Rosemary Coombe | |
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Academic background | |
Education | B.A., 1981, University of Western Ontario J.S.M., JsD., Stanford University |
Thesis | Cultural appropriations: intellectual property laws and the cultural politics of postmodernism. |
Academic work | |
Institutions | University of Toronto York University |
Main interests | Law and Justice,Cultural,political,and social implications of intellectual property laws,Communications and Culture |
Website | rcoombe |
Rosemary J. Coombe is a Canadian anthropologist and lawyer,She is a professor in the Department of Anthropology at York University and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Law,Communication and Cultural Studies. Previously,she was a full professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto.
Coombe earned her J.S.D. from Stanford University. [1]
She was a faculty member at the University of Toronto (UofT) for 12 years before accepting a position at York University in 2001 as their Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Law,Communication and Cultural Studies. [2] Before leaving UofT,she published "The Cultural Life of Intellectual Properties:Authorship,Appropriation and the Law" through the Duke University Press. [3] Three years later,she accepted an Ida Beam Visiting Professorship from the University of Iowa. [4] Coombe was renewed as a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Law,Communication and Cultural Studies in 2009. [5]
In 2013,Coombe co-edited "Dynamic Fair Dealing:Creating Canadian Culture Online" through the University of Toronto Press. [6] She was again renewed as a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in 2016. [7] That year,she was also recognized by York as a Research Leader. [8] Two years later,she was a T. C. Bierne Visiting Fellow at the University of Queensland's TC Beirne School of Law. [9] Coombe is also part of the Intellectual Property Issues in Cultural Heritage research team. [10]
The following is a list of selected publications: [11]
Rosemary J. Coombe has written about many important elements within the realm of intellectual property law. In her writing,Coombe focuses on the social and cultural implications of intellectual property law and its constraints. Coombe has written many articles addressing these topics. For example,Coombe wrote Objects of Property and Subjects of Politics:Intellectual Property Laws and Democratic Dialogue,69 Tex. L. Rev. 1853 (1991). This article highlighted the relationship between democratic freedoms,copyright concepts,and the subsequent effects that stifle cultural expression.
Deborah P. Britzman is a professor and a practicing psychoanalyst at York University. Britzman's research connects psychoanalysis with contemporary pedagogy,teacher education,social inequality,problems of intolerance and historical crisis.
Lorraine Code is Professor Emerita of Philosophy at York University in Toronto,Ontario,Canada and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Her principal area of research is feminist epistemology and the politics of knowledge.
Giuseppina D'Agostino is a Canadian lawyer and legal scholar specializing in intellectual property law who teaches at Osgoode Hall Law School. She is regularly called upon by the Canadian Federal and Provincial governments for advice and is a cited authority at the Supreme Court of Canada.
Janine Marchessault is a professor of Cinema and Media Studies and Canada Research Chair (2003-2013) at York University in Toronto,Canada. Her main fields of research are Ecologies of Media and Mediation,(sub)urban cultures,the works of Marshall McLuhan,contemporary art exhibitions,Expo 67,artists' cultures,new media technologies,media archives,city and its sustainability issues. She is also a Trudeau Fellow.
Isabella C. Bakker is a Canadian political scientist,currently a Distinguished Research Professor and York Research Chair at York University. In 2009,Bakker became the first York University professor to earn a Trudeau Fellowship and was later elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
Dawn R. Bazely is a full professor in biology in the Faculty of Science,and the former Director of the Institute for Research Innovation in Sustainability,at York University in Canada. In 2015 she was awarded the title of University Professor for services to research,teaching,and the institution. Bazely has been a field biologist for forty years and her research specializes in plant-animal interactions in ecology. She has also been recognized for her science communication.
Wenona Mary Giles is a professor emerita in the Department of Anthropology at York University. In 2018,she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Through the university,Giles helped launch the Borderless Higher Education for Refugees (BHER) project which allowed people in refugee camps to earn degrees,diplomas and certificates from Moi and Kenyatta Universities in Kenya,and from York University and UBC in Canada.
Joan Judge is a Professor in the Department of History at York University. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2018. Her academic focus is on Chinese history.
Leah F. Vosko is a professor of political science and Canada Research Chair at York University. Her research interests are focused on political economy,labour rights,gender studies,migration,and citizenship. In 2015,she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
Rebecca Rita Elizabeth Riddell (née Pillai) is a Canadian clinical psychologist and a basic-behavioural scientist. She is a full professor at York University and Tier 2 York Research Chair in Pain and Mental Health.
Jonathan Charles Edmondson is a British-born historian. He holds Full Professor and Distinguished Research Professorship status at York University and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
Marcia Hampton Rioux was a Canadian legal scholar. She was a Distinguished Research Professor in the School of Health Policy and Management at York University.
Marlis Erica Schweitzer is a Canadian theatre and performance historian. She is an associate professor and Chair of the Department of Theatre at York University.
Susan Lee McGrath is a Professor Emerita in the School of Social Work at York University and former director of York's Centre for Refugee Studies.
Jane Marie Heffernan is a Canadian mathematician. Her research focuses on understanding the spread and persistence of infectious diseases. She is a full professor at York University and a Tier 2 York Research Chair in Multi-Scale Quantitative Methods for Evidence-Based Health Policy. She is the director of the Centre for Disease Modelling,and is on the board of directors of the Canadian Applied and Industrial Mathematics Society.
Kristin Alexandra Andrews is Professor in the Department of Philosophy at York University and she holds the York Research Chair in Animal Minds.
Deborah B. McGregor (Anishinaabe) is a Canadian environmentalist. She is an associate professor and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Environmental Justice at Osgoode Hall Law School.
Joel D. Katz is a Canadian psychologist and researcher. He is a Distinguished Research Professor and Canada Research Chair in Health Psychology at York University. He also serves as the Research Director of the Pain Research Unit in the Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management at the Toronto General Hospital and is a professor in the Department of Anesthesia at the University of Toronto.
Molly Madeleine Ladd-Taylor is a Canadian historian. Having moved to Canada during the 1990s,she is a professor of history at York University and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Her research focuses on the histories of women's health,maternal and child welfare policy,and eugenics in the United States.
Sara Bannerman is an Associate Professor at McMaster University's Department of Communication Studies and Multimedia. Bannerman is the Canada Research Chair in Communication Policy and Governance;she was first appointed in 2017,and renewed for a 2021 appointment.