Shauna Wilton, PhD
Contact
Associate Professor, Augustana - Social Sciences
- swilton@ualberta.ca
- Phone
- (780) 679-1154
- Address
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2-329 Faith & Life Centre
4901-46 AveCamrose ABT4V 2R3
Chair, Augustana - Social Sciences
- swilton@ualberta.ca
- Availability
- By appointment
Overview
Area of Study / Keywords
Women and Politics; Family Policy; Motherhood; Popular Culture; Scholarship of Teaching and Learning; Assessment
Research
Recent Publications:
Wilton, Shauna and Sarah Greer. 2020. “Grandma is the Mayor”: Women’s Participation in Local Politics in Alberta.” Études Canadiennes/Canadian Studies. (Forthcoming).
Wilton, Shauna. 2018. “Mothers Hunting Murderers: Representations of Motherhood in Broadchurch and Happy Valley.” Clues: A Journal of Detection. 36:1
Wilton, Shauna. 2018. Mompreneurs, Opting-Out, and Leaning In: Work/Family Choices under Neoliberalism. Atlantis: Critical Studies in Gender, Culture and Social Justice. 39 (1): 191-204
Osborne, Geraint and Shauna Wilton. 2017. “Professing in the Local Press: Professors and Public Responsibilities.” Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship. 10:1.
Wilton, Shauna & Lynda Ross. 2017. Flexibility, Sacrifice and Insecurity: A Canadian Study Assessing the Challenges of Balancing Work and Family in Academia. Journal of Feminist Family Therapy. DOI: 10.1080/08952833.2016.1272663
Wilton, Shauna. 2015. “A Very Useful Engine: The Politics of Thomas and Friends” in The Politics of Popular Culture: Negotiating Power, Identity, and Place. Ed. Tim Neiguth. MQUP.
Teaching
Teaching Areas: Gender and Politics; Culture and Politics; Ethnicity and Politics; Law and Politics, Comparative Politics
Courses taught:
AUIDS 100: The World in Progress: Introduction to Inquiry in the Social Sciences
AUIDS 101: First Year Seminar
AUIDS/CRI 160: Crime and Community
AUPOL 250: Introduction to Comparative Politics
AUPOL 329: Politics & Culture
AUPOL/CRI 353: Law & Politics
AUPOL 355: Gender & Politics
AUPOL/CRI 453: Women and Law
Courses
AUPOL 355 - Gender, Law, and Politics
Exploration of the social and political construction of gender and the impact of gender on politics through an examination of gender with regards to one or more of the following areas: representation, social policy, feminist political thought, international relations, development, and/or globalization. Prerequisite: One of AUPOL 103, 104 (2018), AUIDS 230.