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8.4 Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Veronica Thompson
Dean, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
BA (Calgary)
MA (Calgary)
PhD (Queensland)

Hugh Notman
Associate Dean
Associate Professor, Biological Anthropology
BA (Hons.) (Queen’s)
MSc (Oxford)
PhD (Calgary) 

Michael Vallee
Canada Research Chair Community/Identity/Digital Media
Associate Professor
BMus (Carleton)
MA (Carleton)
PhD (Alberta)

Linda McCloud-Bondoc
Academic Coordinator
Write Site Coordinator
BA (Hons.) (Calgary)
MA (Calgary)

Tunde Tuzes
Academic Coordinator
Assistant Write Site Coordinator
BA (Hons.) (Cluj)
MEd (British Columbia)

Michael Volek
Academic Coordinator, ESL/EWS
Write Site Writing Coach
Academic Coordinator, ESL

8.4.1 Centre for Social Sciences

Jane Arscott
Professor, Human Services
BA (Hons. 1st Class) (Queen’s)
MLit (Oxford)
PhD (Queen’s) 

Janelle Baker
Assistant Professor, ANTH
BA (Hons. First Class) (Calgary)
MA (Alberta)

Davina Bhandar
Assistant Professor, POEC

Robert Brandes
Academic Coordinator, PSYC
UCert Microcomputer Applications 
in Ed (Oakland)
BA (Windsor)
MEd (OISE/UT)
RPsych

Andrew Chiarella
Assistant Professor, EDPY
BA (McGill)
MA (McGill)
PhD (McGill)

Linda Chmiliar
Associate Professor, INCL
BEd (Alberta)
MEd (Alberta)
PhD (Alberta) 

Mark Crawford
Assistant Professor, POLI
BA (Hons. 1st Class) (British Columbia)
LLB (Toronto)
MPhil (Oxford)
DPhil (Oxford)

Dale Dewhurst
Associate Professor, LGST
Program Director, PBLD
BA (Hons.) (Saskatchewan)
LLB (Saskatchewan)
LLM (Alberta) 

Trevor H. Gilbert
Associate Professor, Biological Psychology
BA (Hons.) (Victoria)
MA (Victoria)
PhD (Calgary) 

Mike Gismondi
Professor, Integrated Studies
BA (Combined Hons.) (McMaster)
MA (McMaster)
PhD (York) 

Carolyn Greene
Associate Professor, CRJS
BA CRJS Public Policy (Guelph)
MA Criminology (Toronto) 

Ella Haley
Assistant Professor, SOCI
BA (Guelph)
BSc (Hons.) (Guelph)
MA (Waterloo)
PhD (York) 

Robert Heller
Associate Professor, PSYC
BSc (Alberta)
MSc (Alberta)
PhD (Alberta)

Cheryl Kier
Associate Professor, PSYC
BA (Great Distinction) (McGill)
MSc (Calgary)
PhD (Reading) 

Donna Koziac
Academic Coordinator, LGST

Nanci Langford
Academic Coordinator
BSc (Ottawa)
MSc (Alberta)
PhD (Alberta) 

Tracey Lowey
Academic Coordinator, CRJS

Marc Nesca
Associate Professor, CRJS
BA (Hons. 1st Class) (Manitoba)
MA (Manitoba)
PhD (Manitoba)

Cheuk Fan Ng
Professor, PSYC
BA (Hons.) (Manitoba)
MA (Victoria)
PhD (Victoria)

Meaghan Peuramaki-Brown
Associate Professor, ANTH
BA (Hons.) (Calgary)
MA (Distinction) (University College London)
PhD (Calgary)

David Polson
Academic Coordinator
BA (Windsor)
MA (Victoria)
PhD (Victoria)

Faria Sana
Assistant Professor, PSYC

Meenal Shrivastava
Chair, CSS
Professor, POEC/GLST
MA (Rajasthan)
MPhil (Jawaharlal Nehru)
PhD (Jawaharlal Nehru)

Tony Simmons
Associate Professor, SOCI/LGST
BA (Hons.) (Alberta)
MA (Alberta)
PhD (Alberta) 

Mike Sosteric
Associate Professor, SOCI
BA (High Hons.) (Regina)
BA (Hons.) (Regina)
MA (Regina)
PhD (Alberta) 

