Research Areas of Interest
About
Dr. Samantha McAleese recently completed her PhD in Sociology at Carleton University. Her research focuses on the collateral consequences of punishment, structural stigma, and the penal voluntary sector. She works with non-profit organizations, legal professionals, advocacy groups, activists, and people with lived and living experiences of criminalization and punishment on issues of penal policy and practice in Canada.
Currently, Samantha works as a Research and Evaluation Associate at MediaSmarts – Canada’s centre for digital media literacy – where she assists with the planning and implementation of original research projects, writes research reports and disseminates key findings, conducts internal program and project evaluations, and collaborates with a national and international network of external research and evaluation partners.
Samantha is a Board Member at large for the St. Leonard’s Society of Canada, a member of the steering committee for the Fresh Start Coalition, a co-chair of Ottawa’s Community Adult Justice Network, and a member of the International Criminal Justice Voluntary Sector Research Network based out of the University of Nottingham in the UK.
Elliott, C., Truman, E., Nelson, M., Scheibe, C., Hudders, L., De Jans, S., Brisson-Boivin, K., McAleese, Samantha, Johnson, M., Walker, L., & Ellison, K. (2022). “Food promotion and children's health: Considering best practices for teaching and evaluating media literacy on food marketing.” Frontiers in Public Health - Public Health Education and Promotion.
McAleese, Samantha, & Brisson-Boivin, K. (2022). “From Access to Engagement: Building a Digital Media Literacy Strategy for Canada.” MediaSmarts. Ottawa.
Brisson-Boivin, K. & McAleese, Samantha (2021). “Algorithmic Awareness: Conversations with Young Canadians About Artificial Intelligence and Privacy.” MediaSmarts. Ottawa.
McAleese, Samantha & Kilty, J.M.(2020). ““Walls are put up when curiosity ends”: Transformative Education in the Canadian Carceral Context.” Journal of Prison Education and Reentry, Vol. 6(3), 275-293.
Klostermann, J., McAleese, Samantha, Montgomery, L., & Rodimon, S. “Working the Project: Research Proposals and Everyday Practices for Emerging Feminist Researchers.” (2020). Canadian Review of Sociology, Vol. 57(2).
McAleese, Samantha, Johnson, M., & Ladouceur, M. (2020). “Young Canadians Speak Out: A Qualitative Research Project on Privacy and Consent.” MediaSmarts. Ottawa.
Steeves, V., McAleese, Samantha, & Brisson-Boivin, K. (2020). “Young Canadians in a Wireless World, Phase IV: Talking to Youth and Parents about Online Resiliency.” MediaSmarts. Ottawa.
McAleese, Samantha. (2019). “Suspension, not expungement: Rationalizing misguided policy decisions around cannabis amnesty in Canada.” Canadian Public Administration, Vol. 62(4). 612-633.
McAleese, Samantha. (2019). “Doing public criminology with the criminal justice voluntary sector: Methodological reflections and considerations.” The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, Vol. 58(3), 366-383.
McAleese, Samantha & Kilty, J. M. (2019). “Stories matter: Reaffirming the value of qualitative research.” The Qualitative Report, Vol. 25(4), 822-845.
Brisson-Boivin, K. & McAleese, Samantha. “It gets kinda creepy sometimes”: Young Canadians share concerns and solutions about online privacy and surveillance. Erasmus University Rotterdam/Online. 3 June 2022. Surveillance Studies Network 2022 Conference.
Brisson-Boivin, K. & McAleese, Samantha. Young Canadians in a Wireless World. Online. 19 May 2022, Congress 2022: Federation of the Humanities and Social Sciences - Canadian Sociological Association.
McAleese, Samantha. Finding Home with a Criminal Record: Navigating Stigma in Ottawa's Rental Housing Market. Online. 16 May 2022, Congress 2022: Federation of the Humanities and Social Sciences - Canadian Sociological Association.
Brisson-Boivin, K. & McAleese, Samantha. Advancing Algorithmic Literacy: Raising Awareness of Digital Inequities through Game-Based Learning with Youth. Online, 16-18 July 2021, Media Literacy + Social Justice: National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE).
McAleese, Samantha. & Brisson-Boivin, K. Countering Adultism and Empowering Youth Through Research. Online, 3 June 2021, Congress 2021: Federation of the Humanities and Social Sciences – Canadian Sociological Association
Brisson-Boivin, K. & McAleese, Samantha. My Friend the Algorithm: Conversations with Young Canadians about Algorithms and AI. Online, 31 May 2021, Congress 2021: Federation of the Humanities and Social Sciences – Canadian Sociological Association
Brisson-Boivin, K. & McAleese, Samantha. Young Canadians Speak Out: Considerations for Privacy and Cybersecurity in Canada. Online, 21 May 2021, The Cybersecurity Revolution: SECREV.
McAleese, Samantha. & Brisson-Boivin, K. Engaging and Empowering Youth Through Research on Media and Digital Literacy Across Canada. Online, 17-18 October 2020, Critical Media Literacy Conference of the Americas.
McAleese, Samantha. Eliminating the Collateral Consequences of Punishment After Cannabis Legalization in Canada. Vancouver (BC) – University of British Columbia, 6 June 2019, Congress 2019: Federation of the Humanities and Social Sciences – Canadian Sociological Association
Klostermann, J., McAleese, Samantha., Montgomery, L. Inflecting Feminist Ethnographic Methods: Comedy, Critique, and Community Engagement. Vancouver (BC) – University of British Columbia, 4 June 2019, Congress 2019: Federation of the Humanities and Social Sciences – Canadian Sociological Association
McAleese, Samantha. ‘We’re like a little family here’: Understanding how street-level sex workers feel ‘at home’ in unsafe spaces and places. Vancouver (BC) – University of British Columbia, 4 June 2019, Congress 2019: Federation of the Humanities and Social Sciences – Canadian Sociological Association
McAleese, Samantha. (2022). A criminal record shouldn't follow people for life. Ottawa Citizen. April 4.
McAleese, Samantha. (2022) Misguided funding priorities leave people out in the cold. New Edinburgh News. February.
AM640 Toronto. Road to Recovery with Yonah Budd (Interviewed by: Yonah Budd) 9 July.
"Hundreds of thousands of Canadians could see their drug possession records disappear", The Toronto Star, Jacques Gallant (author), 4 July.
“Canadian marijuana producers watch closely as Democrats aim to rewrite U.S. cannabis laws”, The Canadian Press, James McCarten (author), 30 March.
“Should people who have been convicted of crimes get automatic pardons when they have served their sentences?”, The Toronto Star, Jacques Gallant (author), 8 January.
