Justin Tetrault

BIOGRAPHY

Justin Tetrault is an assistant professor in the School of Criminology at 丁香园AV. He received his PhD in Sociology and Criminology from the University of Alberta.

His research interests include various topics, especially political movements and extremism, Indigenous justice, and the experiences of prisoners and their reintegration into society. Tetrault's research can be divided into two main areas. The first involves his work on the , where the research team interviews incarcerated individuals and staff to gain insight into their experiences within the prison system. He has published papers on topics such , Indigenous people鈥檚 experiences with , and he is currently studying re-entry experiences and healing lodges.

The second area of his research examines populism, extremism, and right-wing nationalist movements. He collaborates with Dr. Sandra Bucerius on a study of German populism, involving interviews with AfD and BSW party supporters. In this context, he has published on , the sociology of hate, the problems with , and unhoused Indigenous people's experiences with .

As a Red River M茅tis person, Tetrault is dedicated to working alongside community members and practitioners to improve cultural supports for justice-involved Indigenous people

AREAS OF INTEREST

Colonialism; decolonization; extremism; far-right politics; hate crime; Indigenous justice; inequality; nationalism; penal populism; penality; prisons; political sociology; populism; qualitative methods; race; re-entry/re-integration; recidivism; restorative justice; social control; social movements; terrorism.

EDUCATION

BA hons (University of Winnipeg)
MA (Carleton University)
PhD (University of Alberta)

Note for potential graduate students:

Professor Tetrault is only accepting new MA, PhD, and postdoctoral students and serving on committees under rare circumstances starting in Fall 2025. Incoming students with an interest in studying political extremism or Indigenous justice issues and related topics are encouraged to inquire by emailing professor Tetrault at justin_tetrault@sfu.ca.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Tetrault, J.E.C. (2025). How Liberalism Accommodates Far-right Social Movements: On 鈥淢ainstreaming鈥� and the Need for Critical Theory in Far-right Studies. Social Forces, 103(4): 1560鈥�1580.

Urbanik, M., Maier, K., Tetrault, J.E.C., Greene, C. (2024). Hate Crime and Class Vulnerability: A Case Study of White Nationalist Violence Against Unhoused Indigenous People. The British Journal of Criminology, 64(4): 863-880.

Tetrault, J.E.C. (2023) Decolonizing Prisons: Indigenized Prison Programming and a Critique of Critical Prison Studies. Incarceration, 4.

Tetrault, J.E.C. (2022). Indigenizing Prisons: A Canadian Case Study, In Tonry, M., & Bucerius, S., Crime and Justice: A Review of Research Volume 51: Prisons and Prisoners (pp. 187鈥�236), Chicago, University of Chicago Press.

McDonald, A., Berardi, L., Tetrault, J.E.C., Haggerty, K., & Bucerius, S. (2022). More of the Same, only Worse: COVID and the Administrative Burdens Facing Loved Ones of Incarcerated Men. British Journal of Criminology.

Tetrault, J.E.C. (2022). Thinking Beyond Extremism: A Critique of Counterterrorism Research on Right-wing Nationalist and Far-right Social Movements, The British Journal of Criminology, 62(2): 431鈥�449.

Ricciardelli, R., Bucerius, S.M., Tetrault, J.E.C., Crewe, B., & Pyrooz, D. (2021). Correctional Services During and Beyond COVID-19: A Royal Society of Canada Policy Brief. Royal Society of Canada.

Tetrault, J.E.C. (2021). What鈥檚 Hate Got to Do with It?: Right-Wing Movements and the Hate Stereotype, Current Sociology, 69(1): pp. 3鈥�23.

Tetrault, J.E.C., Bucerius, S.M., & Haggerty, K.D. (2020). Multiculturalism Under Confinement: Prisoner Race Relations Inside Western Canadian Prisons, Sociology, 54(3): 534鈥�555.

SELECTED GRANTS AND AWARDS

SSHRC Insight Development Grant (2025-2028)
SSHRC Partnership Grant (2022-2029)
Dr. Gordon Hirabayashi Graduate Scholarship in Sociology
SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship

Courses

This instructor is currently not teaching any courses.

丁香园AV

School of Criminology