Faculty and Staff

Departments and Programs

• Dean of Arts Office
• Anthropology
• Archaeology and Heritage Studies
• Communication Studies
• Cultural Analysis and Social Theory
• English and Film Studies
• Global Studies
• History
• Languages and Literatures
• Medieval and Medievalism Studies
• North American Studies
• Philosophy
• Political Science
• Religion and Culture
• Sociology
• Women and Gender Studies

Dean of Arts Office

Deans

Sofie Lachapelle
Dean of Arts

Gavin Brockett
Vice-Dean

Jason Roy
Associate Dean: Student Affairs and Learning

Staff

Maria Almhana
Administrative Assistant

Colleen Ginn
Administrative Assistant & Faculty Research Support

Renée Ellis
Senior Administrative Officer

Cathy Mahler
Dean of Arts Office Administration Coordinator

Jenna Overzet (on Maternity Leave)
Academic Advisor

Mackenzie McGraw-Yan
Academic Advisor

Anne Leask
Academic Advisor

Crystal Shadwell
Manager, Arts: Student Support & Engagement Initiatives

Megan Woodrow
Manager, Arts: Strategic Enrolment & Advising Initiatives

Malinga Perera Maddumage
Financial Analyst

Esther Adebiyi
Strategies for Academic Success Program Instructor

Anthropology

Faculty

Laird Christie
Professor Emeritus

Andre Czegledy
Associate Professor
Program Coordinator, Anthropology

Morgan Holmes
Full Professor
Undergraduate Advisor

Mathias Guenther
Professor Emeritus

Andrew Lyons
Professor Emeritus

Natasha Pravaz
Associate Professor

Tanya Richardson
Associate Professor

Staff

Sandra Dalpe
Senior Administrative Assistant

Archaeology and Heritage Studies

Faculty

P. M. Michele Daviau
Professor Emeritus

Steven Edwards
Instructor

Debra Foran
Assistant Professor
Undergrad Advisor

Joann Freed
Professor Emeritus

Scott Gallimore
Associate Professor

Bonnie Glencross
Associate Professor
Chair, Archaeology and Heritage Studies

Jonathan Haxell
Instructor

Dean Knight
Professor Emeritus

Kristin Lord
Instructor

Dana Millson
Instructor

Gerald Schaus
Professor Emeritus

Christopher Simpson
Professor Emeritus

Gary Warrick
Associate Professor
Fellow, Tshepo Institute for the Study of Contemporary Africa

Alexis Young
Instructor

Staff

Andrea Nechita
Senior Administrative Assistant

Communication Studies

Faculty

Alexandra Boutros
Associate Professor

Shaunasea Brown
Assistant Professor

Darryl Burgwin
Instructor

Gregory Cameron
Instructor

Colleen Daniher
Assistant Professor

Greig de Peuter
Associate Professor

Elin Edwards
Instructor

Jonathan Finn
Professor

Jenna Hennebry
Professor

Andrew Herman
Associate Professor

Jeff Heydon
Instructor

Jeremy Hunsinger
Associate Professor

Penelope Ironstone
Associate Professor

Barbara Jenkins 
Professor

Jordan B. Kinder
Assistant Professor

Sara Matthews
Associate Professor

Jade Miller
Associate Professor
Chair, Department of Communication Studies

Patricia Molloy
Instructor

Judith Nicholson 
Associate Professor

H. F. Pimlott
Associate Professor

Nathan Rambukkana
Associate Professor

Ian Roderick
Associate Professor

M. Carl Simpson
Instructor

Lindsay Thistle
Instructor

Neal Thomas
Instructor

Peter Urquhart
Associate Professor

Staff

Bev Bagley
Administrative Assistant

Sylvia Hoang
Senior Administrative Assistant

Cultural Analysis and Social Theory

Faculty

Greg Bird
Assistant Professor
Program Coordinator, Cultural Analysis and Social Theory

Penelope Ironstone
Associate Professor

Marcia Oliver
Assistant Professor, Law and Society
Fellow, Tshepo Institute for the Study of Contemporary Africa

H. F. Pimlott
Associate Professor

Natasha Pravaz
Associate Professor
Program Coordinator, Anthropology

Edward Shizha
Professor
Fellow, Tshepo Institute for the Study of Contemporary Africa    

Alicia Sliwinski
Associate Professor

Milo Sweedler
Associate Professor

Kenneth Werbin
Associate Dean, Faculty of Liberal Arts
Program Coordinator, Digital Media and Journalism