Lorna Stefanick
Professor, GOVN
BA (British Columbia)
MA (Calgary)
PhD (Queen’s) 

Archie Zariski
Associate Professor, LGST
Program Director, PBLD
Grad Dip HEd (New South Wales)
BA (Alberta)
LLB (Alberta)
LLM (York)

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Manju Acharya
Individualized Study
PhD (Alberta) 

Lorrie Adams
Individualized Study, LGST
BComm (Alberta)
LLB (Alberta) 

John Anderson
Individualized Study
BA (Hons.) (Guelph)
LLB (Queen's)
MA (Alberta)

Carmen Arth
Individualized Study
BA (Dist.) (Concordia University College)
BA (Hons.) (Alberta)
MSc (Loma Linda)

Amanda Baldwin
Individualized Study
BA (Athabasca)
MC (Calgary)
PhD (Regina)

Allison Barnes
Individualized Study
BA (Hons.) (Ottawa)
MA (Ottawa)
PhD (Waterloo)

Trevor Baxter
Individualized Study
MA (Carleton)

Kate Belford
Individualized Study
BA (Western)
BEd (Toronto)
MEd (Alberta)

Bill Bewick
Individualized Study
MA (Alberta)

Craig Blatz
Individualized Study

Vandy Bowyer
Individualized Study
PhD (Alberta)

Mona Brash
Individualized Study
Dip Adult Education (British Columbia)
BEd (British Columbia)
MA (Victoria)

Jim Brophy
Individualized Study
PhD (Stirling)

Leigh Brownhill
Individualized Study
PhD (Toronto)

Paul Brunet
Individualized Study

Denise Buchner
Individualized Study
BEd (Calgary)
MA (British Columbia)
PhD (Calgary)

Ria Busink
Individualized Study
BEd (British Columbia)
MA (Saybrook Institute)
PhD (Alberta)

Patricia Case
Individualized Study

Wanda Christensen
Individualized Study
BEd (Alberta)
MEd (Lethbridge)
MSc (Minnesota)

Terry Coleman
Individualized Study
HRMA (Regina)
MA (Regina)

Connie Covey
Individualized Study
BAdmin (Athabasca)
MC (Calgary)
CCDP (Alberta)

Cristela D'Elia
Individualized Study
BA (Alberta)
MSc (Loma Linda)

Tom Dalby
Individualized Study
BA (Hons.) (York, ON)
MA (Guelph)
PhD (Calgary) 

Brenda Davis
Individualized Study
BEd (Dist.) (Alberta)
LLB (Alberta)
MEd (Alberta)

Mark Dimirsky
Individualized Study
BSc (Temple)
MSc (Utah State)
PhD (Manitoba) 

Agnieszka Doll
Individualized Study
BA (Hons.) (Marie Curie-Sklodowska, Poland)
LLM (Marie Curie-Sklodowska, Poland)
MA (Simon Fraser)
PhD (Victoria)

Gordon Drever
Individualized Study
BA (Hons.) (Alberta)
MA (Brandeis)

Audny Dypvik
Individualized Study
BSc (Calgary)
MSc (Calgary)
PhD (Calgary)

Brent Epperson
Individualized Study

Theresa Ferguson
Individualized Study
BA (Toronto)
MA (Alberta)

Deanna Fidelak
Individualized Study

Cass Foursha-Stevenson
Individualized Study
BSc (Hons.) (Calgary)
MA (Rutgers University)
PhD (Rutgers University)

Valerie Freeland
Individualized Study

Benjamin Gallivan
Individualized Study
BRec (Dalhousie)
MA (York)
R. Psych

Jill Gatfield
Individualized Study
BA (Windsor)
MA (Dalhousie) 

Marcelene Amy Gerlock
Individualized Study
BA (Dist.) (Alberta)
MA (Alberta) 

Naomi Grant
Individualized Study

Trevor Hamilton
Individualized Study
PhD (Alberta)

Lori Harper
Individualized Study
BA (Hons.) (Alberta)
MSc (Calgary)
PhD (Calgary)

Cal Hauserman
Individualized Study
Dip Ed (Calgary)
DPE (Lethbridge)
BEd (Lethbridge)
MA (Gonzaga)
PhD (Nebraska, Lincoln)

