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Physiology of exercise induced muscle damage and repair; Alternative medicine (eg. Massage, icing, hyperbaric oxygen); Treatment in muscle injury or athletic recovery; Menopause and exercise in muscle/metabolic health of aging women
Anthony Bogaert
Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Health Sciences
4085
Sexuality; Sexual Orientation
Eduardo Fernandez Cerna
Assistant Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Health Sciences
4819
Global Health; Vector Borne diseases
Brent E. Faught
Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Health Sciences
3586
Epidemiology; Non-Infectious Diseases; Physical Activity and Health; Pediatric Health
Pauli Gardner
Associate Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Health Sciences
6176
Aging and Community Health; Healthy Aging; Community Mobility and Active Transportation; Mindfulness and mental health; Mindfulness and Post-Secondary Education
Janelle Joseph
Associate Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Health Sciences and Sport Management
Racial justice; decolonization; Indigeneity; Black diasporas; Black athletes; Black wellness; health; women’s health; social health; cultural aspects of health; social determinants of health; sport, recreation; leisure; globalization and sport; race and sport; transnational sport; diaspora; immigration; newcomers; martial arts; dance.
Kelli-an Lawrance
Associate Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Health Sciences
4288
Tobacco use (smoking) and vaping (e-cigs, Juuls) among young adults, 18-30 years old
Application of biostatistics in epidemiology research; cardio-metabolic risk factors; cardiovascular disease; diabetes; obesity; study design; data analysis
Rebecca MacPherson
Associate Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Health Sciences
6620
Cellular Homeostasis; Pathophysiology; Metabolic Diseases; Regulation of Brain Beta-Amyloid Production; Lipid Homeostasis; Metabolism; Obesity, Type 2 diabetes; Alzheimer's diseas;Exercise physiology
Adam MacNeil
Associate Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Health Sciences
6294
Immunology; Allergic Inflammation; Convergent Receptor Signaling in Mast Cells; Epigenetics of Mast Cell Differentiation and Maturation
Dan Malleck (Chair of the Department of Health Sciences and Director of Canadian Studies)
Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Health Sciences
5108
Drug Regulation; Alcohol Control; Alcohol Consumption; Alcohol and Drug Policy; Medical History; Addiction History; Prohibition; Medical Professions; Health Care Delivery; Pharmaceutical Industry
Miya Narushima
Associate Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Health Sciences
5149
Aging and Well-being; Community-Based Health Promotion; Lifelong Learning; Capacity Building; Volunteerism; Psycho-Social Determinants of Health
Deborah O'Leary (Director of Brock-Niagara Centre for Health and Well-Being)
Karen Patte (Canada Research Chair in Child Health Equity and Inclusion
Assistant Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Health Sciences
3882
Youth mental health and substance use; School-based health in secondary school; Adolescent sleep and school start times; Youth weight perceptions; Obesity and unhealthy weight control behaviours/disordered eating
William Pickett
Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Health Sciences
Epidemiology; Rural and agricultural injury; Child and adolescent health
Ana Sanchez
Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Health Sciences
4388
Neglected Tropical Diseases; Infectious Diseases; Zoonotic Diseases; Tropical Parasites; Global Health; International Development of Health Research; Honduras; Research Policy
Mostafa Shokoohi
Assistant Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Health Sciences
6619
Social and behavioural epidemiology; Harm reduction and substance use epidemiology; HIV/AIDS surveillance and epidemiology; Real-world data and evidence (EWD and RWE) with a particular focus on health-care resource utilization and medical cost analysis, and external control arm trials; Quantitative studies and methodology
Litsa Tsiani
Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Health Sciences
3881
Cell Signaling; Insulin Resistance; Muscle Metabolism; Cell Signaling Pathways in Cancer; Investigation of the Biological Effects of Food Components
Terrance Wade
Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Health Sciences
Child Behaviour; Disparity; Social Determinants of Health; Social Disadvantage; Social Structural Factors & Health; Youth & Wellness
Hui Di Wang
Associate Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Health Sciences
4819
Role of adventitia in vascular function
Allan Adkin
Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Kinesiology
4990
Effects of cognitive factors on the central nervous system control of upright stance, balance problems and falls in older adults and individuals with musculoskeletal or neurological deficits
Shawn Beaudette
Assistant Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Kinesiology
6687
Biomechanics; Neurophysiology; Low Back Pain; Human Anatomy; Motor Control; Sensory Feedback; Proprioception; Joint Stability; Data Science; Non-Linear
Stephen Cheung
Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Kinesiology
Environmental Ergonomics; Human Temperature Regulation; Environmental Physiology; Heat and Cold Physiology; Extreme Environments; Hypothermia; Hyperthermia; Heat Stress; Hydration; Body Fluid Balance; Occupational Physiology; Firefighting Physiology; Offshore Survival; Protective Clothing; Exercise; Exercise in Extreme Environments; Cycling science/performance
Nicole Chimera
Associate Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Kinesiology
6755
Clinical movement screening tools; Evaluating injury risk assessment using clinician friendly tools; Intervention strategies to reduce risk of injury in sport and physical activity
Maureen Connolly
Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Kinesiology
Autism; Curricula; Disabilities; Personal Fitness and Training; Strength and Conditioning; Physical Education and Movement Education; Teaching and Learning in Higher Education; Women/Feminisms/Gender Issues; Phenomenolgy and Semiotics
Jarold Cosby
Associate Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Kinesiology
Medication Guidelines and Policies; Health Professional and Patient Decision-Making; Qualitative Research; Program Evaluation; Illness and Health Promotion Experiences: Role of Education
David Ditor
Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Kinesiology
5338
Exercise Rehabilitation, inflammation, nutrition and secondary health complications after spinal cord injury;
Val Andrew Fajardo
Assistant Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Kinesiology
Skeletal muscle; muscle aging or sarcopenia; muscle repair; muscle disease; metabolism; obesity and diabetes; exercise physiology
Bareket Falk
Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Kinesiology
Pediatric Exercise Physiology; Exercise and Musculoskeletal Health; Neuromuscular Development; Growth, maturation and muscle function; Exercise in the Heat - Children
Timothy Fletcher
Associate Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Kinesiology
6358
Health & Physical Education in schools; Pedagogy; Child/Youth Sport; Practitioner Research
Gail Frost
Associate Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Kinesiology
4497
Problem-based learning, injury treatment and rehabilitation, therapeutic exercise, biomechanics and physiology of children's locomotion
David Gabriel
Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Kinesiology
4362
The biomechanical and physiological significance of the surface electromyographic (sEMG) signal, neuromuscular disorders, psychological factors involved in muscle strength assessment in field and laboratory environments
Kim Gammage
Professor; GPD Master of Professional Kinesiology; Director, SeniorFit
Applied Health Sciences
Kinesiology
3772
Exercise & Health Psychology; Body Image; Older Adults and Exercise; Online exercise
Physical Literacy; School based physical education; Physical Education Teachers; Outdoor Education; Non-Traditional Physical Activities & Sports; Mental Imagery in Physical Education & Sport; Early Childhood Physical Development; & Alternative Environment Physical Activities
Michael Holmes (Canada Research Chair in Neuromuscular Mechanics and Ergonomics)
Associate Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Kinesiology
4398
Biomechanics; Ergonomics; Neuromechanics; Motion capture; Haptic robotics and virtual reality for workplace simulation; Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders; Injury Mechanisms; Sport Biomechanics; Carpal Tunnel Mechanics; Neuromechanical Control of the Hand; Muscle Mechanics; Joint Stability
Stephen Klassen
Assistant Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Kinesiology
