Dr. Heather Tasker (she/her) is an Assistant Professor cross-appointed to the Department of Political Science and Law, Justice & Society Program at Dalhousie University.
Dr. Tasker's research explores gendered violence in conflict-affected contexts through the lenses of transitional justice, human rights, and feminist legal studies. In collaboration with community-based partners, she has examined women’s ‘law-making’ in forced marriages, access to and conceptions of justice following peacekeeper-perpetrated sexual abuse, and the development of transitional justice mechanisms in response to conflict-related sexual and gender-based violence. Dr. Tasker holds a PhD in Socio-Legal Studies from York University.