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Dr. Simon Verdun-Jones received the 2004 SFU Excellence in Teaching Award.
Simon Verdun-Jones never fails to excite his audience of undergraduate and graduate students, despite the complexity of his topic – criminal law.
With flailing arms, the occasional bounce, and a firm command of his subject matter, Verdun-Jones exudes energy and enthusiasm during his lectures and seminars. Students say he brings his subject to life with real-life cases and intriguing details.
Email: simon_verdun-jones@sfu.ca
School of Criminology
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Link: http://www.sfu.ca/sfunews/sfu_news/archives/sfunews01270509.shtml
Dr. Margaret Jackson received the 1997 SFU Excellence in Teaching Award.
Email: margarej@sfu.ca
Department of Criminology
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Link: http://www.peak.sfu.ca/the-peak/2002-3/issue7/ne-freda.html
Dr. Robert Menzies received the 1986 SFU Excellence in Teaching Award.
Dr. Robert Menzies, Professor of Sociology, received his B.A. in Psychology from York University, and his M.A. in Criminology and Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Toronto. Dr. Menzies has taught at SFU since 1982, and recently spent a term as J.S. Woodsworth Resident Scholar in the Humanities. Dr. Menzies is a former recipient of the SFU Excellence in Teaching Award. His current projects include an in-progress book on the cultural history of ‘criminal insanity’; an inquiry into the encounters of racialized people with early 20th-century psychiatry; a study of eugenics and sterilization law in British Columbia; and, with colleagues across the country, the development of a research and education website on the history of madness in Canada.
Email: robert_menzies@sfu.ca
School of Criminology
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Link: http://www.sfu.ca/sociology/faculty/biographies/menzies.html