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Faculty

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)

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
Chair, Centre for Social Sciences
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)

Brent Epperson
Academic Coordinator, POLI

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

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

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

Melissa Jay
Assistant Professor, Human Services
BA (Saskatchewan)
MC (Alberta)
PhD (Walden)

Janine Keown-Gerrard
Academic Coordinator, PSYC
BSc (Dist.) (Calgary)
MSc (Calgary)
PhD (Calgary)

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

Donna Koziac
Academic Coordinator, LGST
BA (Alberta)
LL.B. (Alberta)
Dip. Adv. Ed. (Alberta)
MEd (Alberta)

Jason Lacharite
Academic Coordinator, Political Economy and Global Studies
BA (Hons.) (Victoria)
MA (Dist.) (Yonsej)
PhD (Monash University)

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

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)

Kharah Ross
Assistant Professor, PSYC
BSc Psych (Hons.) (Calgary)
BSc Biological Sciences (Calgary)
MA (British Columbia)
PhD (Northwestern University)

Faria Sana
Assistant Professor, PSYC
BA (Hons.) (McMaster)
PhD (McMaster)

Meenal Shrivastava
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) 

Louis Svenningsen
Academic Coordinator, Psychology
BA (Manitoba)
MSc (Manitoba)

Myra Tait
Assistant Professor
Barrister and Solicitor
Member of the Law Society of Manitoba (non-practicing)
JD LLM (Manitoba)

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

Centre for Social Sciences Tutors

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

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)

Cristela D'Elia
Individualized Study
Academic Expert/Marker
BA (Alberta)
MSc (Loma Linda)

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

Stephanie David
Individualized Study
BSc (Calgary)
MC (Calgary/Athabasca)
R. Psych (Province of Alberta)

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)

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

Deanna Fidelak
Individualized Study

Nancy Fisher
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)

Kaitlyn Hillier
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)

Michelle Jarick
Individualized Study
Academic Expert/Marker

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)

Denis Kirchhoff
Individualized Study
PhD (Waterloo)

Rosemarri Klamn
Individualized Study

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

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

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

Tracey Lowey
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
Academic Expert/Marker
BA (Hons.) (Simon Fraser)
MA British Columbia)
PhD (Saskatchewan)

Connie Mohn
Individualized Study
Academic Expert/Marker
BA (Simon Fraser)
MA (Royal Roads)

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

Sunday Olukoju
Individualized Study
PhD (Walden)

David Polson
Individualized Study

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

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

Lisa Priebe
Individualized Study
BA – Psychology (Athabasca)
BSc – Human Science (Athabasca)
MA – Counselling Psychology (Yorkville)
PhD – Health Psychology (Saybrook)

Katherine Regan
Individualized Study
PhD (Simon Fraser)

Adriana Rincon Villegas
Individualized Study
LL.B (Bogota, Colombia)
MA (University of Georgia)
Doctoral Candidate – Global Governance and Human Security (UMass, Boston)

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)

Claire Scavuzzo
Individualized Study
Academic Expert/Marker
BSc (Hons.) (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign)
PhD (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign)

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)

Katherine Strand
Individualized Study

Chris Striemer
Individualized Study
PhD (Waterloo)

Tobias Timm
Individualized Study

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)

Ewa Wasniewski
Individualized Study
BPE (Alberta)
BEd (Alberta)
MEd (Alberta)
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) 

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) 

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)

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

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

Suzanne McCullagh
Assistant Professor, Philosophy
BA (Glendon College, York)
MA (Memorial)
PhD (Guelph)

Chris McTavish
Academic Coordinator
DPhil (Loyola College)

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

Nina Paulovicova
Assistant Professor, HIST
MA (Hons.) (Nitra, Slovakia)
PhD (Alberta)

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) 

Centre for Humanities Tutors

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)

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)

Conny Burian
Individualized Study

John Cappucci
Individualized Study

Jaclyn Carter
Individualized Study
BA (Hons.) (Mount Royal University)
MA (Calgary)
PhD Candidate (Calgary)

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

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)

David Evans
Individualized Study
BA (Alberta)
MA (Alberta)

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

Rose Ferronato
Individualized Study, FREN
BA (Jt. Hons.) (McGill)
MA (Calgary)

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)

Laurel Halladay
Individualized Study
BA (Lethbridge)
MA (Carleton)
MA (Calgary)
PhD (Calgary)

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)

Kara Kilfoil
Individualized Study
BA (Hons.) (St. Francis Xavier)
MA (Carleton)
PhD (Calgary)

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)

Lisa Martin
Individualized Study
BA (King's)
BA (Hons.) (Alberta)
MA (Alberta)
PhD Candidate (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) 

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

Sharon Patterson
Individualized Study

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
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)

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

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)

Paul Kellogg
Chair, Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies
Professor
BA (Distinction 1st Class)(York)
BA (Distinction 1st Class Hons.) (York)
MA York)
PhD (Queen’s) 

