CURRICULUM VITAE
OLGA MARQUES, MA
Ph.D. Candidate (ABD)
Institute:
Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
303 - 55 Bond St. E.
Oshawa, Ontario L1H 8W9
905.721.8668 ext. 5884
Areas of Research Specialization:
Criminalized/Deviant Sexualities
Gendered Criminalization and Victimization
Qualitative and Feminist Methodology
Indigenous Criminalization and Victimization
EDUCATION
In progress Ph.D. (ABD) (Criminology) University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON
Dissertation: Women’s Engagement with Sexually Explicit Materials: Deviance, Stigma and Negotiating Identities
2006 M.A. (Sociology) University of Windsor, Windsor, ON
Thesis: Governing Female Sexuality: Prostitution, Problematic Associations and the Subcommittee on Solicitation Laws
2004 B.A. Honours (Criminal Justice & Public Policy; Sociology) University of Guelph,
Guelph, ON
PUBLICATIONS
Refereed Journal Articles
2011 Marques, O. “From Pathology to Choice: Regulatory Discourses and the Historic Conflation of Homosexuality and Male Sex Work”. Culture, Society and Masculinities, 3(2): 160-175.
2010 Marques, O. “Choice-Makers and Risk-Takers in Neo-Liberal Liquid Modernity: The Contradiction of the ‘Entrepreneurial’ Sex Worker.” International Journal of Criminology and Sociological Theory, 3(1): 314-332.
R/R Monchalin, L. and Marques, O. “Preventing Crime and Poor Health Among Aboriginal Youth: Making the Case for Family-Focused Prevention Programming.” First Peoples Child and Family Review. [Revise and Resubmit]
U/R Marques, O. and Monchalin, L. “‘Canada Under Attack From Within’: Problematizing ‘the Natives’, Governing Borders and the Social Injustice of the Akwesasne Border Dispute.” Critical Criminology. (Under Review)
Conference Proceedings
2009 Marques, O. “Canadian Prostitution Legislation: Making (In)Visible the Male Prostitute,” in G. Katsas (Ed.) Sociology in a Changing World: Challenges and Perspectives (137-150). Athens, GR.: ATINER.
Research Reports
2011 Monchalin, L. and Marques, O. “Parenting Programs for Aboriginal Crime Prevention.” Public Health Agency of Canada.
2010 Marques, O. “Anxiety in Children and Adolescents: Symptomatology, Biopsychosocial Factors and Interventions Used at Family Services à la famille Ottawa.” Stuart Peterson Project - Family Services à la famille Ottawa.
GRANTS, SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS
External Research Funding
2006-08 Research Grant (with C. Bruckert & C. Parent, principal investigators)
Project Title: Sex Work and Intimacy: Escorts and their Clients
Source: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
Amount: $16,000 (allocated by principal investigators)
Conference and Travel Grants
2011 University of Ottawa Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies to present at Medicalization of Sex: An International, Interdisciplinary, Multimedia Conference, Vancouver, B.C., May 12-15. Amount: $550.
2010 Association for Canadian Studies and Canadian Ethnic Studies Association Travel Grant to
present at the Joint Annual Conference: Ethnicity, Governance and Social Justice: Linking
Canada to the World. Toronto, Ontario, November 5-6. Amount: $210.
2010 Travel Grant to present at the 28th Annual Qualitative Analysis Conference. Wilfrid Laurier
University – Brantford Campus, Brantford, Ontario, May 13-15. Amount: $120.
2008 University of Ottawa Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies to present at the 2nd
International Conference on Sociology, Athens Greece, May 12-15. Amount: $750.
2006 Congress of Qualitative Inquiry Student Presenter Grant to present at the 2nd International
Congress of Qualitative Inquiry. University of Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA May 2-4.
Amount: $100.
