Mavis Morton

About

I am a critical community engaged scholar (CCES) and my scholarly activities (teaching/learning/research) fall into two broad areas:

1) Social and criminal justice issues, policy, and advocacy (including gender based violence, violence against women, intimate partner violence (IPV) and the Ontario family law system, IPV and housing insecurity and homelessness, media representation of violence, gendered violence and femicide, restorative justice); and

2) The scholarship of teaching and learning (SOTL) with a focus on community engaged teaching and learning (CETL)

Select Publications & Achievements

Dr. Mavis Morton - John Bell Award, University of Guelph 2025 https://news.uoguelph.ca/2025/06/u-of-g-honouring-3700-students-at-summer-convocation/

Dr. Mavis Morton - Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Association (OCUFA), Teaching Award of Distinction, 2024 https://ocufa.on.ca/ocufa-awards/teaching-and-academic-librarianship-awards/2023-2024-winners-teaching-and-academic-librarianship-awards/

Collaton, J., Barata, P., Morton, M., Barton, K., & Lewis, S. P. (2024). Justice for Women After Sexual Assault: A Critical Interpretive Synthesis. Trauma, Violence & Abuse, 15248380241248411–15248380241248411. https://doi.org/10.1177/15248380241248411

Samardzic, T., Barata, P. C., Morton, M., & Yen, J. (2024). Young Women’s Silencing-Type Behaviors in Heterosexual Relationships. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 8862605241265417-. https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605241265417

Samardzic, T., Barata, P. C., Morton, M., & Yen, J. (2024). Young Women’s Silence and Voice in the Context of Male-Perpetrated Violence. Violence against Women. https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012241236673

Samardzic, T., Wildman, C., Barata, P. C., & Morton, M. (2024). Considerations for conducting online focus groups on sensitive topics. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 27(4), 485–490. https://doi.org/10.1080/13645579.2023.2185985

Samardzic, T., Barata, P. C., Morton, M., & Yen, J. (2023). “It Doesn’t Feel Like You Can Win”: Young Women’s Talk About Heterosexual Relationships. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 47(1), 127–143. https://doi.org/10.1177/03616843221135571

Morton, M., Samardzic, T., Cross, P., Johnstone, S., Vesely, L., & Choubak, M. (2021). The degendering of male perpetrated intimate partner violence against female partners in Ontario family law courts. The Journal of Social Welfare & Family Law, 43(2), 104–118. https://doi.org/10.1080/09649069.2021.1917711

Morton, M. (2021). Chapter 6. Shine the Light: Using the ICE Framework in Sociology Courses to See the “Big Picture” in Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Across the Disciplines: ICE Stories, Sue Fostaty Young & Meagan Troop (eds). https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/storiesofteachinglearningandassessmentacrossthedisciplines/chapter/instructional-context-7/

Morton, M., Varghese, J., Jackson, E., & Levac, L. (2020). Principles in Practice: Supporting the Development of Critical Community-Engaged Scholars. In A. Zimmerman (Ed.), Preparing Students for Community-Engaged Scholarship in Higher Education (pp. 322-346). IGI Global. https://doi-org.subzero.lib.uoguelph.ca/10.4018/978-1-7998-2208-0.ch016

Morton, M., Simpson, A., Smith, C., Westbere, A., Pogrebtsova, E., & Ham, M. (2019). Graduate Students, Community Partner, and Faculty Reflect on Critical Community Engaged Scholarship and Gender Based Violence. Social Sciences (Basel), 8(2), 71–. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci8020071

Levac, L., Parizeau, K., Varghese, J., Morton, M., Jackson, E., & Hawkins, L. (2018). Towards a Framework for Building Community-University Resilience Research Agendas. Social Sciences (Basel), 7(12), 260–. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci7120260

Cross, P., Crann, S., Mazzuocco, K., & Morton, M. (2018). What you don't know can hurt you: The importance of family violence screening tools for family law practitioners., Report submitted to Department of Justice.

Graduate Student Supervision

• Lauren Hancock – MA.CCJP
• Leah Connor – PhD.SOPR
• Meghan Wrathall – PhD.SOC
• Kaitlin Humer – PhD.SOC
• Zainab Teja – MA.CCJP
• Bronwyn Mahon – MA.CCJP