Neural regulation of the cardiovascular system; Autonomic nervous system; Sympathetic nervous system; Parasympathetic nervous system; Human physiology; Exercise physiology; Arterial function; Heart rate; Blood pressure; Blood flow; Sex differences in cardiovascular function
Nota Klentrou
Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Kinesiology
Pediatric Exercise Physiology; Health, Training and Performance in Youth Sports; Endocrine Regulation; Bone Metabolism; Mechanisms of Bone Development and Adaptation; Inflammation, Immunity and Exercise; Osteoporosis Prevention; Elite Young Athletes
Athletic Training and Conditioning; Biomechanics; Coaching; Equipment Design; Sport Performance; Sport Physiology
Diane Mack
Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Kinesiology
4360
Health-Enhancing Physical Activity; Well-Being; Bone Health; Physical Activity Interventions; Successful Aging and Health Behaviour
Rob Millington
Assistant Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Kinesiology
6752
Sport for international development; Sport and the environment
Toby Mündel
Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Kinesiology
5457
Exercise Physiology, Environmental Physiology, Human Temperature Regulation, Body Fluid Balance, Heat Stress, Hydration and Drinking, Female Hormones (incl. menstrual cycle, oral contraceptive pill), Nicotine
Jae Patterson
Associate Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Kinesiology
3769
motor skill acquisition across the lifespan
Ian Ritchie
Associate Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Kinesiology
3966
Drug Use in Sport; Olympic Games; Social Issues in Sport
Danny Rosenberg
Associate Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Kinesiology
4289
Sport Philosophy; Sport Ethics; Sport Management Ethics; Sport and Religion
Brian Roy
Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Kinesiology
3779
Exercise and Health; Exercise Physiology; Muscle Metabolism; Nutrition and Exercise; Nutritional Supplements and Exercise; Hydration and its Effects on Exercise
Philip Sullivan
Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Kinesiology
4787
Coaches and Coaching; Coaching Confidence; Communication in Sports Teams; Sport Teams and Coaching; Sports Team Cohesion and Confidence; Sport Psychology
Craig Tokuno
Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Kinesiology
4365
Neural and Biomechanical Control of Human Movement, Balance, Locomotion, Falls, Older Adults
Réné Vandenboom
Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Kinesiology
4726
Skeletal Muscle Physiology: Fatigue, Potentiation, Disease; Fitness Training/Exercise: Strength and Power, Endurance, Hockey Fitness, Sport Specific Fitness; Health: Sudden Death in Sports, Obesity, Familial Cardiac Hypertrophy; Ball Hockey
Cathy Van Ingen
Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Kinesiology
Boxing (women, men's professional, Olympic and amateur); Gender/Race Issues and Sport
Wendy Ward
Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Kinesiology
3024
Nutrition related to Oral and Bone Health, Osteoporosis, Soy, Flaxseed
Philip Wilson
Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Kinesiology
Physical activity and health; Motivation for health behaviours; Psychology of health behaviours
Joanne Crawford
Associate Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Nursing
4363
Population-based cancer screening (breast and colorectal ) among under screened or never screened populations (i.e. immigrants and low-income groups); Public health and participatory action research; Chronic disease prevention; Blended learning strategies in oncology
Danielle Dunwoody
Assistant Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Nursing
4149
Acute pain management and assessment, opioid safety and risk, tacit knowledge in nursing practice, Nursing- Critical Care, Peri Anesthesia and Surgical
Nursing Collaborative Practice and Teamwork; Patient and Health Provider Outcomes; Quality and Patient Safety Initiatives; Infections in Cancer Populations
Sheila O'Keefe-McCarthy
Associate Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Nursing
6192
Cardiovascular Disease; Cardiac Pain and Anxiety; Acute Coronary Syndromes; Cardiac-specific Prodromal warning Symptoms; Pain Assessment and Management; Mobile Health technology interventions (development and evaluation) for Cardiovascular Symptom Management; Nursing-Critical Care
Dawn Prentice
Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Nursing
Gerentological Nursing; Trends and Issues in Nursing
Jenn Salfi
Associate Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Nursing
3483
Interprofessional Education (IPE); Collaborative Practice and Team Functionning; Nursing Education
Connie Schumacher
Assistant Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Nursing
4441
Homecare; Care co-ordination using interRAI assessments; Community nursing models of care and self-care for heart failure and COPD
Karyn Taplay
Associate Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Nursing
3789
Nursing education, traditional and alternative learning styles, as well as the use of technology, specifically simulation as a teaching/learning strategy in nursing
Martha Barnes
Associate Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Recreation & Leisure Studies
5011
Interorganizational relationships in recreation and sport; Recreation planning; Social network analysis
Corliss Bean
Assistant Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Recreation & Leisure Studies
Youth sport; Positive youth development; Program evaluation; Knowledge translation; Sport psychology
Sanghee Chun
Associate Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Recreation & Leisure Studies
5225
Role of Leisure in the Experience of Psychosocial Coping and Adaptation; Post-Traumatic Growth; Happiness and Subjective Well-Being for people with Spinal Cord Injury
Scott Forrester
Associate Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Recreation & Leisure Studies
Campus Recreational Sports; Intramural Sports; Leadership; Outcome Assessment and Measurement; Program Evaluation; Simulated Leisure and Artificial Adventure Environments; Sports Participation; Psycho-Social Determinants and Benefits of Participation in Campus Recreational Sports for Post-Secondary Students
Alisa Grigorovich
Assistant Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Recreation & Leisure Studies
Aging/gerontology; Technology and aging; Use of intelligent technologies to improve quality of life and quality of care for older adults; Dementia care; Stigma associated with dementia; Sexual expression and dementia; Sexual and gender diversity in later life; LGBTQ2+ health
Pei-Chun Hsieh
Assistant Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Recreation & Leisure Studies
Successful aging; Use of recreation in promoting sense of belonging in people with disabilities; Role of leisure in stress and coping among family caregivers
Garrett Hutson
Associate Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Recreation & Leisure Studies
4784
Place Meanings in Natural Settings; Sense of Community on Wilderness Trips; Outdoor Recreation Resource Management; Outdoor Leadership Education; Q Methodology
Tim O'Connell
Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Recreation & Leisure Studies
5014
Outdoor Recreation; Outdoor Education; Experiential Education; Outdoor Leadership; Psychological Sense of Community; Rock Climbing; Ice Climbing; Sea Kayaking; Reflective Journaling; Wilderness Expeditions; Recreation; Leisure; Outdoor Orientation Programs
Kyle Rich
Assistant Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Recreation & Leisure Studies
4269
Community sport and recreation; Rural community development; Community development through sport and recreation; Social inclusion in/through sport and recreation; Community sport clubs; Sport policy; Rural resiliency; Sport participation; Sport development; Policy implementation
Erin Sharpe
Associate Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Recreation & Leisure Studies
3989
Recreation and community, Community Development; Recreation Service Delivery; Social Inclusion; Grassroots and Voluntary Organizations,; Local Policy and Governance; Community Engagement; After-school Programs; Health and Active Living
Shalini Singh
Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Recreation & Leisure Studies
4103
Domestic Tourism in Asia; Religion and Heritage Aspects of Leisure Travel/Tourism; Community Tourism
Chris Chard
Associate Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Sport Management
5875
Triple Bottom Line; Hockey Brand Management; Sport Finance; USport (University Sport focused on hockey); Youth sport participation and management; Sports stocks; Overall brand issues
Laura Cousens
Associate Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Sport Management
4748
Organizational and field-level change, inter-organizational relationships, relationship marketing, neo-institutional theory, networks of community sport providers, sport for development.
