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Multicultural Socio-Legal Studies

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Isaac T. Soon
University of British Columbia
2
Camilla Pickles
Durham University
3
Samuel Piccolo
Gustavus Adolphus College
4
Deanne Aline Marie LeBlanc
University of British Columbia
5
Alexander Bolt
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham
6
Anthony J. Stiff
University of Aberdeen
7
Susan Collis
Queen's University
8
Keebet von Benda-Beckman
Unknown
9
Robyn M. Powell
Brandeis University
10
Phillip Michael Lasater
University of Zurich

Rising Stars Papers

1
‘Everything is Obstetric Violence Now’: Identifying the Violence in ‘Obstetric Violence’ to Strengthen Socio-legal Reform Efforts
Oxford Journal of Legal Studies|2024
25 cit.
2
Family Caregivers’ Attitudes and Perspectives About the Sexual and Reproductive Health of Women With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: An Online Survey
American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities|2024
4 cit.
3
Nature in Native American Political Thinking
American Political Thought|2024
3 cit.
4
Emerging human rights standards on obstetric violence and abuse during childbirth
International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics|2025
3 cit.
5
The shadowy boundaries of obstetric violence
Journal of Gender-Based Violence|2024
2 cit.
6
Could Escalated Caesarean Sections Be Viewed as Obstetric Mistreatment?
Acta Paediatrica|2025
2 cit.
7
Care Reimagined: Transforming Law by Embracing Interdependence
Michigan Law Review|2024
1 cit.
8
Psalm 40 and the “New Covenant” of Jeremiah 31?
Vetus Testamentum|2024
0 cit.
9
Christ’s Cosmetic Hydrotherapy: Blemishes, Wrinkles, and Transformational Waters in Ephesians 5:26–27
Biblical Interpretation|2024
0 cit.
10
The Politics of Ear Mutilation: Cropping an Enslaved Person in the Gospel Passion Narratives
Journal for the Study of the New Testament|2024
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Marie Spinoy
Centre for European Policy Studies
2
Ivar R. Hannikainen
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro
3
Lynda Collins
University of Ottawa
4
Samuel Blouin
Université de Montréal
5
Karine Poitras
Université Laval
6
Shawna LeClair
Unknown
7
Rey C. Rojas
Cebu Technological University
8
Parker Tatoulis
Mount Royal University
9
Susan Heward‐Belle
The University of Sydney
10
E. Scholtz
University of Pretoria

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Coordination and expertise foster legal textualism
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2022
38 cit.
2
Rule is a dual character concept
Cognition|2022
26 cit.
3
Moral appraisals guide intuitive legal determinations.
Law and Human Behavior|2023
17 cit.
4
Purposes in Law and in Life: An Experimental Investigation of Purpose Attribution
Canadian Journal of Law & Jurisprudence|2022
9 cit.
5
Participatory practice guideline development at the intersections of domestic and family violence, mental distress and/or parental substance use
Advances in Dual Diagnosis|2022
7 cit.
6
The typicality effect in basic needs
Synthese|2022
7 cit.
7
Normality and the Treatment-Enhancement Distinction
Neuroethics|2023
6 cit.
8
Legal provisions on medical aid in dying encode moral intuition
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2024
5 cit.
9
Parenting during a child's placement: A systemic perspective on parental commitment
Family Relations|2023
4 cit.
10
Broad, subjective, relative: the surprising folk concept of basic needs
Philosophical Studies|2023
4 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Rantoa Letšosa
University of Pretoria
2
Matthew D. Lieberman
University of California, Los Angeles
3
Roger E. Meiners
The University of Texas at Arlington
4
Yoshitaka Nagahama
National Institute for Basic Biology
5
Steven L. Nock
Virginia Department of Education
6
Stephen D. White
Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital
7
Richard Collier
Texas Back Institute
8
Peter Brooks
The University of Melbourne
9
R. Shep Melnick
Sterling Research Group
10
Robert A. Williams
Langley Research Center

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Sex determination and sex differentiation in fish: an overview of genetic, physiological, and environmental influences
Aquaculture|2002
2.6k cit.
2
Type I and Type II error concerns in fMRI research: re-balancing the scale
Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience|2009
1.4k cit.
3
Putting Feelings Into Words
Psychological Science|2007
1.1k cit.
4
The Melodramatic Imagination: Balzac, Henry James, Melodrama, and the Mode of Excess.
American Literature|1985
912 cit.
5
Neural Correlates of Dispositional Mindfulness During Affect Labeling
Psychosomatic Medicine|2007
838 cit.
6
Endocrine regulation of gametogenesis in fish
The International Journal of Developmental Biology|1994
751 cit.
7
Measuring Social Judgments: The Factorial Survey Approach.
Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews|1983
618 cit.
8
The Gender Factory: The Apportionment of Work in American Households
Journal of Marriage and the Family|1985
612 cit.
9
The Sunny Side of Fairness
Psychological Science|2008
558 cit.
10
Neural pathways link social support to attenuated neuroendocrine stress responses
NeuroImage|2007
540 cit.

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