Denise Whitehead
University of Waterloo, Department of Sexuality, Marriage, and Family Studies, and cross-appointed in Sociology and Legal Studies
Denise Whitehead is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Sexuality, Marriage, and Family Studies, and cross-appointed in Sociology and Legal Studies, at St. Jerome’s University, in the University of Waterloo. Denise is a trained lawyer (Osgoode Hall, Bar of Ontario) and social scientist (PhD, Family Relations and Human Development, University of Guelph). Denise conducts socio-legal research on practice and policy issues related to separation and divorce that affect all members of the family system. Denise’s teaching covers a wide breadth of topics including parents and children; relationship formation and dissolution; family law; family policy; conflict in close relationships; and caregiving.