Ryan Clutterbuck
Assistant Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Sport Management
3112
Football (NFL/CFL/U Sports/NCAA/Women's tackle football); Negotiation; Leadership; Sport for development and peace; Coaching
Michele Donnelly
Assistant Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Sport Management
4351
Gender and sport; Gender equality and the Olympic Movement/Games; Gender/sex testing policies in sport; Alternative sport (roller derby, skateboarding, snowboarding), particularly girls and women in these sports; Women-only activities (including women’s home improvement workshops, entrepreneur organizations, and recreation groups); Research ethics related to qualitative research methods
Curtis Fogel
Associate Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Sport Management
4617
Sports Law; Sports Ethics; Doping; Drug Control Policy; Violence in Sport; Social Justice and Human Rights; Socio-Cultural Aspects of Sport
Craig Hyatt
Associate Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Sport Management
4382
Sports Fans
Shannon Kerwin
Associate Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Sport Management
6177
Organizational Behaviour in Sport (e.g., Conflict, Values); Volunteer Management; Leadership; Sport Experiences
Lisa Kikulis
Associate Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Sport Management
5004
Cheryl Mallen
Associate Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Sport Management
3036
Sport Environmental Sustainability (Protecting the Natural Environment at Sport Facilities and Events for Future Generations); Sport Facility and Event Management; Teaching for Change-based Times; Sport Ethics in Times of New Technologies
Taylor McKee
Assistant Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Sport Management
Violence in sport; History of Canadian sport; Open Access Publishing; The Canadian Football League; Sport and Residential Schools; The Olympic Games; Sport media; Public commemoration, sport monuments
Brad Millington
Associate Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Sport Management
Sport and environmental sustainability; Sport media and technology
Michael Naraine
Associate Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Sport Management
5189
Professional sport; Sport marketing
Olan Scott
Associate Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Sport Management
4811
Sport and social media; Olympic studies; Portrayal of nationalism; Gender and ethnicity at major sporting events by broadcasters and media
Kirsty Spence
Associate Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Sport Management
5027
Leadership; Leadership Development; Executive Coaching (in Sport Management)
Julie Stevens
Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Sport Management
4668
Economic, Social and Environmental Impacts of Sport; Hockey — current/history of women’s hockey, amateur and professional issues in Canada and International; Capacity and Change in Sport — policy, governance, volunteers and ethics; safe sport
Ashley Thompson
Assistant Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Sport Management
6124
Non-profit sport organizations; the governance of non-profit sport; organizations and the Canadian amateur sport system; organizational change; and strategy development.
Dawn Trussell
Associate Professor
Applied Health Sciences
Sport Management
4580
Youth sport; Family and communities; Sport, inclusion, and allyship in sport; Motherhood and sport
Mary Louise Vanderlee (Interim Dean, Faculty of Education)
Professor
Education
Educational Studies
4066
Early childhood education and care (children’s interests, curriculum, documentation, environment, teacher beliefs and practice, parent engagement, program quality, class size, program models, advocacy); Inter-sector Praxis (Interagency collaboration and system approaches to early development, learning and care); Professional development; Program evaluation
Jaime Barratt
Assistant Professor
Education
Educational Studies
6330
Physical literacy in early childhood environments; Early Childhood Educators’ physical literacy; Physical activity promotion in child care; Health and well-being in early childhood (infants-school age); Scale/instrument development in education; Professional development for early childhood educators (surrounding health and well-being)
Fiona Blaikie
Professor
Education
Educational Studies
4631
Contemporary art, posthumanism and pedagogy; youth visual and cultural identity constructs - race, gender, culture, sexuality, and social media; curriculum and assessment in visual arts education; qualitative research methods.
Sandra Bosacki
Professor
Education
Educational Studies
4987
Social, Cognitive and Emotional Competencies in Children and Adolescents; Peer Relations in Youth; Child-Companion Animal/Pet Relations; Shy/Socially Withdrawn Children, Deception and Psychological/Emotional Bullying and Teasing in Youth; Emotional Well-being and Mental Health in Children and Youth; Identity, Solitude and Loneliness (in Children and Youth)
Lorenzo Cherubini
Professor
Education
Educational Studies
905-547-3555 ext 3603
Educational Policy; Aboriginal Education; Teacher Professional Development; Grounded Theory Research; Mentoring; Organizational Culture of Schools; Organizational Leadership; Secondary School English Education; Teacher Induction
Sandra Della Porta
Assistant Professor
Education
Educational Studies
5558
Social power and power dynamics in early childhood; Informal early learning contexts (e.g., family exchanges, teacher-child interactions, social play); Social-Cognition in early childhood; Young children’s social relationships and family dynamics
Mohammed Estaiteyeh
Assistant Professor
Education
Educational Studies
6484
Educational technologies (technology-enhanced teaching, online learning, learning management systems, and technology and digital literacy); teacher education and professional development in technology; science and STEM education; equity, diversity and inclusion teaching practices such as differentiated instruction; innovations in curriculum, instruction and assessment in K-12 schools and post-secondary programs.
Early algebra; Mathematical thinking; Socialization in education; Theories of learning applied to teaching; Complexity theory; Mathematical identity.
Catherine Hands
Associate Professor
Education
Educational Studies
5122
School-community relations; Community involvement in education; Parent engagement in education; Schools as communities; Educational leadership; School reform; Professional learning communities (Professional development and adult learning)
Debra Harwood
Professor
Education
Educational Studies
5873
Early childhood education curriculum; Pedagogy; outdoor learning/teaching; Digital technologies and young children; Educator professionalism
David Hutchison
Professor
Education
Educational Studies
3354
Educational Reform; Teacher Education; Project-based Learning; Social Studies Education; Environmental Education; Computers in Education; Video Games in Education; Artificial intelligence (AI) and education
Doug Karrow
Associate Professor
Education
Educational Studies
905-547-3555 ext 3614
Elementary Science Education; Environmental Education; Curricular and Pedagogical Theory and Practice
Steven Khan
Assistant Professor
Education
Educational Studies
Mathematics Teacher Education (Elementary/Middle); Mathematics knowledge for teaching; Ethnomathematics; Culturally responsive mathematics pedagogy; Anti-racist / anti-oppressive mathematics education; Mathematics Identities; Mathematics popularization; Assessment & Equity in contexts for learning mathematics
Julian Kitchen
Professor
Education
Educational Studies
905-547-3555 ext 3633
Aboriginal Education; Education Law, Professionalism and Ethics; Teacher Education and Induction; LGBT Issues in Education; Safe Schools
Rahul Kumar
Assistant Professor
Education
Educational Studies
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and education; Academic integrity in education
Graduate Student Development; Researcher Development; Research Ethics; Research Integrity; Internationalization of universities; Mentoring and Mentorship; Identity and Belonging in Academe; Research Methodologies; Situated Learning; Problem Solving in Mathematics and Science
Robert McGray
Associate Professor
Education
Educational Studies
Adult Education; Postsecondary Teaching and Learning; Postsecondary Governance; Community Based Education; Social Movement Learning
Joyce Mgombelo
Associate Professor
Education
Educational Studies
5117
Mathematics Education; Teacher Education; Curriculum Issues (culture, popular culture, cognition); Qualitative Research Methodologies (action research, phenomenology, etc.); Complexity Science; Enactivist and Psychoanalytic Inquiry in Education; International Education Research; Development Projects
Michael Mindzak
Assistant Professor
Education
Educational Studies
5219
Educational policy; Education reform; Sociology of education; Educational technology; Educational work and labour
Dolana Mogadime
Professor
Education
Educational Studies
3733
Sociology and Equity Studies; Social Justice and Education; Social and Cultural Contexts of Education; Race and Ethnicity in Education; Feminism and Black Feminism in Education; Gender and Education; Women and Leadership
Trevor Norris
Associate Professor
Education
Educational Studies
5897
Philosophy of Education, High School Philosophy, History of Educational Thought, Critical Pedagogy, Globalization and Development Theories, Critiques of Consumerism and Neoliberalism, Education and Social Change, Modernity and Postmodernity
Darlene Ciuffetelli Parker
Professor
Education
Educational Studies
