Scholars

Professor

Positions:

overview

My research focuses on the intersections between law, literature, and culture.

education and training

selected publications

Ayres, S. (2021). Inside the Master's Gates: Resources and Tools to Dismantle Racism and Sexism in Higher Education. The Journal of Law in Society. 21(1), 20-62.
Ayres, S (2020). Trauma-Informed Advocacy: Learning to Empathize with Unspeakable Horrors. William and Mary Journal of Women and the Law. 26(2), 225-260.
Ayres, S. (2018). Claudia Rankine's 'Citizen': Documenting and Protesting America's Halting March Toward Racial Justice and Equality. Alabama Civil Rights & Civil Liberties Law Review. 9(2), 213-255.
Ayres, S. (2017). Paternity Un(Certainty): How the Law Surrounding Paternity Challenges Negatively Impacts Family Relationships and Women's Sexuality. Journal of Gender, Race and Justice. 20(2), 237-262.
Ayres, S. (2015). Teaching Empathy: Using Dramatic Narrative to Understand Domestic Violence. Family & Intimate Partner Violence Quarterly. 7(4), 331-350.

Ayres, P. (2019). Teaching Criminal Law Issues in A Lesson Before Dying: She Knew, As We All Knew, What the Outcome Would Be. Wharton Lowe, J., & Beavers, H. (Eds.), Approaches to Teaching Gainess The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman and Other Works. 194-211. Modern Language Association.
Ayres, S. (2014). When Women Kill Newborns: The Rhetoric of Vulnerability. Cole, K. (Eds.), Feminist Challenges or Feminist Rhetorics? Locations, Scholarship, Discourse. 83-97. Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Ayres, S. (2004). The Silent Voices of the Law. Meyer, M. J. (Eds.), Literature and Law. 21-36. Brill Rodopi.
Ayres, S. (1999). Outlaw Against the Thinking Fathers. Herzog, A., & Kaufman, J. (Eds.), 149-162. Palgrave.