Chris Hay
Individualized Study
BA (Alberta)
MA (Carleton) 

Tina Hayes
Individualized Study
UCert Inclusive Education (Calgary)
BEd (Alberta)
MEd (Alberta)
CPsych 

Melissa Hendry 
Individualized Study
MA (Simon Fraser)

Amanda Hooykaas
Individualized Study

Adam Howorko
Individualized Study
BSc (Alberta)
MEd (Hons.) (Alberta)
MTA (Taylor University College) 

Ernie Jacobson
Individualized Study
BA (Hons.) (Alberta)
MA (Alberta) 

Wonita Janzen
Individualized Study
PhD (Alberta)

Genevieve Marie Johnson
Individualized Study
BEd (Alberta)
MEd (Alberta)
PhD (Alberta)

Kay Johnson
Individualized Study
Academic Expert/Marker
BA (History) (Hons) Ottawa)
BA (ENGL) (Ottawa)
MLIS (McGill)

Lois Johnston
Individualized Study
BA (Calgary)
BEd (Lethbridge)
MA (Calgary)
PhD (Alberta)

C. Allyson Jones
Individualized Study
UDip PT (Saskatchewan)
BA (Winnipeg)
BSc (Saskatchewan)
MSc (Alberta)
PhD (Alberta) 

Trent E. Kane
Individualized Study
BMASc (RMC)
BA (Manitoba)
MA (Manitoba)

Peter Kennett
Individualized Study
PDAD (Alberta)
BA (Alberta)
MEd (Alberta)

Janine Keown-Gerrard
Individualized Study Tutor/Marker/Expert
BSc (Dist.) (Calgary)
MSc (Calgary)
PhD (Calgary)

Denis Kirchhoff
Individualized Study
PhD (Waterloo)

Cindy Kleinmeyer
Individualized Study
BA (Alberta)
MA (Alberta)

Carol Krol
Individualized Study
BA (Hons.) (Calgary)
MA (Calgary)

Jason Lacharite
Individualized Study
BA (Hons.) (Victoria)
MA (Dist.) (Yonsej)
PhD (Monash University)

Francois Larose
Individualized Study
BSc (Montreal)
MSc (Montreal)
PhD (Alberta)

Sandra LaBlanc
Individualized Study

Alan LeBoeuf
Individualized Study
BSc (Hons.) (Sheffield Hallam)
MSc (Birmingham)
PhD (Trinity College, Dublin)

Karine Levasseur
Individualized Study
BA (Manitoba)
MPA (Manitoba)

Alison Lewis
Individualized Study
BEd (Alberta)
MEd (Portland)

Glynnis Lieb
Individualized Study
BA (Hons.) (Manitoba)
MA (Manitoba)

Tracey Louis
Individualized Study

Judi Malone
Individualized Study
RPsych (College of Alberta)
BA (Alberta)
MA (Gonzaga)
PhD (Charles Sturt) 

Karen Mayich
Individualized Study
BEd (Memorial, NL)
MSc (Calgary)

Maureen McCallum
Individualized Study
BA (Concordia University, Montreal)
MSc (Guelph)
PhD (Guelph)

Colleen McClure
Individualized Study
BA (Alberta)
BEd (Dist.) (Alberta)
MA (San Diego State)

Karen McDonald-Harper
Individualized Study

Kisha McPherson
Individualized Study, CMNS
BPA (Hons.) (Athabasca)
MA (Toronto) 

John Middleton-Hope
Individualized Study
MCE (Calgary)

Laurie Milne
Individualized Study
BA (Hons. 1st Class) (Calgary)
MA (Calgary)
PhD (Simon Fraser)

Ben Moffat
Individualized Study
BA (Hons.) (Simon Fraser)
MA British Columbia)
PhD (Saskatchewan)

Connie Mohn
Individualized Study
BA (Simon Fraser)
MA (Royal Roads)

Vanee Narayanan
Individualized Study
BA (Bombay)
MA (Bombay) 

Sunday Olukoju
Individualized Study
PhD (Walden)

Jefferey Potkins
Individualized Study
BPAdmn (Athabasca)
MPA (Carleton)

Marc Poulin
Individualized Study
BA (Hons.) (Manitoba)
MA (Manitoba)