Poverty in education and educational communities; Social justice and equity issues in secondary schools, elementary schools and communities; Stories of experience in educational communities; Literacy narratives, teacher identity, and student (youth) identity, and stakeholder (community) identity in community landscapes; Diverse systemic issues and exclusion in school/communal settings such as race, identity, culture, socio economics, gender, religion, LGBTQ and mental health
Educational Leadership; Leadership; School Reform; School/Teacher Leadership; Social Media & Education; Educational Technology/Innovation; 21st Century Teaching & Learning
Peter Vietgen
Associate Professor
Education
Educational Studies
5116
Art Education; Art Gallery/Museum Education Links with Schools; Social Justice Issues & the Arts; Teacher Education & the Arts; Architecture in the Curriculum
Louis Volante
Professor
Education
Educational Studies
Global governance of education; International organizations and policy diffusion; Policy planning, implementation, and evaluation; Politics and education reform; Artificial intelligence (AI) and assessment policies
Barry Wright (Dean, Goodman School of Business)
Dean
Goodman School of Business
Organizational Behaviour, Human Resources, Entrepreneurship & Ethics
6789
Leadership; Organizational change
Andrew Gaudes
Professor
Goodman School of Business
Kareen Brown
Associate Professor
Goodman School of Business
Accounting
6230
Executive Compensation; Earnings Management
Fayez Elayan
Professor
Goodman School of Business
Accounting
4160
Executive Compensation; Credit Rating; Merger and Acquisitions; Real Estate Investment Trust; Capital Markets; Business and Human Rights
Barbara Sainty
Associate Professor
Goodman School of Business
Accounting
3182
Professional Judgment; Accounting Education; Social Capital; Ethics, Religion and Culture; Public Sector Operating Budgets
Paul Scarbrough
Associate Professor
Goodman School of Business
Accounting
3915
Manufacturing; Toyota Production System; Lean Production, Manufacturing, Health care; Cost Management; Manufacturing in Canada, Europe, Japan; Culture and Manufacturing
Tanya Tang
Professor
Goodman School of Business
Accounting
3132
Tax avoidance, Earnings management, Corporate governance, Capital market-based accounting research
Samir Trabelsi
Professor
Goodman School of Business
Accounting
Corporate governance; Corporate social responsibility and sustainability
Corporate and Investment Finance; Financial Research as it applies to the Viticulture and Wine Industry; Financial implications of Weather and Climate Change
Teju Herath
Associate Professor
Goodman School of Business
Finance, Operations & Information Systems
4179
Information Assurance; Information Security and Privacy; Diffusion of Information Assurance Practices; Economics of Information Security; Security Management; Phishing Scams
Kenneth Klassen
Professor
Goodman School of Business
Finance, Operations & Information Systems
3968
Managing Service Businesses - Operations; Efficiency, Quality; Demand and Capacity Management in Services; Outpatient Appointment Scheduling; Healthcare Process Improvement
Pricing; Consumer Behaviour; Consumer Reaction to Price; Decision-Making; Perceptions of Value
Todd Green
Associate Professor
Goodman School of Business
Marketing, International Business & Strategy
5593
Corporate social responsibility/irresponsibility and ethics; Green marketing; Non-profit and charity marketing; Music consumption and management; Socially responsible gift giving
Wesley Helms
Associate Professor
Goodman School of Business
Marketing, International Business & Strategy
5191
Role of Conflict - its Strategic and Non-Strategic Management, and its Settlement in Institutionalization Processes; Historical Contestation around the Practices of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)
Magnus Hultman
Professor
Goodman School of Business
Marketing, International Business & Strategy
International marketing; internationalization; place/country branding; tourism marketing; strategic decision making
Augmented reality / mixed reality / virtual reality; Social media firestorms / online controversies; Branding / brand storytelling; Influencer marketing / social media influencers; Digital and social media marketing; Consumer culture; Pokemon Go
Francis Sun
Associate Professor
Goodman School of Business
Marketing, International Business & Strategy
5376
Trade disputes; International business; Global and transnational strategy; Institutional relativity across societies; Comparative business systems; Cross-cultural management; Business practices in China and elsewhere in East Asia
Narongsak (Tek) Thongpapanl
Professor
Goodman School of Business
Marketing, International Business & Strategy
5195
New Product Development; Innovation and Technology Management; E-Commerce; Strategic Marketing Management in High Technology Environments
Kai-Yu Wang
Professor
Goodman School of Business
Marketing, International Business & Strategy
5597
Digital marketing; Service recovery on social media; Marketing communication; Counterfeit and ethical consumption
Francois Cote-Vaillancourt
Assistant Professor
Goodman School of Business
Organizational Behaviour, Human Resources, Entrepreneurship & Ethics
Ethics, diversity and pluralism; Political cultures and cross-cultural management; greenwashing
Paul Dunn
Professor
Goodman School of Business
Organizational Behaviour, Human Resources, Entrepreneurship & Ethics
4185
Corporate Governance; Corporate Social Responsibility; Issues in Business Ethics
Kirsten Robertson
Associate Professor
Goodman School of Business
Organizational Behaviour, Human Resources, Entrepreneurship & Ethics
Meaningful work; work relationships; the work-nonwork interface; workplace mistreatment; and human-animal work.
Michael Carter
Professor
Humanities
Classics and Archaeology
3796
Acculturation; Amphitheatres; Gladiatorial Spectacles; Greek History; Greek Language; Latin Language; Roman History
Fanny Dolansky
Associate Professor
Humanities
Classics and Archaeology
5372
Ancient Roman History; Roman Family History; Childhood in Antiquity; Roman Religion; Latin literature (late Republic and early Empire)
Allison Glazebrook
Professor
Humanities
Classics and Archaeology
3319
Women; Gender, Sexuality and Prostitution in the Ancient World; Greek language, literature and history
Elizabeth S. Greene
Associate Professor
Humanities
Classics and Archaeology
5373
Maritime archaeology; Ancient shipwrecks, trade and economy; Cultural heritage protection; Archaeological ethics; Mediterranean migration and mobility
Carrie Murray
Associate Professor
Humanities
Classics and Archaeology
4530
Cultural Interaction in the Central Mediterranean primarily during the Archaic and Republican Periods; Ritual Practices in Sacred and Funerary Contexts
Angus Smith
Professor
Humanities
Classics and Archaeology
3798
Archaeology; Minoan; Mycenaean; Aegean/Greek Prehistory; Ceramic Analysis; Archaeological Theory; Mortuary Archaeology; Ethnic Identity; Processes of Colonization and Acculturation; Rise and Fall of Complex Societies
Jason Hawreliak
Associate Professor
Humanities
Digital Humanities
6159
Game develop; Game design; Ethics in gaming; Semiotics and rhetoric in gaming
Aaron Mauro (Chair, Department of Digital Humanities)
Associate Professor
Humanities
Digital Humanities
4253
Data science; Data visualization; Machine learning; Cyberpunk; Cybersecurity
Sarah Stang
Assistant Professor
Humanities
Digital Humanities
5482
Game Studies, Video Games, Feminist Media Studies, Representation, Gender and Sexuality, Interactive Storytelling, Dungeons and Dragons
Robert Alexander
Associate Professor
Humanities
English Language & Literature
3886
Long-Form Narrative/Literary Journalism; Journalism Studies; History of Linguistic Thought; Rhetoric and Composition
James Allard
Associate Professor
Humanities
English Language & Literature
3531
British Romantic Literature and Culture; History of the Body; 18th and 19th Century Medical History; Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature and Film
Gregory Betts
Professor
Humanities
English Language & Literature
5318
Avant-Garde; Canadian Literature; Experimental Writing; Modernism; Poetry; Small Press; Canadian Literature including Contemporary Canadian Fiction, Contemporary Canadian Poetry & Modern Canadian Literature
Natalee Caple
Associate Professor
Humanities
English Language & Literature
3155
Creative Writing (Fiction and Poetry); Contemporary Canadian Literature; Feminist Writings; Feminist Comic Books; Historiographic Metafiction; Revisionist Western Genre Literature and Media
Tim Conley
Professor
Humanities
English Language & Literature
James Joyce; Literature & Cognition; Modernism; Poetry & Poetics; Samuel Beckett; Translation; Jazz Writing; 20th-century literature; Imaginary languages
Martin Danahay
Professor
Humanities
English Language & Literature
5203
Victorian Literature and Culture, Steampunk, Arts and Crafts Movement; War studies
Adam Dickinson
Professor
Humanities
English Language & Literature
5315
Poetry & Poetics; Creative Writing; Literature & Science; Literature & Environment
Neta Gordon
Professor
Humanities
English Language & Literature
3863
Contemporary Canadian Fiction; First World War Narratives; Comic Books
Ann Howey
Professor
Humanities
English Language & Literature
4302
Arthurian literature/popular culture; Tennyson; Children’s fantasy literature
Political Culture and Rhetoric; Politics; Contemporary Cultural Change; Philosophy; Critical Theory; The Economist Magazine; Post-War British and American Political Culture, Literature and Film
Elizabeth Sauer
Professor
Humanities
English Language & Literature
3887
Early Modern (17th C) English Literature; Value of Studying Literature in our Day; Women's Literary History
Barbara K. Seeber
Professor
Humanities
English Language & Literature
Jane Austen; 18th century fiction; Animal welfare and Rights discourses in the 18th and early 19th century.
