At Brock University, we strive to make a difference. Our research and scholarship addresses real-world challenges; in the process, we come up with knowledge and insights that may be helpful to society. In this weekly series, our researchers and scholars share what they’ve learned through their work.
Featured researcher
Tamari Kitossa
Associate Professor, Sociology
Faculty of Social Sciences
Associate Professor of Sociology Tamari Kitossa’s research interests include race and criminalization; racial profiling; criminology and the sociology of knowledge; prison abolition; anti-blackness, racism and racialization; and interracial unions. Tamari recently released a book he co-edited with Erica Lawson and Philip Howard (University of Toronto Press) titled African Canadian Leadership: Continuity, Transition, and Transformation, which explores commonly-held ideas of what constitutes effective leadership and how Eurocentric definitions of leadership in Canadian society tend to focus on charisma, ignore cultural and community dynamics, and tries to lump representation of Black communities under one Black leader. The book also presents alternative forms of leadership in various contexts. His forthcoming edited collection under review with the University of Alberta Press is titled Appealing Because He is Appalling: Black Masculinities, Colonialism and Erotic Racism: Essays honouring Baldwin and Fanon.
researcher video archive
Christine Daigle
Professor, Philosophy
Faculty of Humanities
Deborah McPhee
Associate Professor, Human Resources Management
Goodman School of Business
Paul Zelisko
Instructor, Chemistry
Faculty of Mathematics and Science
Jeff Stuart
Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
Faculty of Mathematics and Science
Candace Figg
Professor, Educational Studies
Faculty of Education
Spy Dénommé-Welch
Associate Professor, Educational Studies
Faculty of Education
Kimberly Monk
Adjunct Professor, History
Faculty of Humanities
Tim O’Connell
Professor, Recreation & Leisure Studies
Faculty of Applied Health Sciences
Maureen Lux
Professor, History
Faculty of Humanities
Charles Conteh
Associate Professor, Political Science
Faculty of Social Sciences
Ana Sanchez
Professor, Health Sciences
Faculty of Applied Health Sciences
Elizabeth Shulman
Assistant Professor, Psychology
Faculty of Social Sciences
Louis Volante
Professor, Educational Studies
Faculty of Education
Gary Libben
Professor, Applied Linguistics
Faculty of Social Sciences
Patrick Reid
Assistant Professor, Sport Management
Faculty of Applied Health Sciences
Danielle Sirianni-Molnar
Associate Professor, Child and Youth Studies
Faculty of Social Sciences
Christopher Fullerton
Associate Professor, Geography and Tourism Studies
Faculty of Social Sciences
Simon Black
Assistant Professor, Labour Studies
Faculty of Social Sciences
Miriam Richards
Professor, Biological Sciences
Faculty of Mathematics and Science
Elizabeth Greene
Associate Professor, Classics
Faculty of Humanities
Kimberly Cote
Professor, Psychology
Faculty of Social Sciences
Gary Pickering
Professor, Biological Sciences and Psychology
Faculty of Mathematics and Science