Faculty Index

Athabasca University Governing Council

Centre for Language & Literature

10.21 Centre for Language           and Literature

Veronica Thompson
Chair and Assistant Professor, English
BA (Calgary)
MA (Calgary)
PhD (Queensland)

Joseph J. Pivato
Professor, English
BA (Combined Hons) (York)
MA (Alberta)
PhD (Alberta)

Jolene Armstrong
Assistant Professor, English
BA (Alberta)
PhD (Alberta)

Veronica Baig
Academic Coordinator, ESL
BA (Hons) (Wales)
BEd (Saskatchewan)
MA (Calgary)

David Brundage
Assistant Professor, ESL Writing Skills
BA (Distinction) (Carleton)
MA (Alberta)
MFA (Alberta)

Corey Coates
Assistant Professor, English
BA (Hons, 1st Class) (Calgary)
MA (Queen's)
PhD (Toronto)

Michael Dabrowski
Assistant Professor, Spanish
BA (Hons) (Calgary)

Adien Dubbelboer
Academic Coordinator, English
Dip Social Cultural Work
BA (Coll Social Cultural Work,NL)
MA (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen,NL)

Mary G. Hamilton
Associate Professor, English
BA (Hons) (Windsor)
MA (Windsor)
PhD (Alberta)

Manijeh Mannani
Assistant Professor, Comparative Literature & English
BA (Hons, 1st Class) (Shahid Beheshti)
MA (Hons, 1st Class) (Tehran)
PhD (Alberta)

Anne Nothof
Professor, English
BA (Hons) (Queen's)
MA (Alberta)
PhD (Alberta)

Audrey O'Brien
Academic Coordinator, French
UDip Ed (Hull, UK)
BA (Leicester)
MA (Alberta)
PhD (Alberta)

Vina Tirven-Gadum
Assistant Professor, French
BA (Hons) (Winnipeg)
MA (Manitoba)
PhD (Manitoba)

Tunde Tuzes
Write Site Online Facilitator
BA (Hons) (Cluj)
MEd (British Columbia)

Kathy Williams
Academic Coordinator, Modern Languages
BA (Distinction) (Colorado, Boulder)
MA (Calgary)

10.21.1  Tutors

Marian Allen
Individualized Study
BA (Hons) (Calgary)
MA (Calgary)

Sonia Atwal
Individualized Study
BA (Alberta)
MA (Western Ontario)

Jody Ballah
Individualized Study
BEd (Alberta)
MA (Alberta)

Bernard Bloom
Individualized Study
BA (Concordia University Montreal)
BFA (Distinction) (Calgary)
MFA (Oklahoma)

Melisa Brittain
Individualized Study
BA (Hons) (Guelph)
MA (Guelph)
PhD (Alberta)

Luz Maria Cabrera
Individualized Study
UCert ESL Teaching (Chile)
BA (Chile)
BEd (Chile)
MEd (Alberta)

Romita Choudhury
Individualized Study
MA (Alberta)
PhD (Alberta)

Shawna Cunningham
Individualized Study
BA (Lethbridge)
MA (Alberta)

Marilyn Dumont
Individualized Study
BA (Alberta)
MFA (British Columbia)

Janine Falck
Individualized Study
BA (Hons, 1st Class) (Calgary)
MA (Calgary)

Don Fisher
Individualized Study
BEd (Alberta)
MA (Victoria)
PhD (Alberta)

Jo-Ann Foote
Individualized Study
BEd (Calgary)

Virginia Gillese
Individualized Study
BA (Alberta)
BA (Distinction) (Leuven)
MA (British Columbia)

Cara Gratton
Individualized Study
BA (Saskatchewan)
BEd (Saskatchewan)
MEd (Alberta)

Janet Hedley-Smith
Individualized Study
BA (Alberta)
MA (Alberta)

Peggy Kayne
Individualized Study
BSc (Brigham Young)

Margaret Keene
Individualized Study
BMus (Toronto)
MA (Birmingham)

Frances Klingle
Individualized Study
MA (Alberta)