John Bonnett
Associate Professor
Humanities
History
5552
Digital History (3D Modeling; Digital Heritage; Virtual Reality; Augmented Reality); Digital Humanities; Canadian Communication Thought; The U.S. Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Jessica Clark
Associate Professor
Humanities
History
4303
Modern British History; History of Beauty, Grooming, and Appearance; History of Women, Gender, Sexuality; British Empire after 1750
Maria del Carmen Suescun Pozas
Associate Professor
Humanities
History
5145
Latin America; History, culture and society; arts and society; 20th century; Latin America(ns) in Canada
Tami Friedman
Associate Professor
Humanities
History
3709
Modern U.S. history; 20th-century history of labor, business and race relations; the South and conservatism; Women's history; U.S. politics and government
Gregor Kranjc
Associate Professor
Humanities
History
6161
Modern European History; East-Central Europe and the Balkans (War and Society; Historical Trauma and Memory, and the History of the Region’s Ethnic and Religious Minorities); History of terrorism
Jane McLeod
Associate Professor
Humanities
History
3501
18th Century French History; French Revolution; Printers
Behnaz Mirzai
Professor
Humanities
History
5283
Middle East; Modern Iran; Slavery in Iran; African diaspora in Iran
Elizabeth Neswald
Associate Professor
Humanities
History
History of science and technology, including the history of nutrition science; Diabetic sugar monitoring; Thermodynamics and energy
Olatunji Ojo
Associate Professor
Humanities
History
5146
Africa; African Diaspora; Slavery
Colin Rose
Associate Professor
Humanities
History
5554
History of homicide; History of violence; History of Europe 1300-1800; History of Italy; Digital history; Digital tools for research; Digital humanities, Digital teaching
Renee Salhany
Adjunct Professor
Humanities
History
War of 1812; Military culture in the late 18th-19th centuries (i.e., not tactics or military planning!); History of religion; History of alcohol
Daniel Samson
Associate Professor
Humanities
History
3503
History of colonialism; rural life; agriculture; food; Nova Scotia; British North America
Mark Spencer
Professor
Humanities
History
3506
History of Early America; Eighteenth-Century History of Ideas; American Revolution; American Enlightenment; David Hume
Keri Cronin
Professor
Humanities
Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts - Visual Arts
5306
Art and Activism, Canadian Art History (Pre Second World War), Canadian National Parks, Environmental Cultural Studies, History of Photography, Animals in Art, Animal Advocacy (esp. as it relates to visual culture)
Amy Friend
Associate Professor
Humanities
Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts - Visual Arts
4656
Photography; Experimental Photography, Photo History; Contemporary Art; Studio Practices, Art and Education
Linda Steer
Associate Professor
Humanities
Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts - Visual Arts
3821
20th and 21st century art history and visual culture; History of photography; Avant-garde, especially surrealism; Photography and drugs/addiction; Photography and empathy; Photography and social media; contemporary art.
Donna Szoke
Associate Professor
Humanities
Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts - Visual Arts
4116
Media Art; Video Art; Experimental Practises; Contemporary Art
Karen Fricker
Adjunct Professor
Humanities
Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts - Dramatic Arts
5780
The Eurovision Song Contest; Contemporary Circus including Cirque du Soleil; Robert Lepage; Contemporary Theatre and Globalization; Contemporary Québec Theatre; Popular Performances of Nation and Cultural Identities; Theatre Criticism
Gyllian Raby
Adjunct Professor
Humanities
Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts - Dramatic Arts
3221
Creativity And Improvisation; Critical Performance Theory: RSVP & Directing Theatre; Playwrights of Canada; Scriptwriting & Dramaturgy
David Vivian
Associate Professor
Humanities
Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts - Dramatic Arts
4401
Design for Theatre; Les Arts au Quebec (de Montreal); Performance Drama; Prague Quadrennial of Scenography and Theatre Architecture; International Federation for Theatre Research; Set; Costume and Lighting Design; Theatre; Theatre Education; Theatre Production; Stagecraft; Municipal Culture Planning; Studies in Arts and Culture
Karin Di Bella
Associate Professor
Humanities
Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts - Music
3820
Piano; Music performance and Teaching;
Nina Penner
Assistant Professor
Humanities
Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts - Music
Opera; Musical theatre; Film music; Narrative theory; Music and philosophy; Video game music
Matthew Royal
Associate Professor
Humanities
Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts - Music
5377
Music theory; Music cognition; Renaissance music theory; Theories of rhythm; Choral composition
Renee-Claude Breitenstein
Associate Professor
Humanities
Modern Languages, Literatures & Cultures
5889
French Literature of the Renaissance; Rhetoric (praise and blame) and Argumentation; Poetics of Literary Genres and Parody; Construction of Publics; Book History; Print Culture; Iconography; Representation of Women
Nicholas Hauck
Assistant Professor
Humanities
Modern Languages, Literatures & Cultures
Translation theory and practice; European avant-garde; 20th century French literature; Critical literary theory; Contemporary poetry (English and French); Experimental writing
Cristina Santos
Associate Professor
Humanities
Modern Languages, Literatures & Cultures
4498
Gender and sexuality studies, especially female sexuality; Virginity studies; Popular culture and film; Human rights and literature; Storytelling and personal identity; Latin American feminism and culture; Immigrant identities in Canada
Debbie Inglis (Director, Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture Institute)
Professor
Mathematics & Science
Biological Sciences
3828/3227
Yeast Biotechnology and Biochemistry; Icewine Fermentation; Yeast Stress Responses and the Link to Wine Quality; Etiology of Grape Sour Rot; Wine Remediation for Taints
Ping Liang
Professor
Mathematics & Science
Biological Sciences
5922
Bioinformatics; Genomics; Genetics; Molecular Biology; Human Genome/Genetics; Genetic Diversity
Lori Macneil
Assistant Professor
Mathematics & Science
