I am interested in the application of anti-oppressive, anti-racist, feminist, and intersectional thinking in the community-based, activist and academic scholarhsip that I engage in. Most of my published academic work has focused on the intersections of gender and sexuality as it relates to health, illness, medicine/psychiatry, and anti-violence work. 

In the community of Brantford and Brant County, I am a member of the The Bridge committee. We are a grassroots group that works to identify and address inequities experienced by the 2SLGBTQIA+ community and to promote safer spaces for everyone. I also work with the Sexual Assault Centre of Brant in support of anti-violence education and advocacy, as well as contriubting to a number of equity-related initiatives both within the post-secondary sector and beyond.

• Laurier Merit Award (2018)
• Award for Service Excellence and Community Engagement (2016)
• Lillian Robinson Visiting Scholar Award, Simone de Beauvoir Institute, Concordia University (2015-16)
• Teaching Excellence Award, Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (2015)

I am always keen to work with students! In particular, I can supervise students interested in doing qualitative research in the areas of gender and sexuality including gender-based and sexual violence, 2SLGBTQIA+ experiences, the relationship of gender and sexuality to health, illness and medicine, and feminist science and technology studies. I often support projects that adopt an expilcit anti-oppressive and anti-racist lens, use an intersectional feminist and/or queer approach, and/or incorporate a Foucauldian theoretical framework.

Selected publications from the last five years:

• Rossiter, Kate and Rebecca Godderis (2020). "Essentially Invisible: Risk and Personal Support Workers in the time of COVID-19." Sociology of Health and Illness.
• Perreault-Laird, Jordyn, Mina Rajabi Paak, Rebecca Godderis (2020). "Remote Teaching and Technology-facilitated Gender-based and Sexual Violence." Academic Matters: OCUFA's Journal of Higher Education. 
• Oliver, Marcia, Rebecca Godderis and Debra Langan (2020). "Alternative practices and politics of care: Women students’experiences of rape culture and sexualized violence on campus." In Diane Crocker, Joanne Minaker, Amanda Nelund (Eds.), Violence Interrupted: Confronting Sexual Violence on University Campuses. Montreal, Quebec: McGill-Queens Press. 
• Harrigan, Mallory, Micheal Woodford, Rebecca Godderis, Ciann Wilson (2020). "Understanding students’ intentions to intervene to prevent sexual violence: A Canadian study." In Diane Crocker, Joanne Minaker, Amanda Nelund (Eds.), Violence Interrupted: Confronting Sexual Violence on University Campuses. Montreal, Quebec: McGill-Queens Press. 
• Godderis, Rebecca and Jennifer Root (2017). “Addressing Sexual Violence on Post-Secondary Campuses is a Collective Responsibility.” Transformative Dialogues.
• Godderis, Rebecca (2017) “How Faculty can Help End Sexual Violence on Campus.” Academic Matters: OCUFA’s Journal of Higher Education. 
• Root, Jennifer and Rebecca Godderis (2016). “Instructor Strategies for Responding to Disclosures of Gender-Based Violence on Campus.” Canadian Journal of Action Research. 
• Godderis, Rebecca and Jennifer Root (2016). "Trigger Warnings: Compassion is not Censorship." Radical Pedagogy. 
• Godderis, Rebecca and Zipparah Stephenson (2016). "Preventing Tragedy in Canada? Risk and Responsibility in Government Discourses about Alcohol Consumption and Pregnancy." Journal of Women, Politics & Policy.
• Godderis, Rebecca and Joanna Brant (2015). “The Right to Retreat and the Politics of Self-Care.” GUTS: Canadian Feminist Magazine.

• Medicalization
• Gender and Health
• Power, Politics and Health
• Critical Perspectives on Sexuality, Health and Society
• Gender, Sexuality, and Social Justice
• Community Capacity Development (MA in Social Justice and Community Engagement)