Dr. Temitope Oriola

Dr. Temitope Oriola
University of Alberta

Email: oriola@ualberta.ca
Temitope Oriola is professor of criminology and sociology and associate dean in the Faculty of Arts, University of Alberta. A recipient of the Governor General of Canada Academic Gold Medal, Oriola is author of Criminal Resistance? The Politics of Kidnapping Oil Workers, one of a small number of book-length sociological investigations of political kidnapping in the English language. Oriola’s research encompasses police use of force, resource insurgencies and terrorism studies. Professor Oriola is a recipient of the CAFA Distinguished Academic Award and president-elect of the Canadian Sociological Association(CSA).