Katherine Regan
Individualized Study
PhD (Simon Fraser)

Adriana Rincon Villegas
Individualized Study

Shirley Roozen
Individualized Study
BA (Alberta)
MA (Alberta)

Rochelle Sato
Individualized Study
BA (Lethbridge)
MEd (Lethbridge)
PhD (Alberta)

Darren Scarlett
Individualized Study
BSc (Hons.) (Calgary)
MSc (Calgary)

Melike Schalomon
Individualized Study
BSc (Hons.) (Laurentian)
MSc (Alberta)
PhD (Alberta)

Krista Schultz
Individualized Study
BEd (Alberta)
MSc (Cappella University)
RPsych (Alberta)

Sohrab Shiravand
Individualized Study

Shelley Sikora
Individualized Study
BA (Alberta)
MA (Alberta) 

Peter Slezak
Individualized Study
BA (Calgary)
MA (Calgary)

Brent Snook
Individualized Study
BA (Memorial) 
MSc (Dist.) (Liverpool)
PhD (Liverpool)

Dorothy Steffler
Individualized Study
BA (Concordia University College)
PhD (Alberta)

Chris Striemer
Individualized Study
PhD (Waterloo)

Louis Svenningsen
Individualized Study
BA (Manitoba)
MSc (Manitoba)

Jo-Anne Tomie
Individualized Study
BSc (Lethbridge)
MSc (Lethbridge)

Rosario Turvey
Individualized Study
BA (Centio Escolar)
MA (Philippines, Diliman)
MA (Waterloo)
PhD (Waterloo) 

Alexandra Twyman
Individualized Study

Fredrick Ulmer
Individualized Study
BA (Alberta)
BEd (Alberta)
MEd (Alberta)

Thomas Varghese
Individualized Study
BSc (KU, India)
MSc (MU, India)
MEd (Alberta)
PhD (MU, India)

Kimberley Vaughan
Individualized Study
BA (Hons.) (Queen's, Ontario)
MSc (Calgary)
PhD (Calgary)

Douglas Wardell
Individualized Study
BA (Hons.) (Wilfred Laurier)
PhD (Alberta)

Gregory Wells
Individualized Study
BSc (Calgary)
MA (Windsor)
PhD (Windsor)

Clayton Wilbern
Individualized Study
BA (Alberta)
MBA (Athabasca)
PhD (Northcentral University)

Theresa Zolner
Individualized Study
BA (Hons.) (Alberta)
MA (Saskatchewan)
MA (Binghamton University)
PhD (Saskatchewan) 

8.4.2 Centre for Humanities

Angela Abdou
Associate Professor, Creative Writing
Academic Coordinator
BA (Hons.) (Regina)
MA (Western)
PhD (Calgary)

Jolene Armstrong
Associate Professor, ENGL
BA (Alberta)
PhD (Alberta) 

David Buchanan
Academic Coordinator, ENGL
PhD (Alberta)

Conny Burian
Academic Coordinator, German
PhD (Saskatchewan)

Marc B. Cels
Associate Professor, CGSA
BA (Hons. 1st Class) (Calgary)
MA (Toronto)
PhD (Toronto) 

Romita Choudhury
Academic Coordinator, ENGL
DPhil (Alberta)
MA (Alberta)

Michael Dabrowski 
Academic Coordinator, SPAN
BA (Hons.) (Calgary)

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

Ryan Eldridge
Academic Coordinator, HIST

David Evans
Academic Coordinator, HIST
BA (Alberta)
MA (Alberta)

Evelyne Gagnon
Assistant Professor, FREN
BA (Laval)
MA (Québec)
PhD (Québec)
Postdoctoral Fellowship (Québec)
Postdoctoral Fellowship (Alberta)

Paul Huebener
Associate Professor, ENGL
BA (Hons.) (British Columbia)
MA (McMaster)
PhD (McMaster)

Jill Hunter
Academic Coordinator, PHIL
Program Director
BA (Hons. 1st Class) (Alberta)
MA (Alberta) 

Gregory Johnson
Academic Coordinator, HIST
BA (British Columbia)
MA (British Columbia)
PhD (York) 

Joseph Kelly
Assistant Professor, HIST
BA (KwaZula-Natal)
MEcon (Natal)
DPhil (Toronto) 

