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I received my PhD in Sociology from the University of Calgary in 2009, and soon after moved to the traditional territory of the Haudenosaunee, Anishnawbe and Netural people to become a member of the Laurier Brantford community. My research and teching is deeply intertwined with my activism, and is focused in the areas of community building and gender and sexuality from an intersectional, anti-racist feminist perspective.
Prior to starting my position here at Laurier, I grew up on Treaty 7 territory in Calgary and then moved to complete my undergraduate and masters degrees at Simon Fraser University. Following the completion of my Master of Arts in Criminology, I worked for a few years with a children’s mental health research unit at the University of British Columbia and then went onto complete my doctoral studies.
I am interested in the application of anti-oppressive, anti-racist, feminist, and intersectional thinking in the community-based, activist, and academic scholarhsip that I engage in. Most of my published academic work has focused on the intersections of gender and sexuality as it relates to health, illness, medicine/psychiatry, and anti-violence work including a focus on gender-based and sexual violence. As part of this work, I have also published in the area of feminist methodologies.
My newest research combines my interest in intersectional feminist theory with community building and processing experiences of grief. As part of this work I have begun to explore arts-based methodologies with a specific focus on textile art. Over the years I have worked closely with many different groups and organizations on campus and in the community of Brantford and Brant County to address issues related to gender-based and sexual violence and inequities experienced by the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.
- Laurier Merit Award (2018)
- Award for Service Excellence and Community Engagement (2016)
- Lillian Robinson Visiting Scholar Award, Simone de Beauvoir Institute, Concordia University (2015-16)
- Teaching Excellence Award, Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (2015)
I am always keen to work with students! In particular, I can supervise students interested in doing qualitative research in the areas of gender and sexuality including gender-based and sexual violence, 2SLGBTQIA+ experiences, the relationship of gender and sexuality to health, illness and medicine, and feminist science and technology studies. I often support projects that adopt an expilcit anti-oppressive and anti-racist lens, use an intersectional feminist and/or queer approach, and/or incorporate a Foucauldian theoretical framework.
Selected publications from the last seven years:
- Godderis, Rebecca, Debra Langan and Marcia Oliver (in press, 2024). "The Messiness of Applying Feminist Research Principles: Reflections on Researching Rape Culture on Campus." In Claire Carter, Chelsea Temple Jones and Caitlin Janzen (Eds.), Contemporary Vulnerabilities: Reflections on Social Justice Methodologies. University of Alberta Press.
- Miele, Rachelle, Jennifer Root, Rebecca Godderis, and Sonia Meerai (2024). "Towards a Feminist Research Ethics of Care: Reflections, Lessons, and Methodological Considerations for Doing Research During a Pandemic." Studies in Social Justice.
- Godderis, Rebecca and Jennifer Root (2023). "Centering Reciprocity and Accountability in Community-based Research: How Meaningful Relationships with a Community Advisory Group impacted Survey Development." Engaged Scholar Journal: Community-Engaged Research, Teaching, and Learning.
- Godderis, Rebecca (2023). My Feminist Grief. Atlantis: Critical Studies in Gender, Culture and Social Justice.
- Rossiter, Kate and Rebecca Godderis (2020). "Essentially Invisible: Risk and Personal Support Workers in the time of COVID-19." Sociology of Health and Illness.
- Perreault-Laird, Jordyn, Mina Rajabi Paak, Rebecca Godderis (2020). "Remote Teaching and Technology-facilitated Gender-based and Sexual Violence." Academic Matters: OCUFA's Journal of Higher Education.
- Oliver, Marcia, Rebecca Godderis and Debra Langan (2020). "Alternative practices and politics of care: Women students’experiences of rape culture and sexualized violence on campus." In Diane Crocker, Joanne Minaker, Amanda Nelund (Eds.), Violence Interrupted: Confronting Sexual Violence on University Campuses. Montreal, Quebec: McGill-Queens Press.
- Godderis, Rebecca and Jennifer Root (2017). “Addressing Sexual Violence on Post-Secondary Campuses is a Collective Responsibility.” Transformative Dialogues.
- Godderis, Rebecca (2017) “How Faculty can Help End Sexual Violence on Campus.” Academic Matters: OCUFA’s Journal of Higher Education.
- Medicalization
- Gender and Health
- Power, Politics, and Health
- Critical Perspectives on Sexuality, Health, and Society
- Gender, Sexuality, and Social Justice
- Community Capacity Development (MA in Social Justice and Community Engagement)