Amy Fitzgerald

Amy Fitzgerald is a full professor of criminology in the Department of Sociology and Criminology, and holds a hybrid appointment with the Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research at the University of Windsor. She is the 2023-2025 University of Windsor Vice-President's (Research and Innovation) Internal Research Chair. Her research focuses on the intersection of harms (criminal and otherwise) perpetrated against people, non-human animals, and the environment. She has published many peer-reviewed articles, chapters, and books. Fitzgerald is a founding member of the Animal and Interpersonal Abuse Research Group, the recipient of a Distinguished Scholarship Award from the Animals and Society section of the American Sociological Association, the Mid-Career Outstanding Faculty Research Award from the University of Windsor, and a two-time residential fellow in the Animal Law and Policy Program at Harvard University's Law School (in 2020 and 2024).