Wendell H. Kisner
Graduate Program Director
Associate Professor, MA-IS
BA (Louisiana State)
MA (DePaul)
PhD (DePaul) 

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

Michael Lithgow
Assistant Professor, Communications and Media Studies
MA (Concordia University)
PhD (Carleton)

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

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

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

Nicholas Montgomery
Academic Coordinator, Human Geography and Environmental Studies

Nisha Nath
Assistant Professor, Equity Studies
BA (Alberta)
MA (Carleton)
PhD (Alberta)

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) 

Tobias Wiggins
Assistant Professor, Women's and Gender Studies
BA (Hons.) (Trent University, Peterborough)
MA (York University, Toronto)
PhD (York University, Toronto)

Theresia Williams
Academic Coordinator, MAIS
BA (Athabasca)
BEd (Distinction) (Alberta)
MEd (Alberta)

Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies Tutors

Christy Anderson
Individualized Study

Aimee Benoit
Individualized Study
MA (Deakin) 

Evelyn Chernyk
Individualized Study
Academic Expert/Marker

Liam Connelly
Individualized Study
Academic Expert/Marker
BA (Hons.) (Carleton)
LLB (Dundee)
LLM (Buckingham)

Melanie Cook
Individualized Study

Edna Djokoto-Asem
Individualized Study, SOSC
BA (Hons.) (Ghana)
MA (Queen’s)
PhD (Alberta) 

Holly Dougall
Individualized Study, CMNS
Academic Expert/Marker
BA (Windsor)
BEd (Windsor)
MA (Spring Arbor) 

Carlo Fanelli
Individualized Study

Deborah Foster
Individualized Study
Academic Expert/Marker
BSc (McMaster)
MSc (Guelph)
PhD (Alberta)
RSW

Jayne Gackenbach Snyder
Individualized Study, CMNS
BA (New Mexico State)
MSc (Virginia Commonwealth)
PhD (Virginia Commonwealth) 

Fiona Graham
Individualized Study, HRMT
MA (Queen’s, Ontario) 

Lois Hameister
Individualized Study, IDRL
BA (Alberta)
BEd (Alberta)
MBA (Alberta) 

Andrij Kowalsky
Individualized Study
BA (Hons.) (Toronto)
LLB (Windsor)
MA (McMaster)
LLM (Queen's)
PhD (Osgood Hall)

Ronnie Leah
Individualized Study, WGST
BA (SUNY, Buffalo)
MA (Toronto)
PhD (Toronto) 

Dougal MacDonald
Individualized Study
BA (Alberta)
MA (Calgary)
PhD (Calgary)

Fiona MacGregor
Individualized Study, WGST
BA (Calgary)
MWS (Memorial) 

James Mackintosh
Individualized Study
AGDDE(T) (Athabasca)
BA (Hons.) (Simon Fraser)
MA (Simon Fraser)
MDE (Athabasca) 

Linda ManyGuns
Individualized Study

Paul McCluskey
Individualized Study, COMM
BAA (Ryerson)
MEd (Calgary)

Neal McLeod
Individualized Study
BA (High Hons.) (Saskatchewan)
MA (Saskatchewan)
PhD (Regina)

Sean McMahon
Individualized Study
BA (Alberta)
MA (Alberta)
PhD (Alberta)

Sandra Morton-Weizman
Individualized Study, HERM
BA (Manitoba)
MA (Toronto)
MMS (Toronto) 

Nand Narine
Individualized Study, CRJS
Academic Expert/Marker
BSc (Hons.) (Guyana)
MBA (City, WA) 

Paul Notley
Individualized Study, HIST
BA (Alberta)
LLB (Alberta)
MA (York)
PhD (Toledo) 

Collette A. Oseen
Individualized Study, HRMT
Academic Expert/Marker
BA (Alberta)
MEd (Alberta)
PhD (Alberta) 

Garry Ramsay
Individualized Study, HRMT
Academic Expert/Marker
BA (Open Learning)
MA (Queen’s)

Daisy Raphael
Individualized Study

Trevor Rockwell
Individualized Study
MA (Victoria)

Kristin Rodier
Individualized Study
BA (High Hons.) (Saskatchewan)
MA (Saskatchewan)
PhD (Alberta)

Natalie Sharpe
Individualized Study
AAMSCRP Cert
BA (Hons. First Class) (Alberta)
MA (Alberta) 

James Shawana
Individualized Study
RCMP Depot Graduate (Saskatchewan)
BSW (British Columbia)
MEd – Educational Leadership (British Columbia)
EdD (ABD) (Alberta)

Nicole Smith
Academic Expert
MEd (Alberta)

Natasja Treiberg
Individualized Study
BA (Hons.) (Carleton)
MA (Northern British Columbia)

Dan VanKeeken
Individualized Study, CMNS
BPA (Athabasca) 

Barret Weber
Individualized Study
BA (Dist.) (Calgary/RDC)
MA (Alberta)
PhD (Alberta)

Michael Welton
Individualized Study, EDUC
BA (Hons.) (British Columbia)
MA (British Columbia)
PhD (British Columbia) 

