economy at Carleton University and is currently employed as senior research assistant to Dr. Steven Kohm at the University of Winnipeg. Their research interests include ghost criminology; law, governance, and morality; law, sex, and technology; qualitative methods; and research ethics. Lonergan is passionate about critical pedagogies, combining popular culture and theory, and social justice.
Education
- PhD. (ABD) in Legal Studies, Collaborative Specialization in Political Economy, Carleton University
- M.A. in Gender Studies, Queen’s University
- Hon. Bachelor of Social Science in Criminology & Women’s Studies, University of Ottawa
Pronouns: they/she
Courses Taught:
Carleton University
- Crime, Emotion, and the Senses
- Criminal Justice System
- Cultural Criminology
- Digital Criminology
- Feminist Controversies in Sex and Law
- Law in the Information Society
- Risk in the Legal Process
- True Crime Media
Concordia University
- The Sociology of Fear and Risk
University of Alberta
- Feminism and Law in Canada
Selected Publications:
Lonergan, Meg D., and Kohm, Steven. (Forthcoming). “Sacrifice Zones: Uncanny Geography and Spectrality in Butcher’s Block,” in Irena Jurković, Marko Lukić, and Tijana Parezanović (eds.) Urban Myths and The Cultural Geography of Horror.
Lonergan, Meg D. (2023). Consuming Ghost Stories: The Spectre of Snuff Films Is Haunting Canadian Obscenity. The Annual Review of Interdisciplinary Justice Research, 12, 147-178.
Lonergan, Meg D. (June 22, 2023). Politicians Shouldn’t Determine Where Paul Bernardo Is Imprisoned, Regardless of His Crimes. The Conversation, Retrieved From: Https://Theconversation.Com/Politiciansshouldnt-Determine-Where-Paul-Bernardo-Is-Imprisoned-Regardless-Of-His-Crimes-208058
Lonergan, Meg D. (2023). Book Review: The Horror of Police by Travis Linnemann. Theoretical Criminology.
Lonergan, Meg D. (2023). Book Review: A Long, Dark Shadow: Minor-Attracted People and Their Pursuit of Dignity by Allyn Walker. Crime, Media, Culture, 19(1), 158-161.
Lonergan, Meg D. (2022). “Real Scary/Scary Real”: Consuming Simulated and Authentic Horrors in The Digital Era. Horror Studies, 13(1), 63-75.
Lonergan, Meg D. (2020). Hard-On Of Darkness: Gore And Shock Websites as The Dark Tourism of Digital Space. Porn Studies, 7(4), 454-458.
Lonergan, Meg. (2019). It’s A Bird! It’s A Plane! It’s Security as Pacification! Security As Pacification in Superman Red Son. Panic At The Discourse, 1(2), 77-86.
Lonergan, Meg. (2018). The Surrealism of Men’s Rights Discourses on Sexual Assault Allegations: A Feminist Reading of Kafka’s The Trial. Atlantis: Journal Of Women’s Studies & Culture, 39(1), 18-30.