Biological Sciences
Aleksandar Necakov
Associate Professor
Mathematics & Science
Biological Sciences
3829
Cell Signaling; Live imaging; Optogenetics; Neurodegenerative disease; Cancer Biology; Stem Cells; Gene Editing; CRISPR/Cas9
Gary Pickering
Professor
Mathematics & Science
Biological Sciences, Psychology
4715
Sensory Evaluation of Wine and Foods; Taste Genetics; Wine Tasting; Climate change psychology; climate change communication; Perception of sustainable food and wine
Sudarsana Poojari
Senior Scientist
Mathematics & Science
Biological Sciences
4227
Epidemiology and management of grapevine virus diseases; Virus-free plant production systems (Clean Plant Programs); Virus disease diagnostics and management of fruit trees, small fruits, and vegetable crops; Cannabis disease diagnostics; Virus and insect vector interactions; High throughput sequencing-based virus diagnostics
Gaynor Spencer
Professor
Mathematics & Science
Biological Sciences
3391
Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Synaptic Plasticity in the Nervous System; Growth Cone Behaviour; Retinoic Acid Effects on Growth Cone Behaviour and Neuronal Outgrowth
Ecology; Sustainable Agriculture; Climate Change; Adaptation and Resilience; Sustainable Development; Community-Based Ecosystem Management (including ecological restoration and biodiversity assessment) and Environmental Health; Women in science/STEM
Mobile Cloud Computing; Mobile Networks; High Performance Computing; Modeling and Simulation
Naser Ezzati-Jivan
Assistant Professor
Mathematics & Science
Computer Science
3520
Software and System Engineering; Performance and Security Evaluation; Green Computing
Sheridan Houghten
Professor
Mathematics & Science
Computer Science
4526
Combinatorics, Algorithms and Coding Theory, including some Applications to Bioinformatics
Brian Ross
Professor
Mathematics & Science
Computer Science
4284
Artificial Intelligence; Evolutionary Algorithms
Jim Willwerth
Assistant Professor
Mathematics & Science
Cool Climate Oenology & Viticulture Institute (CCOVI)
6118
Viticulture - Applied and Aspects of Grape and Wine Production; Plant Biology and Cold Tolerance; Crop protection (freeze protection strategies and bird deterrents); Impact of vineyard practices on wine quality
Richard Cheel
Professor
Mathematics & Science
Earth Sciences
3512
Clastic Sedimentology; Experimental Sedimentology and the Sedimentology of Shallow Marine Storm Deposits
Gregory Finn
Associate Professor
Mathematics & Science
Earth Sciences
3528
Geology - Earth’s Crust; Minerals
Martin Head
Professor
Mathematics & Science
Earth Sciences
Anthropocene; Earth history; The geological time scale
Francine McCarthy
Professor
Mathematics & Science
Earth Sciences
Holocene (and Anthropocene) paleoclimates and paleolimnology; freshwater resources, eutrophication and algal blooms; paleontology/ micropaleontology; Great Lakes
John Menzies
Professor
Mathematics & Science
Earth Sciences
3865
Climate Change; Glacial Geology; Global Warming; Ice Ages; Soils
Mariek Schmidt
Professor
Mathematics & Science
Earth Sciences
3527
Volcanology and Mars Geology
Syed Ejaz Ahmed
Dean
Mathematics & Science
Mathematics & Statistics
3421
Big Data Analytics; Statistical Consulting; Statistical Process Control
Omar Kihel
Professor
Mathematics & Science
Mathematics & Statistics
Algebra; Number Theory; Cryptography; Mathematics for general audience; Discrete Mathematics including combinatorics
Yuanlin Li
Professor
Mathematics & Science
Mathematics & Statistics
4626
Algebra; Math Promotion for Gifted Kids; Combinatoric Number Theory; Coding Theory
Pouria Ramazi
Assistant Professor
Mathematics & Science
Mathematics & Statistics
Machine learning; Data science; Prediction and management of diseases; Systems and control; Game theory; Decision-making dynamics
Thomas Wolf
Professor
Mathematics & Science
Mathematics & Statistics
3803
Differential Equations; Japanese/Chinese Game GO and its Computerization; Theory of General Relativity, Mathematics Contests for Elementary and High Schools
Shyamal Bose
Professor
Mathematics & Science
Physics
3876
Solids - Ordered and Disordered, Electronic Properties
Thad Harroun
Professor
Mathematics & Science
Physics
5905
Neutron Scattering
Gavin Hester
Assistant Professor
Mathematics & Science
Physics
Neutron scattering; quantum materials; quantum phase transitions; and magnetic materials.
Barak Shoshany
Assistant Professor
Mathematics & Science
Physics
General relativity; Quantum mechanics; Quantum gravity; Quantum computing; Particle physics; Astrophysics and cosmology; Scientific computing; Time travel and faster-than-light travel
Edward Sternin
Associate Professor
Mathematics & Science
Physics
3414/4457
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Relaxation Measurements in Soft Condensed Matter Systems
Lynn Dempsey
Associate Professor
Social Sciences
Applied Linguistics
5168
Child language development; Child language disorders; Early literacy acquisition; Early language comprehension; Children's story comprehension
Thomas Farrell
Professor
Social Sciences
Applied Linguistics
3846
Applied Linguistics; Language Teacher Education; Reflective Practice for Language Teachers
Cheng Luo
Associate Professor
Social Sciences
Applied Linguistics
4285
Chinese Languages and Culture; Language Testing; Second Language Acquisition; Theories of Linguistics and Applied Linguistics; Typological Linguistics; Chinese-English English-Chinese Translation
Ron Thomson
Professor
Social Sciences
Applied Linguistics
5842
Second Language Acquisition; Pronunciation Training; Issues related to Foreign/Non-Native Accent
Alison Cox
Assistant Professor
Social Sciences
Applied Disability Studies
Applied Behavioural Pharmacology; Assessing and Treating Severe Problem Behaviour; Applied Behaviour Analysis; Early Intensive Behavioural Intervention; Caregiver Training; Autism and Other Intellectual and Developmental Disorders; Traumatic Brain Injury; Program Evaluation
Julie Koudys
Associate Professor
Social Sciences
Applied Disability Studies
6706
Applied Behaviour Analysis; Autism and Developmental Disabilities; Early Intensive Behavioural Intervention; Mental Health and Autism; Autism Policy in Ontario; Parent Training in Autism; Augmentative Alternative Communication Systems
Nicole Luke
Assistant Professor
Social Sciences
Applied Disability Studies
3951
Applied behaviour analysis (ABA) in education; verbal behaviour; and virtual reality applications in education and psychology.
