Lise Gotell
Lise Gotell is the Landrex Distinguished Professor in Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Alberta. Much of her recent work concerns the legal regulation of sexual violence in a context of neoliberalism. Lise has published widely-cited work on Canada’s affirmative consent standard, on gender-based violence policy, on antifeminist backlash, as well as on the pernicious effects of the rough sex defense. Her research has been cited by the Supreme Court of Canada and in law reform initiatives in Australia, New Zealand, England and Wales and Scotland.
