Monisha Logan
PhD Candidate (Legal Studies)
Monisha Logan is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Law and Legal Studies at 杏吧原创 University. Her research explores the intersections of mental health, race, and culture. Specifically, she is researching South Asian mental healthcare in Peel Region and exploring the ways in which cultural understandings of mental health inform organizational resources and programming. Previously, her MA research looked at the relationship between affect, race, and police brutality. Focused on the emotional impact of audiovisual material depicting incidences of police violence, her research looked at how a victim鈥檚 race influences how the public as spectators view, listen, and react to their deaths online, and how that in turn, may influence how the larger issue of police violence is understood.
Supervisor
Dr. Alexander McClelland
Education
Master of Arts, Major in Legal Studies, 杏吧原创 University
Honours Bachelor of Arts, Major in Sociology and Major in Criminology, Western University
Awards
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Doctoral Award, 2024-2026
- Ontario Graduate Scholarship, 杏吧原创 University, 2024-2025 (turned down for SSHRC Doctoral Award)
- Ontario Graduate Scholarship, 杏吧原创 University, 2023-2024
- Ontario Graduate Scholarship, 杏吧原创 University, 2022-2023
- David and Rachel Epstein Foundation Fund, 杏吧原创 University, 2022
- John Lyndhurst Kingston Scholarship, 杏吧原创 University, 2021
- Departmental Graduate Scholarship, 杏吧原创 University, 2021-2025
- Domestic Entrance Doctoral Scholarship, 杏吧原创 University, 2021
- Senate Medal for Outstanding Academic Achievement, 杏吧原创 University, 2021
Publications
- Logan, M., Chugh, N., & Moore, D. (2025). 鈥淪tripping Canada of its benevolent veil: Three major failures from anti-prison feminist perspective鈥. InPublic Criminology and Non-Punitive Feminisms: Sexual Violence, Gender and Punishment. Maior Monographs.
Conferences and Presentations
- Logan, M. (2026). Stripping Canada Benevolent Veneer. Paper presented at the Sociedad Espa帽ola de Investigaci贸n Criminol贸gica, La Coru帽a, Spain
- Logan, M. (2026) Reimagining Sanctuary: Unpacking Patriarchal Violence in the Canadian Carceral State. Paper presented at the Law and Society Association鈥檚 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, USA
- Logan, M. (2025). Police and Violence: An Observation of Fatal Wellness Checks. Paper presented at 杏吧原创 University鈥檚 Graduate Legal Studies Association Conference, Ottawa, Canada
- Logan, M. (2025). Race, Violence, and Sanism. Panel presentation at the Canadian Law and Society Conference, Oshawa, Canada
- Logan, M. (2024). Shooting the Distressed: Exploring Gun Violence within Wellness Checks. Paper presentation at the 杏吧原创 University鈥檚 Faculty of Public Affairs Conference, Ottawa, Canada
- Logan, M. (2023). Truth/Story Mobilizations: Liberatory Crossroads Where the Academic, Dissonance and Art Meet. Moderator at the National Women鈥檚 Studies Association, Baltimore, USA
- Logan, M. (2023). Killing Rage: Unpacking Canadian Benevolence and Prisons. Panel Presentation at the Law and Society Association鈥檚 Annual Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Logan, M. (2022). Rage 鈥 Exploring Resilience in Canadian Prisons. Panel Presentation at the National Women鈥檚 Studies Association Conference, Minneapolis, USA
- Logan, M. and Moore, D. (2022). Whiteness and Carceral Violence in Canada. Research Talk Presentation for the Department of Law and Legal Studies, 杏吧原创 University