Welcome to my website. I am Assistant Professor of Sociology at Simon Fraser University and an associate member in the School of Public Policy. I am a member of the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte First Nation (Tyendinaga).
Prior to joining SFU as a faculty member, I was Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Alberta. In 2023, I held a visiting position as a Senior Fellow-in-Residence at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy.
My general research interests are in political sociology; economic sociology; law and society; fiscal sociology; Indigenous-settler relations; racialization; settler colonialism; Indigenous policy; sociology of knowledge. My work has been published in Law & Society Review, Economy & Society, Critical Social Policy, Canadian Review of Sociology, Surveillance & Society, and Annual Review of Law and Social Science. Please see my publications page to access .pdf copies of my work.
Broadly, I study the production and dissemination of political, legal, and fiscal knowledge about Indigenous peoples. My work critically analyzes political knowledges that seek to erode Indigenous sovereignty and justify colonial legal and social hierarchies. My research agenda is currently focussed on the relationship between property, taxation, fiscalized racism, colonialism, and anti-Indigenous politics; and the institutional construction of policy knowledge and expertise in relation to Indigenous nations. My research is supported by a SSHRC Insight Development Grant.
My public scholarship has been published in The Conversation. My research has also been covered by media outlets, such as Aboriginal People’s Television Network (APTN), Press Progress, AlbertaPolitics.ca, and Rabble.ca
I welcome inquiries from prospective students interested in pursuing graduate studies in sociology at SFU.
Kyle Willmott 