My Expertise
Evidence, Surveillance Studies, Feminist Legal Theory, Law and Visual Culture, Acoustic Justice
Fields of Research (FoR)
Law in context, Legal systemsBiography
Mehera San Roque is an Associate Professor in the School of Law, Society and Criminology. She teaches and researches on evidence law with a particular interests in relationships between forensic science, expert evidence, gender and crime. She is currently Co-Chair of the Women's Wellbeing Academy (UNSW), and a member of the Gender Equality Hub and the Evidence-Based Forensics Initiative at UNSW. Between 2017 and 2022 she was on the governing...view more
Mehera San Roque is an Associate Professor in the School of Law, Society and Criminology. She teaches and researches on evidence law with a particular interests in relationships between forensic science, expert evidence, gender and crime. She is currently Co-Chair of the Women's Wellbeing Academy (UNSW), and a member of the Gender Equality Hub and the Evidence-Based Forensics Initiative at UNSW. Between 2017 and 2022 she was on the governing National Council of the Australian Academy of Forensic Sciences.
My Research Supervision
Supervision keywords
Areas of supervision
Criminal procedure and evidence, law and visual/sound/popular culture, feminist legal studies.
Recent completions;
Janice Yung (School of Psychology, Faculty of Science, UNSW), " Cognitive biases surrounding presentation of face identification evidence in court and their effects on juror decision-making"
Shakhawat Hossain (School of Global and Public Law, UNSW), "Judges' social media use and its impact on the integrity of the judicial process in Bangladesh"
Currently supervising
My Engagement
Science and law clash in Kathleen Folbigg case - Law Report with Damien Carrick: https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/breakfast/kathleen-folbigg-case-law-report-with-damien-carrick/13281510
Senior academics write to the NSW attorney-general, calling for early release of Kathleen Folbigg - 7.30 (ABC Television): https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-17/senior-academics-call-for-kathleen-folbigg-release-730/102359516
My Teaching
LAWS2351/JURD7251 Court Process, Evidence and Proof
LAWS3316/JURD7316 Expert Evidence
LAWS3102/JURD7302 Advanced Criminal Law
Law for Psychologists (Master of Psychology (Forensic))
Legal Concepts, Research and Writing (LLM)
Contact
Publications
ORCID as entered in ROS
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1352-9862