Jasmin Zine
Associate Professor

Staff

Shanna Howse
Senior Administrative Assistant

English and Film Studies

Faculty

Sandra Annett
Associate Professor,

Andrea Austin
Associate Professor

Katherine Bell
Associate Professor,

Jing Jing Chang
Associate Professor,
Film Studies Program Advisor

Tamas Dobozy
Professor,
Graduate Program Coordinator

Philippa Gates
Professor

Madelaine Hron
Associate Professor

Jenny Kerber
Associate Professor

Russell Kilbourn
Professor,
Chair, English & Film Studies

Richard Nemesvari,
Professor

Tanis MacDonald
Associate Professor

Cindy McMann
Instructor

Glen Norton
Instructor, Film Studies

Mariam Pirbhai
Associate Professor

Markus Poetzsch
Associate Professor

Lynn Shakinovsky 
Associate Professor

Nabeela Sheikh
Instructor

Katherine Spring
Associate Professor

Jeffrey Thompson
Instructor

Eleanor Ty
Professor,
English Program Advisor

Robin Waugh
Professor

Bruce Wyse
Instructor

Staff

Joanne Buchan
Senior Administrative Assistant

Global Studies

Faculty

Ehaab D. Abdou
Assistant Professor
Undergraduate Advisor

Joanne Benham-Rennick
Associate Professor

Paula Butler
Instructor

Sean Campbell
Instructor

Debra Chapman
Instructor

Christopher Cutting
Instructor

Tom Deligiannis
Instructor

Timothy Donais
Associate Professor

John Boye Ejobowah
Associate Professor

Melissa Finn
Instructor

Nick Garside
Instructor

Chad Hillier
Instructor

Shahnaz Khan
Professor Emerita

Chris Klassen
Instructor

Alex Latta
Associate Professor

Sara Matthews
Associate Professor

Bina Mehta
Instructor

Sara Morgan
Instructor

Edmund Pries
Assistant Professor

Tanya Richardson
Associate Professor

Theresa Romkey
Instructor

Laszlo Sarkany
Instructor

Alicia Sliwinski
Associate Professor

Stephen Svenson
Instructor

Aleksandra Szaflarska
Instructor

Ali Zaidi
Associate Professor
Chair, Department of Global Studies

Staff

Sandra Dalpe
Administrative Assistant

History

Faculty

Gavin Brockett
Associate Professor, Middle East and Turkey

Blaine Chiasson
Associate Professor, Modern China, Sino-Russian Relations
Graduate Officer

Adam Crerar
Associate Professor, Rural Ontario, 20th-Century Canada

Darryl Dee
Associate Professor, Early Modern France and Europe

Karljürgen Feuerherm
Associate Professor, Ancient Near East and Egypt

Judith Fletcher
Professor, Classical Greek Literature, Gender and Law

Leonard Friesen
Professor, Global Ethics and Russian Studies

Jeff Grischow
Associate Professor, Africa, Comparative Development Studies
Associate Director, Tshepo Institute for the Study of Contemporary Africa

Mark Humphries
Professor, Canadian Social, Military and Medical History

Lianne Leddy
Associate Professor, Indigenous History in Canada, Indigenous Peoples and the Environment, Gender and Indigenous Peoples

Amy Milne-Smith
Professor, Victorian Britain, Culture and Mental Illness

David Monod
Professor, American Social and Cultural History

Darren Mulloy
Professor, Post-1945 American History

Susan Neylan
Associate Professor, Canadian History, Indigenous-Settler Relations

Chris L. Nighman
Professor, Medieval and Renaissance Europe
Coordinator, Medieval Studies Program

David Olivier
Instructor

Eva Plach
Associate Professor, Modern Europe, Poland

David Smith
Associate Professor, Anglo-Atlantic World, Law and Business
Chair, Department of History

Kevin A. Spooner
Associate Professor, North American Studies
Director, Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada

Dana Elizabeth Weiner
Associate Professor, Early America, Women and African American
Undergraduate Officer

Staff

Heather Vogel
Senior Administrative Assistant

Languages and Literatures

Faculty

Hanan Abdullatif
Instructor, Arabic

Rosario Ardon
Instructor, Spanish

Ira Ashcroft
Professor Emeritus, French

Hugo De Marinis
Associate Professor, Spanish

Mihaiela Despau
Instructor, French

Alba Devo
Instructor, Spanish

Nathalie Freidel
Associate Professor, French

Abeer Hassan
Instructor, Arabic

Jane Newland
Associate Professor, French
Chair, Department of Languages and Literatures

Simona Pruteanu
Associate Professor, French

Marc Olivier Reid
Undergraduate AdvisorAssociate Professor,
French and Spanish

Katherine Ann Roberts
Associate Professor, French

Mercedes Rowinsky-Geurts
Professor Emeritus, Spanish

John W. Schwieter
Professor, Spanish

Larissa Sloutsky
Instructor, French

Andrea Speltz
Instructor, German

Monica Stellin
Associate Professor, Italian

Milo Sweedler
Associate Professor, French

Victor-Laurent Tremblay
Professor Emeritus, French

Jose Eduardo Villalobos Graillet
Instructor, Spanish

Alexandra Zimmermann
Instructor, German

Staff

Marjana Bilandzic
Administrative Assistant

Medieval and Medievalism Studies

Faculty

Chris L. Nighman
Coordinator, Medieval Program

Robin Waugh
Associate Professor

Staff

Andrea Nechita
Senior Administrative Assistant

North American Studies

Faculty

Chris Anderson
Associate Professor, Political Science
Undergrad Advisor

Jörg Broschek
Associate Professor, Political Science

Sally Heath
Manager, Academic Program Development and Review

Lucy Luccisano
Associate Professor

Bina Mehta
Instructor

Darren Mulloy
Professor

Debra Nash-Chambers
Instructor

Katherine Ann Roberts
Associate Professor, North American Studies

Kevin Spooner
Associate Professor, North American Studies/History

Brian Tanguay
Professor, Political Science

Debora VanNijnatten
Associate Professor

Margaret Walton-Roberts
Professor, Geography and Environmental Studies
Associate Dean, School of International Policy and Governance
Associate Director, International Migration Research Centre