Arlene Young
Individualized Study, WGST
Dip Ed (Alberta)
BA (Alberta)
MEd (Alberta)
PhD (Alberta)
R Psych  

8.4.4 Centre for Distance Education

Marti Cleveland-Innes
Program Director
Professor, Distance Education
BA (Calgary)
MA (Calgary)
PhD (Calgary) 

Mohamed Ally
Professor, Distance Education
BSc (York)
MA (Concordia Univ Montreal)
PhD (Alberta)

Constance Blomgren
Academic Coordinator, CDE
BEd (Calgary)
MEd (Lethbridge)
PhD (Calgary)

Debra Hoven
Associate Professor, Distance Education
TESL (Royal Society of Arts)
BA (Queensland)
BEdStud (Queensland)
PhD (Queensland)

Cindy Ives
Professor, Distance Education
BA (Hons. 1st Class) (Carleton)
MA (Carleton)
PhD (Concordia)

Rory McGreal
Professor, Distance Education
Director TEKRI 
BA (Hons)(McGill)
MA (Concordia) 
MEd (Dalhousie)
PhD (Nova Southeastern)

Nathaniel Ostashewski
Academic Coordinator
Assistant Professor, Distance Education
BSc (Alberta)
BEd (Alberta)
MEd (Alberta)
EdD (Athabasca)

Agniezka Palalas
Assistant Professor, CDE
BA (Toronto)
TESL (Toronto)
MEd (Athabasca)
EdD (Athabasca)

Adnan Qayyum
Associate Professor Education Innovation
BA (Hons.) (Queen's)
MA – Education (British Columbia)
PhD – Educational Technology (Concordia University)

Pamela Walsh
Associate Professor
BSc (Memorial)
BEd (Memorial)
MEd (Memorial)
EdD (Calgary)

Professor Emeritus/Adjunct

Dominique Abrioux
Professor Emeritus
BA (Combined Hons.) (Saskatchewan)
MA (Alberta)
PhD (Alberta)

Terry Anderson
Professor Emeritus
BA (Alberta)
BEd (Alberta)
MSc (Oregon)
PhD (Calgary)

Jonathan Baggaley
Professor Emeritus
BA (Hons.) (Sheffield)
PhD (Sheffield)

Patrick Fahy
Professor Emeritus
BSc (Minnesota)
MEd (Alberta)
PhD (Alberta)

Alvin Finkel
Professor Emeritus
BA (Manitoba)
MA (Manitoba)
PhD (Toronto)

Raphael Foshay
Professor Emeritus
BA (Acadia)
MA (Acadia)
PhD (Dalhousie)

Joy Fraser
Professor Emeritus
BScN (Alberta)
MN (Alberta)
PhD (Alberta)
RN

Lyle Grant
Professor Emeritus
BA (Summa cum laude) (Western Michigan)
MA (West Virginia)
PhD (West Virginia)

Sheila Greaves
Adjunct Professor
BA (British Columbia)
MA (Calgary)
PhD (British Columbia)

E. David Gregory
Professor Emeritus
UCert Ed (London)
BA (Hons. 1st Class) (Keele)
MA (Sussex)
PhD (Queen's)

Ella Haley
Adjunct Professor
BA (Guelph)
BSc (Hons.) (Guelph)
MA (Waterloo)
PhD (York) 

Anwar Khan
Professor Emeritus
UDip Ed (Reading)
BA (Punjab)
LLB (Karachi)
MA (Peshawar)
MA (Keele)
Advocate (Punjab Bar and Lahore High Court)

Michael Lewis
Adjunct Professor

Leslie Main Johnson
Professor Emeritus
BA (Stanford)
MA (Alberta)
PhD (Alberta)

Bruce Morito
Professor Emeritus
BA (McMaster)
BPE (McMaster)
MA (McMaster)
PhD (Guelph) 

Anne Nothof
Professor Emeritus
BA (Queen’s)
MA (Alberta)
PhD (Alberta)

Joseph Pivato
Professor Emeritus
BA (Combined Hons.) (York)
MA (Alberta)
PhD (Alberta)

Mary Richardson
Professor Emeritus
BA (Wells College)
PhD (Pittsburgh)

Lynda Ross
Professor Emeritus
BA (Queen’s)
MA (Guelph)
PhD (New Brunswick) 

George Siemens
Adjunct Professor
Cert Adult Education (Red River College)
CMA
MA (Royal Roads, Victoria)
PhD (Aberdeen)

Jay Smith
Professor Emeritus
BA (Portland)
MA (McMaster)
PhD (Carleton)

Bruce Spencer
Professor Emeritus
UCert Ed (Liverpool)
BSc (Hons.) (London)
MA (Warwick)
PhD (Leeds)

Robert Spenser
Professor Emeritus

Donald Wetherall
Professor Emeritus
BA (Hons.) (Saskatchewan)
MA (Saskatchewan)
PhD (Queen's)

 

Information effective Sept. 1, 2020 to Aug. 31, 2021.

Updated September 10 2020 by laurab

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