{"id":24788,"date":"2020-11-19T16:52:59","date_gmt":"2020-11-19T21:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/its-cuthemedev1.carleton.ca\/law\/?post_type=cu_people&#038;p=24788"},"modified":"2025-08-20T15:17:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T19:17:50","slug":"deborah-komarnisky","status":"publish","type":"cu_people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/people\/deborah-komarnisky\/","title":{"rendered":"Deborah  Komarnisky"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n                    \n             \n                \n            <\/h1>\n\n    \n    <\/header>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"background\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Background<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I joined the Ph.D. program in Legal Studies with a concentration in Political Economy in the fall of 2019. I focus on consumers and consumption, brand culture, food security, retail and food governance, and discourse analysis. My research specifically focuses on the unique social time we live in, where the price of food has become a crisis, with citizens unable to afford basic groceries. This crisis displays itself through a polylogue discussion between retailers, citizens, and various levels of government within the current context of high inflation and post-Covid-19 life in Canada. The talk, discussion, and chat comprising discourses provide insight into how actors understand and make sense of the crisis, their impact, and how society and governments respond. Research into events and discursive spaces provides insight into how information is shared and how it reflects the norms and values of the participating actors. I seek to map and analyze talk, chat, and discussions about the food pricing crisis by considering who is talking, the content, and the effects. As a central research question, I ask, how is this crisis in food governance articulated in the discourses of the food pricing crisis? This crisis brings into focus the systemic inequalities and food insecurity experienced by Canadians and the need for a regulated food pricing system. How citizens, retailers and governments talk about the crisis reveals how Canadian society is confronting social inequality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"research-interests\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research Interests<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Consumers, Consumption and Brand Culture.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Food Insecurity.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Governance, Self-Governance and Identity.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Intellectual Property Rights and Counterfeiting.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Popular Culture and Cultural Theory.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Critical Legal Theory and Crisis Theory.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Social Constructionism and Discourse Analysis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"supervisor\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Supervisor<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Sheryl Hamilton<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"education\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">M.A., Law &amp; Legal Studies<br>\n杏吧原创 University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">B.A. (High Honours) in Law and Legal Studies<br>\n杏吧原创 University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Diploma in Regulatory Law Administration<br>\nAlgonquin College, Ottawa, Ontario<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">B.A. (Honours) in Mass Communication<br>\n杏吧原创 University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"scholarships-awards\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Scholarships &amp; Awards<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2023 to 2024 \u2013 Ontario Graduate Scholarship ($15,000)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2021 to 2022 \u2013 Ontario Graduate Scholarship ($15,000)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2020 to 2021 \u2013 Ontario Graduate Scholarship ($15,000)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"publications\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publications<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Komarnisky, Deborah, Book Review \u201cA Review of DeBrabander, Firmin 2020. <em>Life After Privacy: Reclaiming Democracy in a Surveillance Society<\/em>.\u201d <em>Surveillance &amp; Society<\/em>, 19:1 (2021). <a href=\"https:\/\/ojs.library.queensu.ca\/index.php\/surveillance-and-society\/issue\/view\/890\">https:\/\/ojs.library.queensu.ca\/index.php\/surveillance-and-society\/issue\/view\/890<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Komarnisky, Deborah, Book Review &#8220;A Review of Molitorisz, Sacha 2020. Net Privacy: How we can be Free in an Age of Surveillance&#8221;, <em>Surveillance &amp; Society<\/em>, 18:4 (2020). <a href=\"https:\/\/ojs.library.queensu.ca\/index.php\/surveillance-and-society\/issue\/view\/884\">https:\/\/ojs.library.queensu.ca\/index.php\/surveillance-and-society\/issue\/view\/884<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Komarnisky, Deborah; Book Review, \u201cCrime Prevention, Migration Control and Surveillance Practices: Welfare Bureaucracy as Mobility Deterrent\u201d, <em>AmeriQuests <\/em>15.1 (2020). <a href=\"http:\/\/ameriquests.org\/index.php\/ameriquests\/article\/view\/4761\">http:\/\/ameriquests.org\/index.php\/ameriquests\/article\/view\/4761<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Komarnisky, Deborah; Book Review \u201cFalse Positive: Private Profit in Canadas Medical Laboratories\u201d from <em>Alternative Routes<\/em>, <em>A Journal of Critical Social Research<\/em>; Vol 25 (2014) at p. 310. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alternateroutes.ca\/index.php\/ar\/pages\/view\/BookReviewsCurrent\">http:\/\/www.alternateroutes.ca\/index.php\/ar\/pages\/view\/BookReviewsCurrent<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"teaching-assistant\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Teaching Assistant<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LAWS 2908 \u2013 Approaches in Legal Studies (Legal Research Methods) \u2013 Fall\/Winter 2022\/2023, Fall\/Winter 2021\/2022, Fall\/Winter 2020\/2021, Fall\/Winter 2019\/2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Kin\u00e0m\u00e0gawin Indigenous Learning Certificate<\/em>, April 2023, Centre for Indigenous Support and Community Engagement, 杏吧原创 University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Course Design Fundamentals<\/em>, March 2022, Teaching and Learning Services, 杏吧原创 University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Certificate in Teaching Assistant Skills<\/em>, April 2021, Education Development Centre, 杏吧原创 University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"courses-taught\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Courses Taught<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LAWS 3205 (Consumer Law) \u2013 Fall 2018, 2017 and 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LAWS 3202 (Intellectual Property) \u2013 Fall 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"selected-conference-presentations\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Selected Conference Presentations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Historical Influences Leading to the Development of Loyalty Reward Programs in Canada\u201d, (Re)Thinking History: Underhill Graduate Student Colloquium &#8211; 杏吧原创 University, Ottawa, Ontario, March 18, 2022, Ottawa, ON 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMapping the Consumer Consumption Club: An Institutional Ethnography of Retail Spaces\u201d presented at the Emerging Perspectives: FPA Graduate Student Conference &#8211; 杏吧原创 University, Ottawa, Ontario, March 8 \u2013 9 2022, Ottawa, ON 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cData Mining within Reward-centric Capitalism: A Discussion of Data Analysis, Governance and Loyalty Reward Cards\u201d presented at the Workshop on the Impact of New Technologies on Public and Private Powers: National and Supernational Perspectives, University of Milan, CERIDAP and 杏吧原创 University, November 12, 2021, Ottawa, ON 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Reward-Centric Consumer: Governing Consumer Identity, Agency, and Brand Loyalty in the Retail Market\u201d presented at the Graduate Law and Legal Students Conference, 杏吧原创 University, May 13, 2021, Ottawa, ON. 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Reward-Centric Consumer: Transforming Consumer Identity, Agency, and Brand Loyalty in the Retail Market\u201d presented at Transitioning, Communications Students Graduate Caucus Conference, 杏吧原创 University, March 22-23, Ottawa, ON. 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c(Un)Masking Reward-Centric Capitalism: A Discussion on Loyalty Reward Cards, Consumers, and Brand Loyalty in the Retail Market\u201d presented at (Un)Masking, Institute of Political Economy Graduate Students Conference, 杏吧原创 University, February 25-26, Ottawa, ON. 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLet\u2019s Make a Deal: A Case Study on Privacy, Surveillance and Consumer Loyalty Reward Points Cards in Canada\u201d presented at Emerging Perspectives, Faculty of Public Affairs Graduate Student Conference, 杏吧原创 University, March 2-3, Ottawa, ON. 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGeorge Orwell\u2019s 1984 \u2013 A Case Study in the (De) Construction of the Discourse of Social Surveillance\u201d presented at Beyond Boundaries, Communications Students Graduate Caucus Conference, 杏吧原创 University, February 27-28, Ottawa, ON. 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24789,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cu_people_first_name":"Deborah ","cu_people_last_name":"Komarnisky","cu_people_initials":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_people_type":[16],"cu_people_expertise":[],"class_list":["post-24788","cu_people","type-cu_people","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cu_people_type-phd-student"],"acf":{"cu_people_job_title":"PhD Candidate (Legal Studies)","cu_people_degree":"","cu_building":"","cu_people_office_num":"","cu_people_pronoun":"","cu_people_designation":"","cu_people_email":"deborahkomarnisky@cmail.carleton.ca","cu_people_phone":"","cu_people_phone_ext":"","cu_people_linkedin":"https:\/\/ca.linkedin.com\/in\/deborah-komarnisky-15927422a ","cu_people_bluesky":"","cu_people_twitter":"","cu_people_instagram":"","cu_people_facebook":"","cu_people_website":"","cu_people_orcid":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/24788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_people"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/24788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33165,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/24788\/revisions\/33165"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_people_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_type?post=24788"},{"taxonomy":"cu_people_expertise","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_expertise?post=24788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}