Valdeep Saini
Associate Professor
Social Sciences
Applied Disability Studies
3950
Animal behaviour; Behaviour analysis; Behaviour modification; Experimental analysis of behaviour
Kendra Thomson
Associate Professor
Social Sciences
Applied Disability Studies
6710
Applied behaviour analysis (behavioral intervention); Neurodevelopment disabilities (mainly autism); Early intensive behavioral intervention; Evidence-based training for staff, caregivers, teachers, etc.that work with people with disabilities; Sexual offending and adults with intellectual disabilities; Mental Health; Behavioural applications to sport and physical activity (e.g., dance); Acceptance and commitment therapy/training
Kimberley Zonneveld
Associate Professor
Social Sciences
Applied Disability Studies
Behavior analysis; Assessment and treatment of problem behavior (e.g., aggression, self-injury, pediatric feeding disorders); Autism and other intellectual and developmental disabilities; Early intensive behavioral intervention; Caregiver and teacher training; Feeding disorders; Helping children tolerate dental exams, eye exams, haircuts, etc; increasing physical activity in children
Crime; courts; sentencing and punishment - adults and youth; Criminal Law and Reform; Mental health and the law; Public Attitudes Toward Crime; Youth Criminal Justice Act; Forensics and the law - adult and youth; Developmental disabilities and the law
John McNamara
Professor
Social Sciences
Child & Youth Studies
3835
Learning Disabilities; Reading; Child Development
Richard Mitchell
Professor
Social Sciences
Child & Youth Studies
5085
Human rights of children and young people; Qualitative research methods; Sociology of childhood/youth; UN Human Rights monitoring and theorizing;
Thomas O'Neill
Professor
Social Sciences
Child & Youth Studies
3110
Youth Political Engagement; Second-Generation Diaspora Youth Identity; Child and Youth "Living Rights" in International Development; Nepal; Sri Lanka
Erin Panda
Assistant Professor
Social Sciences
Child & Youth Studies
3178
Developmental Neuroscience; Brain; Brain Development; Language; Reading; Language and Cognitive Development; Developmental Trajectories; Language Acquisition and Processing; Evidence-based Intervention; EEG; ERPs; Brain Networks; Functional Connectivity; Computational Neuroscience; Learning Disabilities; Reading Disabilities; Epilepsy; ADHD; Second Language Learning; Brain Plasticity; Neurolinguistics
Shauna Pomerantz
Associate Professor
Social Sciences
Child & Youth Studies
5371
TikTok; Social Media; Dress Codes; Teen Girls and Social Issues; Sexism & Sexual Harassment; Children/Youth & Popular Culture; Gender & School; Identity & the School; Feminisms; Girlhood Studies; Qualitative Research Methods; Social Justice; Sociology of Education; Youth Culture; Popular Culture; Teen Dating in the Social Media Era; Barbie; Taylor Swift's impact on teen girls and young women.
Rebecca Raby
Professor
Social Sciences
Child & Youth Studies
3172
Gender and Sexuality in Childhood and Youth; Peer Cultures; Schoolrules including dress codes; Young people's first jobs; Academic Success and Gender in High School; The participation of children and youth in decision-making, in political organizations and in activism both on-line and off
Danielle Sirianni Molnar
Associate Professor
Social Sciences
Child & Youth Studies
6127
Perfectionism; Personality; Youth dance; Mental health in children and youth
Christine Tardif-Williams
Associate Professor
Social Sciences
Child & Youth Studies
4557
Companion Animals/Pets & Children/Youth; Adolescent Autonomy and Socio-Emotional Development; Human Rights Training for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities; Impact of Immigration, Acculturation on Parent-Child Relationships; Parent-Child Relationships, Conflict, Attachment
Ayda Tekok-Kilic
Associate Professor
Social Sciences
Child & Youth Studies
3937
Developmental Neuropsychology & Cognitive Electrophysiology; Cognitive Functions in Children & Youth using Electrophysiological and Neuropsychological Methodologies; Impact of Anxiety and Worry on the Cognitive Performance; Youth and adults with ADHD; Sensory processing and cognitive functions; Pupillometry as an index of cognition and emotion
Cultural Diversity in Educational Contexts; Childrens' and Adolescents' Perceptions of Multiculturalism; Indigenous Education; Indigenous Pedagogy and Practice; Multiculturalism and Education; Experiences of Racism; Cyber-bullying; E-learning; Children and Youth in the Digital Age; Discourses on Child and Youth Rights; Indigenous and non-Indigenous Research Collaborations
Marian Bredin
Professor
Social Sciences
Communication, Popular Culture & Film
4658
Media Policy; Canadian Television; Indigenous and Aboriginal People in Media or Popular Culture; Digital Media and Transmedia
Liz Clarke
Associate Professor
Social Sciences
Communication, Popular Culture & Film
Women in film and television; Silent film; Hollywood film history; Seriality; Binge-watching; War films; Race, class, ideology and sexuality in cinema; TV and film guilds/unions
Derek Foster
Associate Professor
Social Sciences
Communication, Popular Culture & Film
5366
Strategic Use of Symbols (visual rhetoric); Popular Culture and Memory; Place Promotion; Communication Activism; Reality TV, Social Issues and Social Problems; Audience Research; Language and Power; Theories of the Media; Human Communication Processes; Communication of Social Issues
Jennifer Good
Associate Professor
Social Sciences
Communication, Popular Culture & Film
3707
Media Effects; Media Use and People's Relationship with the Environment; Television, Materialism and the Environment; The Communication of Climate Change; Psychology of Screens; Implications for What We are Not Told by the Media; Media Audiences; Media Research
Anthony Kinik
Associate Professor
Social Sciences
Communication, Popular Culture & Film
6397
Cinema and the city; Experimental and avant-garde film; Expanded cinema; Documentary film; Expo 67; 1960s Montreal; City symphonies; Rockumentaries; Popular music documentaries; Quebec cinema of the 1960s and 1970s; Denys Arcand; Errol Morris; Bob Dylan on screen; Nick Cave on screen
Duncan Koerber
Assistant Professor
Social Sciences
Communication, Popular Culture & Film
Public relations; crisis communication; damage control; social media
Karen Louise Smith
Associate Professor
Social Sciences
Communication, Popular Culture & Film
6497
Digital and Social Media; Data; Privacy; Access; Internet and Technology Related Policies
Robert Dimand
Professor
Social Sciences
Economics
3125
Development of Macroeconomics before 1936; History of Game Theory; History of Women in Economics; Origins of the Efficient Markets Hypothesis
Diane Dupont
Professor
Social Sciences
Economics
Environment - Economic Policy; Commercial Fisheries in Canada; Public Perceptions of Water Quality; Non-Market Valuation
Joe Kushner
Professor
Social Sciences
Economics
3165
Urban Economics; Industry Studies such as Electrical Utilities and the Wine Industry
Ivan Medovikov
Associate Professor
Social Sciences
Economics
6148
Financial markets; Big data; Data technology and its applications to investing
Marcel Oestreich
Associate Professor
Social Sciences
Economics
5262
Environmental Economics, Applied Game Theory, Industrial Organization and Empirical Finance
Taylor Wright
Assistant Professor
Social Sciences
Economics
Labour economics, economics of crime, law and economics, public economics and public policy.
Jeffrey Boggs
Associate Professor
Social Sciences
Geography and Tourism Studies
Cultural Industries; Regional Economic Development; Workforce Development; Innovative Teaching; Interactive Digital Media as Industry; Service Learning
David Butz
Professor
Social Sciences
Geography and Tourism Studies
3205
Jamaican Reggae Music; Social Change in Pakistan's Northern Areas; Autoethnography; Rural Road Construction in the Global South
Chris Fullerton
Professor
Social Sciences
Geography and Tourism Studies
3487
Public Transit; Urban Transportation; Rural Economic Development; Rural Land use Planning; Economic Development in the Niagara Region; Tourism in the Niagara Region
David Goldblum
Associate Professor
Social Sciences
Geography and Tourism Studies
Forest fires; Climate change and forests; Urban trees; Human impact on ecosystems
Geographies of Popular Memory; Geography and Ethnohistory; Historical and Cultural Geography; Historical Geographies of First Nations in Ontario
Kevin Turner
Associate Professor
Social Sciences
Geography and Tourism Studies
5399
Impact of climate and landscape change on lakes and rivers
Simon Black
Associate Professor
Social Sciences
Labour Studies
Labour; Work; Unions; Labour movement; Care work; Child care in Canada and the US; Hip hop; Racism in the labour market and at work; Social justice organizing social movements, sports/labour/pro athletes
Alison Braley-Rattai
Associate Professor
Social Sciences
Labour Studies
Labour and employment law and policy; the Charter and freedom of association; human rights law; vaccine mandates/vaccine policy.
