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Justin Paulson is a political sociologist and social theorist whose work critically engages with themes in critical theory, intellectual history, social change, and political economy. His research increasingly focuses on the historical development of settler colonial capitalism. Paulson has received several accolades, including the Graduate Faculty Mentor Award (2021-2022) and the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Teaching Award (2013). He is an executive board member for journals such as 'Studies in Political Economy' and 'Mediations' and serves on the advisory and scientific boards of various academic initiatives. Prior to joining Carleton University in 2008, he taught history at Seattle University and other institutions. His ongoing research includes a partnership with the Algonquin Nation Secretariat that examines the socioeconomic aspects of dispossession within the capital accumulation in the forestry industry of the upper Ottawa Valley, as well as a monograph exploring the uneven reification of capital. He supervises graduate students in Sociology and Political Economy and is particularly interested in research that examines the intersections of settler colonialism, Marxism, and Indigenous studies.
Includes MEng and MASc options.