Wendell H. Kisner
Assistant Professor, MA-IS
BA (Louisiana State)
MA (DePaul)
PhD (DePaul) 

Manijeh Mannani
Associate Professor, ENGL
Associate Dean, FHSS
BA (Hons. 1st Class) (Shahid Beheshti)
MA (Hons. 1st Class) (Tehran)
PhD (Alberta)

Mark McCutcheon
Professor, Literary Studies
BA (Guelph)
MA (Toronto)
PhD (Guelph) 

Chris McTavish
Academic Coordinator
DPhil (Loyola College)

Lisa Micheelsen
Academic Coordinator
BA (Hons.) (Western)
MA (Western)
PhD (Alberta)

Frits Pannekoek
Professor, HIST
BA (Hons.) (Alberta)
MA (Alberta)
PhD (Queen's)

Sharren Patterson
Academic Coordinator
BA (Calgary)
BA (Calgary)
MA (Calgary)

Nina Paulovicova
Assistant Professor, HIST

Shandip Saha
Associate Professor, RELS/PHIL
BA (Hons.) (Carleton)
MA (Harvard)
PhD (Ottawa)

Eric Strikwerda
Associate Professor, History
BA (Hons.) (Alberta)
MA (Saskatchewan) 
PhD (York)

Vina Tirven-Gadum
Associate Professor, French
Chair, CHUM
BA (Hons.) (Winnipeg)
MA (Manitoba)
PhD (Manitoba) 

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Francis Aleba
Individualized Study
BA (Alberta) 
MA (Alberta)

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

Lara Apps
Individualized Study
BA (Calgary)
MA (Alberta)

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

Wolfgang Blaine
Individualized Study
PhD (Exeter)

Bernard Bloom
Individualized Study
BA (Concordia University, Montreal)
BFA (Dist.) (Calgary)
MFA (Oklahoma)

Michael Brisbois
Individualized Study

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

Renee Brodie
Individualized Study
BA (Alberta)
MA (Alberta)
PhD (Queensland)

John Cappucci
Individualized Study

Jaclyn Carter
Individualized Study

Pam Chamberlain
Individualized Study
BEd (Alberta)
MA (Alberta)

Melanie Cook
Individualized Study
BA (Hons.) (Alberta)
BA (Alberta)
MA (Queen's, Ontario)

Viorica Craciunescu
Individualized Study
BA (Bucharest)
MA (University of Poitiers)
MA (Bucharest)
PhD (Bucharest)

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

Stuart Edgar
Individualized Study
BA (Hons.) (Winnipeg)
DPhil (Calgary)
MA (Toronto)

Janine Falck
Individualized Study
BA (Hons. First Class) (Calgary)
MA (Calgary) 

Rose Ferronato
Individualized Study

Jo-Ann Foote
Individualized Study
BEd (Calgary)

Rebecca Fredrickson
Individualized Study

LaDawn Funk
Individualized Study
MEd (Calgary)
BA (Alberta)
BEd (Dist.) (Alberta)

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

Grant Grams
Individualized Study
BA (Saskatchewan)
MA (Albert Ludwigs)
PhD (Philipps University)

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

Dominique Hetu
Individualized Study
BA (Sherbrooke)
MA (Sherbrooke)
PhD (Montreal)

Tony Hollihan
Individualized Study
BA (Hons.) (Memorial)
BEd (Alberta)
MA (Alberta)
PhD (Alberta)

Lynn Hughey Engelbert
Individualized Study
BA (Hons.) (Brock)
MA (Western Ontario)
PhD (Alberta)

Linda Kerr
Individualized Study
BA (Calgary)
MA (Calgary)
PhD (Alberta)

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

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

Liz Lawson
Individualized Study
BA (Dist.) (Alberta)
MA (Sussex)

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

Chris Lepock
Individualized Study
PhD (Alberta)

Lily Li
Individualized Study
PhD (Alberta)

Puqun Li
Individualized Study
BA (Zhengzou)
MA (Carleton)
MA (Renmin)
PhD (Ottawa)

Dale Lindskog
Individualized Study
BA (Winnipeg)
MA (York, Ontario)
PhD (York, Ontario) 

Paul Lumsden
Individualized Study
PhD (Alberta)