Staff

Lauren Price
Senior Administrative Assistant

Philosophy

Faculty

Kathy Behrendt
Associate Professor

Neil Campbell
Professor
(on sabbatical Jan. 1, 2023 to Dec. 31, 2023)

Renato Cristi
Professor Emeritus

Gary Foster
Associate Professor

Rebekah Johnston
Associate Professor
Undergraduate Advisor

Ashwani Peetush
Associate Professor
Chair of Philosophy

Jill Rusin
Associate Professor

Byron Williston
Professor
Graduate Officer

Staff

Andrea Nechita
Administrative Assistant

Political Science

Faculty

Chris Anderson
Associate Professor

Jörg Broschek
Associate Professor
Canada Research Chair in Comparative Federalism and Multilevel Governance

Andrea M. Brown
Associate Professor
Chair, Department of Political Science, and North American Studies
Associate Director, The Tshepo Institute for the Study of Contemporary Africa

Steven Brown
Associate Professor Emeritus

Alistair Edgar
Associate Professor
Executive Director, Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS)

Patricia Goff
Associate Professor

Dejan Guzina
Associate Professor

Derek Hall
Associate Professor

Rhoda Howard-Hassmann
Professor Emeritus

Thomas O. Hueglin
Professor

Sandy J. A. Irvine
Assistant Professor

Loren King
Associate Professor

Phaedra Klodner
Instructor

Rianne Mahon
Professor Emeritus
CIGI Chair in Comparative and Transnational Social Policy and Governance

John McMenemy
Professor Emeritus

Toivo Miljan
Professor Emeritus

John Milloy
Practitioner-in-Residence
Assistant Professor of Public Ethics (Martin Luther University College)
Co-director, Centre for Public Ethics (Martin Luther University College)

Audra Mitchell
Professor
Canada Research Chair in Global Political Ecology

Andrea Perrella
Associate Professor

Rod Preece
Professor Emeritus

Jason Roy
Associate Professor

Kim Rygiel
Associate Professor
Graduate Officer

Yasmine Shamsie
Associate Professor

Brian Tanguay
Professor

Debora VanNijnatten
Associate Professor

Staff

Lauren Price
Senior Administrative Assistant

Religion and Culture

Faculty

Abderrahman Beggar
Chair, Religion & Culture
Professor

Gavin Brockett
Vice Dean, Faculty of Arts
Associate Professor, Middle East and Turkey

Kevin Burrell
Associate Professor
Undergrad Advisor

Michel Desjardins
Professor Emeritus / Online Instructor

Carol B. Duncan
Professor
3M National Teaching Fellow

Edmund Pries
RCGJ MA Advisor/Coordinator; RS PhD Coordinator
Associate Professor

Erich Fox Tree
Associate Professor

Paul Freston
Professor, Emeritus

Ashley Lebner
Associate Professor
Fellow, Balsillie School of International Affairs

Jason Neelis
Associate Professor

Christopher F. J. Ross
Professor Emeritus

Meena Sharify-Funk
Associate Professor

Ali Zaidi
Associate Professor

Jasmin Zine
Professor

Staff

Kirsten Pries
Senior Administrative Assistant

Sociology

Full-Time Faculty

Jeffrey P. Aguinaldo
Associate Professor

Greg Bird
Assistant Professor

Richard Christy
Associate Professor

Morgan Holmes
Undergraduate Advisor

Nikolaos Liodakis
Associate Professor

Lucy Luccisano
Associate Professor
Chair, Department of Sociology

David Monod
Professor

James Overboe
Associate Professor

Garry Potter
Professor

Linda Quirke
Associate Professor

Dana Sawchuk
Associate Professor

Glenda Wall
Associate Professor

Jasmin Zine
Associate Professor

Professors Emeriti

Michael Carroll
Peter Eglin
Pat Elliot
Ken Morrison

Contract Teaching Faculty

Please note: Contract Teaching Faculty change on a term by term basis. Please contact the Department of Sociology at socadmin@wlu.ca for updated information.

Staff

Shanna Howse
Senior Administrative Assistant

Women and Gender Studies

Faculty

Andrea M. Brown
Associate Professor
Program Coordinator

Jenna Hennebry
Associate Professor

Shahnaz Khan
Professor Emerita

Ginette Lafrenière
Associate Professor

Holly Pearse
Instructor

Helen Ramirez
Instructor

Bianca Laura Rus
Instructor

Karen Stote
Assistant Professor

Lorraine Vander Hoef
Instructor

Staff

Bev Bagley
Administrative Assistant

Sylvia Hoang
Senior Administrative Assistant