Academic Honours and Awards
2011 Gilles G. Patry Student Engagement Fund Scholarship, Amount: $500
2011 University of Ottawa Graduate Bursary, Amount: $500
2006-10 University of Ottawa Graduate Scholarship. Amount: $11,500/annum
2004-06 University of Windsor Post-Graduate Tuition Scholarship. Amount: $4,606/annum
2001-03 Dean’s Honours List, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Full-Time Appointments
2012-present Lecturer, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities (Criminology and Justice program),
University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa, ON
Courses: SSCI 1000 Introduction to Criminal Justice; SSCI 2900 Research Methods; SSCI 4000 Advanced Justice Studies (Sexualities and Crime)
Part-Time Appointments
2011 Sessional Instructor, Department of Sociology, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON
Course: SOCI 3420 Studies in Gender and Criminal Justice
2010 Sessional Instructor, Department of Criminology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON
Course: CRM 4310 Special Topics in Criminology: Sex, Sexualities and Crime
2006-09 Teaching Assistant, Department of Criminology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON
Courses: CRM 4304 Qualitative Research in Criminology; CRM 2307 Women, Justice and
Victimization; CRM 3307 Women, Justice and Criminalization; CRM 3312 Youth and
Justice; CRM 2300 Penal Norms; CRM 3307 Women, Justice and Criminalization, CRM 3301 Criminological Theories II
2004-06 Teaching Assistant, Department of Sociology, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON
Courses: 48-260 Introduction to Criminology; 48-310 Qualitative Methodology
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS AND LECTURES
Conference Presentations
2012 Marques, O. “What Women Want: Sexually Explicit Materials as Envisioned by Women”-Pornography Panel. Playground 2012 Sexuality Conference .Toronto, Ontario, November 9-11, 2012.
2011 Marques, O. “ ‘Men are Visual’ and Other Porn Fallacies: The Mal(e)Practice of Female Sexual Desire.” Medicalization of Sex. An International, Interdisciplinary, Multimedia Conference. Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia. April 28-30, 2011.
2010 Monchalin, L. and Marques, O. ‘The Cowboys and Indians are at it Again’: Public Perceptions of the Akwesasne Border Dispute. 2010 American Society of Criminology Meeting. San Francisco, California, USA. November 17-20, 2010.
2010 Marques, O and Monchalin, L. ‘Canada Under Attack from Within’: Problematizing ‘the Natives’, Governing Borders and the Social Injustice of the Akwesasne Border Dispute. Association for Canadian Studies and Canadian Ethnic Studies Association Joint Annual Conference. Toronto, Ontario, November 5-6, 2010.
2010 Marques, O. Linking Individual Meanings and Gendered Regulatory Regimes:
Contextualizing Women's Use of Pornography. 27th Annual Qualitative Analysis Conference. Wilfred Laurier University, Brantford, ON. May 13-15, 2009.
2009 Marques, O. Human Trafficking Legislation in Canada: Section 279.01 of the Criminal Code of Canada on Trial. 6th Annual Conference on Prostitution, Sex Work and Human Trafficking. University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, USA. October 1-2, 2009.
2008 Marques, O. Canadian Prostitution Legislation: Making (In)Visible the Male Prostitute. 2nd International Conference on Sociology. Athens Institute for Education and Research, Athens Greece. May 12-15, 2008
2006 van der Meulen, E., Shaver, F., Lewis, J., and Marques, O. Sex Work, Sex Work Policy and Lessons Learned: Canadian Experiences. Re-Visioning Prostitution Policy: Creating Space for Sex Worker Rights and Challenging Criminalization. Las Vegas, Nevada, USA July 9-12, 2006. (in absentia)
2006 Marques, O. Discourses of Inequality: Current Solicitation Laws and Their Effects on Sex
Workers. Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association 2006 Annual Meeting. York University, Toronto, ON., May 30-June 3, 2006.
2006 Marques, O. Violence Against Sex Workers: Discourses of Responsibility. 7th
Annual Feminist Research Group Conference. University of Windsor, Windsor, ON., May 11-13, 2006.
2006 Marques, O. Discourses of Prostitution and Policy Recommendations. 2nd International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry. University of Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA May 2-4, 2006.
