Stychin, Carl F. 1964-

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STYCHIN, Carl F. 1964-

PERSONAL: Born November 1, 1964, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Ethnicity: "White Caucasian." Education: University of Alberta, B.A. (with distinction), 1985; University of Toronto, LL.B. (with honors), 1988; Columbia University, LL.M., 1992.

ADDRESSES: Home—37 B Mildmay Grove N, London N1 4RH, England. Office—School of Law, University of Reading, P.O. Box 217, Reading RG6 6AH, England; fax: 44-118-975-3280. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER: Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, articling student at law, 1988-89; Supreme Court of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, law clerk to Chief Justice Brian Dickson, 1989-90; University of Keele, Keele, Staffordshire, England, lecturer, 1992-96, senior lecturer in law, 1996-98; University of Reading, Reading, England, professor of law, 1998—. McGill University, visiting professor, 1996; University of Sydney, visiting Parsons Fellow, 1997.

MEMBER: Canadian Law and Society Association, Socio-Legal Studies Association, Society of Legal Scholars, Law and Society Association (United States).

AWARDS, HONORS: Grants from British Association of Canadian Studies, 1993, and British Academy, 1995 and 2001; prize from Oxford University Press and British Socio-Legal Studies Association, best book in socio-legal studies, 1996, for Law's Desire: Sexuality and the Limits of Justice.

WRITINGS:

(Editor, with Didi Herman, and coauthor of introduction) Legal Inversions: Lesbians, Gay Men, and the Politics of Law, Temple University Press (Philadelphia, PA), 1995.

Law's Desire: Sexuality and the Limits of Justice, Routledge (New York, NY), 1995.

A Nation by Rights: National Cultures, Sexual Identity Politics, and the Discourse of Rights, Temple University Press (Philadelphia, PA), 1998.

(Editor, with Didi Herman) Law and Sexuality: The Global Arena, University of Minnesota Press (Minneapolis, MN), 2001.

Governing Sexuality: The Changing Politics of Citizenship and Law Reform, Hart Publishing (Oxford, England), 2003.

Contributor to books, including Outlooks: Lesbian and Gay Sexualities and Visual Cultures, edited by Reina Lewis and Peter Horne, Routledge (London, England), 1996; and Feminist Perspectives on Health Care Law, edited by S. Sheldon and M. Thomson, Cavendish (London, England), 1998. Contributor of articles and reviews to professional journals, including Feminist Legal Studies, Journal of Law and Society, Anglo-American Law Review, Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence, Law and Sexuality, American Journal of Legal History, and Oxford Journal of Legal Studies. Member of editorial board, Social and Legal Studies, 1996—.

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