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
Tony Volk
Professor, Child and Youth Studies
Faculty of Social Sciences
Tony Volk is a developmental scientist interested in the separate, but related, areas of bullying, parenting, antisocial personality, and the evolution of childhood. A strong believer in multidisciplinary studies, Volk’s overall interest is to gain an evolutionary, psychological, biological, neurological, health-based, Indigenous, cross-cultural, social, historical, and (ifpossible) trandisciplinary understanding of why individuals do what they do. Volk’s bullying research focuses on using an adaptive perspective to help understand the causes, costs, and even benefits of bullying across countries (mainly Canada and China)- including bullying outside of traditional school settings. That includes bullying in sports and extra-curricular activities, as well studying bullying in a remote Caribbean rural village.
researcher video archive
Richard Mitchell
Professor, Child and Youth Studies
Faculty of Social Sciences
Joe Norris
Professor, Drama in Education and Applied Theatre
Faculty of Humanities
Karen Campbell
Associate Professor, Psychology
Faculty of Social Sciences
Teju Herath
Associate Professor, Information Systems
Goodman School of Business
Tamari Kitossa
Associate Professor, Sociology
Faculty of Social Sciences
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