Susan Boyd

Professor Susan Boyd, PhD (Simon Fraser) Office: HSD Bldg. Room B246 Phone: 250-721-8203 Fax: 250- 472-4109 scboyd@uvic.ca

Profile:
Susan Boyd teaches courses on drug law and policy, theory and research methodology. Her research interests include drug law and policy, maternal-state conflicts, film and print media representations, women in conflict with the law and research methodology. She is a community activist who works with harm reduction and anti-drug war groups.

Courses Taught Recently:

SPP 519 - Theory for Policy and Practice (Fall 2010)
SPP 550 - Advanced Thesis Seminar (Fall 2010)
SPP 516 - Research Methodologies (Spring 2011)
SPP 580 - Special Topics (Topic: Drug Policy) (Spring 2011)
SPP 502 - Knowledge and Inquiry (Spring 2004)

Key Publications:

Books:
2009 "Raise Shit! Social Action Saving Lives." Osborn, B., & MacPherson, D. Halifax: Fernwood Press (192 pages).

2009 "Hooked: Drug War Films in Britain, Canada, and the U.S." (paperback edition), Toronto: University of Toronto (250 pages).

2008 "Hooked: Drug War Films in Britain, Canada, and the U.S." NY: Routledge (250 pages).

2007 with Marcellus, L. (Eds.) "With Child: Substance Use During pregnancy, A Woman-Centred Approach." Halifax: Fernwood (136 pages).

2004 "From Witches to Crack Moms: Women, Drug Law and Policy." North Carolina: Carolina Academic Press. (367 pages).

2002 with Chunn, D., Menzies, R. (Eds.). "Toxic Criminology: Environment, Law and the State in Canada." Halifax: Fernwood (128 pages).

2001 with Chunn, D., Menzies, R. (Eds.) "(Ab) Using Power: The Canadian Experience." Halifax: Fernwood (287 pages).

1999 "Mothers and Illicit Drugs: Transcending the Myths". Toronto: University of Toronto Press (243 pages).

Articles and Chapters:
2010 with Carter, C., "Methamphetamine discourse: Media, law and policy." Canadian Journal of Communications, 35(2), 219-237.

2009 "High: Marijuana, women and the law." Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, Special Issue: Law, Film and Feminism, 21(1), 35-54.

2009 with Bungay, V, Johnson, J., Malchy, L., Buxton, J., & Loudfoot, J., "Women’s Stories/Women’s Lives: Creating Safer Crack Kits." Women’s Health & Urban Life: An International & Interdisciplinary Journal,  8(1): 28-41.

2008 with Johnson, J., & Moffat, B., "Opportunities to learn and barriers to change: Crack-cocaine use and harm reduction in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver." Harm Reduction Journal, 5(34): 1-12. http://www.harmreductionjournal.com/content/5/1/34

2008 "Community-based research in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver." Resources for Feminist Research, Special Issue: Decolonizing Space, 33(1/2): 19-43.

2007 "Drugs films, justice, and nationhood." Contemporary Justice Review, 10(3): 263-282.

2007 with Macrory, F. "Developing Comprehensive Primary and Secondary Services for Drug and Alcohol Dependent Mothers." Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, 12: 119-126.

2006 "Representations of Women in the Drug Trade." In G. Balfour & E. Comack (Eds.). Criminalizing Women: Gender and (In)justice in Neo-Liberal Times (pp. 131-151). Halifax: Fernwood.

2004 "Femmes et Drogues: Survol des lois et des conflits mere/Etats-Unis au Canada." Psychotropes, 10(3-4): 153-172.

2002 "Media Constructions of Illegal Drugs, Users and Sellers: A Closer Look at Traffic." International Journal of Drug Policy. 13(5), 397-407.

2001 "Feminist Research on Mothers and Illegal Drugs." Resources for Feminist Research, 28(3): 113-130.

2001 "The Regulation of Altered States of Consciousness: A history of repression and resistance." Contemporary Justice Review, 4(1), 71-100.

1999 with Faith, K. "Women, Illicit Drugs and Prison: Views from Canada." International Journal of Drug Policy, 10, 195-207.