{"id":374,"date":"2009-04-16T10:47:31","date_gmt":"2009-04-16T14:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/its-cuthemedev1.carleton.ca\/law\/ccms\/?page_id=374"},"modified":"2025-06-23T11:43:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T15:43:27","slug":"ummni-khan","status":"publish","type":"cu_people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/people\/ummni-khan\/","title":{"rendered":"Khan, Ummni"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Current Research<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Ummni Khan researches the socio-legal construction of deviant sexuality, with a focus on kink, sex work, and representations of hard core eroticism. Scrutinizing law alongside pop culture and progressive social movements, she considers how the policing of sexual risk discounts non-normative desires, and further entrenches other marginalities, particularly with regard to race, class, and disability. In addition to this intersectional analysis, Dr. Khan asks, how can we reframe deviancy through an epistemology of pleasure?  Her work can be found in a variety of peer-reviewed and popular venues including: The Canadian Journal of Law and Society; The University of Toronto Law Journal; Ada: A Journal of Gender, New Media, and Technology; Feral Feminisms; and Ryerson’s Centre for Free Expression Blog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Current Projects in Process<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Office Hours<\/em><\/strong>
\nA novel that uses romance tropes to explore feminist theories of consent, agency, desire\u2014and how to brew an authentic cup of chai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Kinky Brat: Speak Pleasure to Power<\/em><\/strong>
\nAn essay collection that advocates for pleasure as both an inherent good and a source of knowledge, resistance, and survival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Current Supervisions<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n