Nicole Kunzle
Individualized Study
BEd (Alberta)
MA (Paris)
PhD (Alberta)

Allison Kydd
Individualized Study
BA (Hons) (Regina)
BA (Regina)
MA (Windsor)

Valdemar Larsen
Individualized Study
BA (Hons)
MEd (Ottawa)

Ian LeTourneau
Individualized Study
BA (New Brunswick)
BBA (New Brunswick)
MA (New Brunswick)

Erika Lefevre
Individualized Study
Teaching Cert (Alberta Education)
BEd (Alberta)
MA (Alberta)

Catherine McLaughlin
Individualized Study
BA (Distinction) (Alberta)
MA (Alberta)
PhD (Calgary)

Donald McMann
Individualized Study
BA (Alberta)
MFA (Bennington)

Mary McNamee
Individualized Study
BSW (Western Ontario)
MA (Alberta)

Joyce Miller
Individualized Study
BA (Hons) (Waterloo)
MA (Alberta)
MFA (British Columbia)

Seaneen O'Rourke
Individualized Study
BA (Alberta)
MA (Alberta)

Karen Overbye
Individualized Study
BA (Hons) (Saskatchewan)
MA (Saskatchewan)

Eugenio Palomino
Individualized Study
BEd (Alberta)
MA (California, Santa Barbara)

Sharren Patterson
Individualized Study
BA (Calgary)
BA (Calgary)
MA (Calgary)

Tamara Renkas
Individualized Study
BA (Regina)
BEd (Regina)
MA (Regina)

Shannon Robertson
Individualized Study
BA (Hons) (Alberta)
MA (Alberta)

Aileen Ross
Individualized Study
BA (Special w/Distinction) (Alberta)
MA (Alberta)
PhD (Alberta)

Fresia Sanchez
Individualized Study
BA (Catholic, Chile)
MA (Calgary)

Richard Slipp
Individualized Study
BA (Calgary)
MA (Calgary)

Kirsten Smart
Individualized Study
BA (Alberta)
MA (Alberta)

Petra Spires
Individualized Study
BEd (Alberta)
MA (Alberta)

William Thompson
Individualized Study
BA (Alberta)
MA (Alberta)
PhD (Alberta)

Robert Wiznura
Individualized Study
BA (Alberta)
BA (Leuven)
MA (Alberta)
PhD (British Columbia)

Jacqueline Woolfson
Individualized Study
BA (Alberta)
BEd (Alberta)

Maurus Wu
Individualized Study
Grad Dip Ed Admn (Alberta)
BA (Hons) (Mount Allison)
BEd (Toronto)
MA (McMaster)

10.21.2 Professors
                 Emeritus/Adjunct

Robert Boschman
Adjunct Professor
PhD (McMasters)
MA (Dalhousie)
BA (Hons)(Saskatchewan)

Jane Drover
Adjunct Professor
Dip Med Lab Tech (Mowhawk Coll)
BA (Hons) (McMaster)
MA (McMaster)
PhD (McMaster)

Kelly Hewson
Adjunct Professor
BA (Waterloo)
MA (Waterloo)
PhD (Alberta)

David Hyttenrauch
Adjunct Professor
BA (Hons)(Windsor)
MPhil (Jesus College)
PhD (Jesus College)

Karen Manarin
Adjunct Professor
BA (Alberta)
MA (Victoria)
Phd (Alberta)

Sam McKegney
Adjunct Professor
BA (Laurier)
MA (Queen's)
PhD (Queen's)

Alexandra Pett
Adjunct Professor
BA (Dalhousie)
MA (Calgary)
PhD (Calgary)

Sharon Smulders
Adjunct Professor
BA (Ottawa)
MA (Ottawa)
PhD (Sussex UK)

Avril Torrence
Adjunct Professor
BA (Simon Fraser)
MA (Toronto)
PhD (British Columbia)

Mario Trono
Adjunct Professor
BA (Hons) (Distinction) (Alberta)
MA (Alberta)
PhD (Alberta)

Clifford M. Werier
Adjunct Professor
BA (Hons) (Concordia Univ)
MA (Toronto)
PhD (Toronto)

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