Invited Presentations and Lectures
2011 Marques, O. Feminist Approaches to Pornography: From Degradation to Self-Actualization. Guest lecture delivered for WGST 1808 Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies, C. Ekholst (Instructor), Carleton University, Ottawa, ON., March 28, 2011.
2010 Marques, O. Women’s Engagement with Pornography as Resistance to Normative Sex and Gender Discourses. Guest lecture delivered for CRM 6380 Governing Sexuality in Canada: Regulation and Resistance, C, Bruckert (Professor), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON., November 11, 2010.
2010 Marques, O. The Criminalization of Prostitution: Sex as Exploitation or Sex as Work? Guest lecture delivered for CRM 3307 Women, Justice and Criminalization, Z. Coucopoulous (Instructor), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON., March 10, 2010.
2010 Marques, O. Gender-Based Theory. Guest lecture delivered for CRM 3301 Criminological Theories II, L. Stinson-O’Gorman (Instructor), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON., February 24, 2010.
2009 Marques, O. Ethics in Social Research. Guest lecture delivered for CRM 4304 Qualitative Research in Criminology, J. Frauley (Professor), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON., December 3, 2009.
2006 Marques, O. Public Order Crimes: Legislating Morality (Prostitution Case Study). Guest lecture delivered for CRM 1300 Introduction to Criminology, C. Gordon (Instructor), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON., November 3, 2006.
2005 Marques, O. and Brooke, C. Discourse Analysis as a Methodology and Theory. Guest lecture delivered for SOC 48-310 Qualitative Methodology, Dr. J. Lewis (Professor), University of Windsor, Windsor, ON., November 28 and 30, 2005.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Academic Committees
2007 CUPE Representative, Criminology Graduate Students Association. University of Ottawa.
Conference Administration
2006 Volunteer, 2nd International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry. University of Urbana-
Champaign, Illinois, USA May 2-4.
Solicited Reviews
2009 Reviewer, Sexual Behaviour, Politics and Communities Graduate Student Paper
Competition. Society for the Scientific Study of Social Problems
2007 Editorial Board Member, The Canadian Journal of Contemporary Social Issues. A Graduate Student Journal. University of Windsor.
ACADEMIC RELATED EXPERIENCE
2011-12 Behaviour Counsellor, Grand Valley Correctional Institution for Women. Correctional Service of Canada. Kitchener, ON.
2010-11 Program Assistant, Pinecrest-Queensway Community Health Centre -Winthrop Court. Ottawa, ON.
2010 Participant, 5th Annual National Victims of Crime Awareness Week - Federal Symposium. Ottawa, ON., April 18.
2010 Researcher, Ottawa Family Services. Ottawa, ON.
2009 Research Assistant, Native Women’s Association of Canada. Ottawa, ON.
2009 (Student) Policy Analyst, Temporary Foreign Worker Program, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, Gatineau, QC (FSWEP)
2006-08 Research Assistant, Department of Criminology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON.
Principal Investigators: Dr. Christine Bruckert and Dr. Colette Parent
2006 Participant, “Mixed Method Social Inquiry: Possibilities and Strategies” Workshop. Hosted by Dr. Jennifer C. Greene. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA, May 4.
2006 Research Assistant, Department of Sociology, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON.
Principal Investigator: Dr. Jacqueline Lewis
2002-03 Fundraising Executive, Criminal Justice and Public Policy Society, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON
2002 (Student) Customs Inspector, Commercial Operations Unit, Canada Customs and Revenue Agency, Mississauga, ON
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
2009-11 Ottawa Victim Services - Victim Crisis and Referral Services. Ottawa, ON.
Position: Victim Support Worker
2007 Caucus. The Political Magazine of the Students. University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON
Position: Manager
2005 PLASP Child Care Services, Mississauga, ON
Position: Summer Camp Volunteer
2002-03 Family and Children’s Services of Guelph and Wellington County, Guelph, ON
Position: Youth Mentor
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS
International Association for the Study of Sexuality, Culture and Society (IASSCS)
Canadian Sociology Association (CSA)
American Society of Criminology (ASC)
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