Paul Gray
Assistant Professor
Social Sciences
Labour Studies
Labour and working conditions; Unions; Canadian labour movement; International labour movement; Social movements; Social inequality; Gig economy; App-based work
Larry Savage
Professor
Social Sciences
Labour Studies
Unions; Strikes; Labour and Politics; Labour Relations; Federal, Provincial and Municipal Elections; Political Parties; Collective Bargaining; New Democratic Party (NDP); Workers' rights; Employment Standards
Charles Conteh
Professor
Social Sciences
Political Science
4075
Public Policy; Public Administration; Economic Development Policy and Politics in Developing Regions; Machinery of Government in Canada; Regional Economic Development Policy in Canada;
Hevina Dashwood
Professor
Social Sciences
Political Science
Corporate social responsibility in the mining sector; Natural resource governance in Africa
Stefan Dolgert
Associate Professor
Social Sciences
Political Science
Ethics/Politics of Technology; Democratic theory; Environmental Ethics; Animal Rights; American Politics; Citizenship, Ancient Philosophy
Nicole Goodman
Associate Professor
Social Sciences
Political Science
3893
Digital technology in Canadian politics; Political behaviour and public policy; Adoption of technology in elections; Political participation; Indigenous politics; Local government
Blayne Haggart
Associate Professor
Social Sciences
Political Science
International Relations; North American Politics; Copyright Policy; Canada-US Relations; Smart cities; Data governance; Platform governance; Internet policy; Australian Rules football
Paul Hamilton
Associate Professor
Social Sciences
Political Science
4646
American Politics; British Politics; European Politics (Integration); Nationalism
Tim Heinmiller
Professor
Social Sciences
Political Science
Canadian Politics; Public Administration; Public Policy; Water Policy; Climate Change Policy; Canada-US Water Issues; Great Lakes Water Issues; Prairie Water Issues; Emissions Trading Policies; Cap and Trade Policies
Matthew Hennigar
Associate Professor
Social Sciences
Political Science
Canadian Politics; Constitutional Politics & Rights; Courts & Law
Joanne Heritz
Assistant Professor
Social Sciences
Political Science
5412
Public Policy; Public Administration; Municipal-Indigenous Relations; Affordable Housing Policy
Pascal Lupien
Associate Professor
Social Sciences
Political Science
3478
Latin American politics; Democracy and democratization; Populism; Participatory development; Social movements
Danielle McNabb
Assistant Professor
Social Sciences
Political Science
Criminal Justice Policy and Administration; Policing and Police Oversight; Courts and Law (including decision-making at the Supreme Court of Canada); and Legal Responses to Sexual Violence
Sleep; Sleep Deprivation; Sleepiness; Napping; Sleep Across the Lifespan; Insomnia
Paula Duarte Guterman
Assistant Professor
Social Sciences
Psychology
3109
Behavioural neuroscience; Parental experience; Sex differences; Aging; Hormones; Neuroplasticity
Veena Dwivedi
Professor
Social Sciences
Psychology
5389
Sentence comprehension and the brain; EEG; Bilingualism; Emotion and language; Languages of India.
Stephen Emrich
Associate Professor
Social Sciences
Psychology
Cognitive neuroscience; fMRI; Working memory; Attention; Perception; Vision
Angela Evans
Professor
Social Sciences
Psychology
Children’s honesty; Children’s truth and lie-telling; Interviewing children
Caitlin Mahy
Associate Professor
Social Sciences
Psychology
6151
Children’s cognitive development; Early memory development; Prospective memory; Future thinking; Self regulation; Social understanding; Children's procrastination
Cathy Mondloch
Professor
Social Sciences
Psychology
5111
Face Recognition; Identity Perception; Emotion Recognition; The Development of Face Recognition; Photo Identification; The Own-Race and Own-Age Recognition Advantage
Tim Murphy
Professor
Social Sciences
Psychology
4639
Performance While Sleepy; Sleep Deprivation
Scott Neufeld
Lecturer
Social Sciences
Psychology
Stigma and Substance Use; Opioid Overdose; Stigma and Health Inequities; Community-Based Research; Engaging People With Lived and Living Experience (of substance use etc.) in Research, Policy, Governance; Drug Policy and History in Canada
Kate Bezanson
Professor
Social Sciences
Sociology
6352
Social policy, Gender, care; family policy, Parental and other leaves; Child care; public and constitutional law
Thomas Dunk
Professor
Social Sciences
Sociology
4762
Relationships between social class and masculinities; Economic sociology and economic anthropology; Relationships between industrial ruination, regionalism, populism and environmental controversies
Samantha McAleese
Assistant Professor
Social Sciences
Sociology (Critical Criminology)
4731
Criminal records; Pardons and record suspensions; Criminal justice policy; Prisoner re-entry and reintegration; Policing and surveillance; Non-profit organizations and community engagement.
Trent Newmeyer
Associate Professor
Social Sciences
Sociology
5188
Community & Resistance; Crafts; Domesticity as Leisure; History of Recreation & Tourism; HIV/AIDS & Stigma; Hobbies; Organizations in Recreation; International Education; Tourism in Cuba; HIV/AIDS and Pregnancy
Mary-Beth Raddon
Associate Professor
Social Sciences
Sociology
Local Currencies; Community Service Learning
Julia Baird
Associate Professor
Social Sciences
Environmental Sustainability Research Centre
Human dimensions of water resources; Water resilience; Improving outcomes of water governance by improving processes; Agricultural decision-making and its impacts on water
Jessica Blythe
Assistant Professor
Social Sciences
Environmental Sustainability Research Centre
5986
Climate change adaptation; societal transformation related to sustainability; Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); ocean sustainability
Marilyne Carrey
Associate Professor
Social Sciences
Environmental Sustainability Research Centre
4556
Environmental applications of geospatial technologies (e.g., remote sensing/satellite imaging); Environmental sustainability; Urban tree canopy; Mapping and monitoring wetlands, vineyards, and forested ecosystems; land-use and land-cover changes over time; invasive species (trees, plants and insects); and community engagement
Ryan Plummer
Director, Environmental Sustainability Research Centre
Social Sciences
Environmental Sustainability Research Centre
4782
Co-Management of Natural Resources; Social- Ecological Systems; Water Governances
Gender-based violence; violence against Indigenous women and girls; settler colonial politics and the Canadian state; Indigenous women’s political leadership and activism; current social and political issues impacting Indigenous people in Canada; human trafficking.
Tim Ribaric
Digital Scholarship Librarian
James A. Gibson Library
Library Systems and Technologies
5358
Open Access/ Creative Commons Copyright; Electronic Theses and Dissertations; Metadata
David Sharron
Head Archives & Special Collections
James A. Gibson Library
Special Collections and Archives
3264
Archival Records; Preservation of Records and History; Rare Books; Brock University History
Elizabeth Yates
Research and Scholarly Communication Librarian
James A. Gibson Library
Research Lifecycle Development
4469
Evidence synthesis (systematic reviews, scoping reviews, etc); Open Access; Scholarly Publishing; Predatory publishing; Research metrics
Rajiv Jhangiani
Vice-Provost, Teaching and Learning
Office of the Vice-Provost, Teaching and Learning
Teaching and learning; open educational resources; open pedagogy; educational technology; academic integrity; experiential education; equity, diversity and inclusion; distance education; adult education; genocide and political violence.
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