Catherine McLaughlin
Individualized Study
BA (Dist.) (Alberta)
MA (Alberta)
PhD (Calgary)

Mary McNamee
Individualized Study

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

Veronica Miller
Individualized Study

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

Ann Reynolds
Individualized Study
BA (Special) (Alberta)
MA (Alberta)

Shannon Robertson
Individualized Study
Ba (Hons.) (Alberta)
MA (Alberta)

Charles Rodger
Individualized Study

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

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

Krzysztof Swiatek
Individualized Study
MSc (Krakow Academy)
MA (Krakow Academy)
MA (York, UK)

Elzbieta Szymanska-Swiatek
Individualized Study
MA (Jagiellonian)
MSc (Jagiellonian)

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

Susan Turner
Individualized Study
BA (Concordia University, Montreal)
MA (Alberta)
PhD (Alberta)

Salima Versi
Individualized Study
BA Psychology and Religious Studies (Hons.) (Queen's)
MA Counselling Psychology (Adler)
MA Religion and Modernity (Queen's)
Certificate in Adult Education (Aga Khan)

Cara Violini
Individualized Study

Kevin Whittingham
Individualized Study
BGA (Athabasca)
MA (California State, Dominguez)

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

Gosia Wojtunik-Ricketts
Individualized Study
BA (The Higher School of Commerce, Poland) 
MA (Alberta) 

Vivian Zenari
Individualized Study
BA (Dist.) (Alberta)
MA (Alberta)
MLIS (Alberta) 

Achilles Ziakris
Individualized Study
BMus (British Columbia)
MA (Toronto)
PhD (Toronto) 

8.4.3 Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies

Josie Auger
Assistant Professor, Indigenous Studies
BA (Alberta)
MSc (Alberta)
PhD (Alberta)

Bob Barnetson
Professor, Industrial Relations
UCert Adult and Cont Ed (Calgary)
UCert HR/LR (Athabasca)
BA (Calgary)
MA (Calgary)
PhD (Calgary)

Derek Briton
Chair, Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies
Associate Professor
BA (Hons. 1st Class) (Alberta)
MEd (Alberta)
PhD (Alberta) 

Rhiannon Bury
Associate Professor, Women's and Gender Studies
BA (York)
MA (Sherbrooke)
PhD (Toronto) 

Alexa DeGagne
Assistant Professor, WGST
B.Soc.Sci. (Hons.) (Ottawa)
MA (Alberta)
PhD (Alberta)

Jason Foster
Program Director
Associate Professor, HRLR
BA (Alberta)
MA (McMaster)

Anita Girvan
Assistant Professor, Cultural Studies

Lorelei Hanson
Associate Professor, Environmental Studies
BES (Hons.) (Waterloo)
MES (York)
PhD (Alberta) 

Shabnam Inanloo Dailoo
Associate Professor and Director, HERM
Graduate Program Director
Historical Resources Intern Program
PhD (Calgary)

Reinekke Lengelle
Academic Coordinator
MA (Leiden University, NL) 
PhD (Tilburg University, NL) 

Michael Lithgow
Assistant Professor, CMNS

Paul Kellogg
Associate Professor, Open Specialist
BA (Distinction 1st Class)(York)
BA (Distinction 1st Class Hons.) (York)
MA York)
PhD (Queen’s) 

Judy Larmour
Academic Coordinator
BA (Hons.) (Dublin)
H.Dip.Ed (Dublin)
MA. (Alberta) 

Richard Marsden
Associate Professor, Industrial Relations
BSc (ECON) (Hons.) (Wales)
MSc (ECON) (Wales)
PhD (Warwick)

Nisha Nath
Assistant Professor, Equity Studies

Karen Nielsen
Academic Coordinator
BSc (Hons. 1st Class) (Alberta)
BSW (St Thomas)
MEd (New Brunswick)
PhD (Alberta)
RSW (Clinical)

Ingo Schmidt
Academic Coordinator
MA (Gottingen)
PhD (Gottingen)

Angela Specht
Academic Coordinator
BA (Augustana University Coll)
MA (Alberta)
PhD (Alberta) 

Karen Wall
Assistant Professor, Communication Studies
BA (Hons.) (Simon Fraser)
MA (Simon Fraser)
PhD (Alberta) 

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