Faculty and Staff

Faculty and staff are divided into the following program areas within the Faculty of Liberal Arts:

• Digital Media and Journalism
• English (Brantford)
• History (Brantford)
• Human Rights and Human Diversity
• Indigenous Studies
• Law and Society
• Social and Environmental Justice
• Social Justice and Community Engagement (MA)
• User Experience Design
• Youth and Children’s Studies

Digital Media and Journalism

Faculty

Steve Buist
Instructor

Sue Ferguson
Associate Professor Emerita

David Haskell
Associate Professor
Program Coordinator

Simon Kiss
Associate Professor

David Meurer
Associate Professor

Ellen Russell
Associate Professor

Staff

Jennifer Beam
Academic Program Administrator

English (Brantford)

Faculty

Sylvia Bryce-Wunder
Instructor

Kathryn Carter
Professor

David Lee
Instructor

Janny Leung
Professor
Dean, Faculty of Liberal Arts

Ian MacRae
Associate Professor

Kenneth Paradis
Associate Professor

Steven Rita-Proctor
Instructor

Lisa Wood
Associate Professor
Program Coordinator

Staff

Nicole Morgan
Academic Program Administrator

History (Brantford)

Faculty

James Bonar
Instructor

Tarah Brookfield
Associate Professor

Adrian Gamble
Associate Professor

Christina Han
Associate Professor

Rob Kristofferson
Professor

David H. Olivier
Instructor

Geoff Spurr
Associate Professor
Program Coordinator

Gary Warrick
Professor Emeritus

Staff

Nicole Morgan
Academic Program Administrator

Human Rights and Human Diversity

Faculty

Robert Ame
Associate Professor
Fellow, Tshepo Institute for the Study of Contemporary Africa

Seyed Hosseini
Instructor

Stephen Lin
Instructor

Oliver Masakure
Associate Professor
Fellow, Tshepo Institute for the Study of Contemporary Africa

Pietro Pirani
Instructor

Andrew Robinson
Associate Professor

Takhmina Shokirova
Instructor

Javier Torres
Instructor

Stacey Wilson-Forsberg
Associate Professor
Program Coordinator
Director, Tshepo Institute for the Study of Contemporary Africa

Staff

Jennifer Beam
Academic Program Administrator

Indigenous Studies

Faculty

Keri-Lynn Cheechoo
Chair, Department of Indigenous Studies, Law and Social Justice
Assistant Professor
Grundy Indigenous Scholar

Brenda Murphy
Professor
Undergraduate Officer

Kalley Armstrong
Instructor

Jessica Bomberry
Assistant Professor

Cathy Fournier
Instructor

George Kennedy
Instructor

Valerie King
Instructor

Katelyn Knott
Instructor

Laini Lascelles
Instructor

Percy Lezard
(they/them/theirs)
Assistant Professor
(on leave beginning September 2023)

Joan Miller
Instructor

Amber Skye
Instructor

Lisa VanEvery
Instructor

Gary Warrick
Professor Emeritus

Staff

Céline Taillefer-Travers
(she/her)
Academic Program Administrator

Law and Society

Faculty

Keri-Lynn Cheechoo
Chair, Department of Indigenous Studies, Law and Social Justice
Assistant Professor
Grundy Indigenous Scholar

Brenda Murphy
Professor
Undergraduate Officer

Melany Banks
Instructor

James Cairns
Associate Professor

Sue Carter
Associate Professor

Mark Davidson
Associate Professor
(on leave, Fall 2023)

Kelly Gallagher-Mackay
Associate Professor

Todd Gordon
Associate Professor

Tony MacKinnon
Associate Professor

Dawn McDermott
Associate Professor

David Meurer
Associate Professor

Marcia Oliver
Associate Professor

Sowmya Vishwanatha
Associate Professor

Staff

Céline Taillefer-Travers
(she/her)
Academic Program Administrator

Social and Environmental Justice

Faculty

Keri-Lynn Cheechoo
Chair, Department of Indigenous Studies, Law and Social Justice
Assistant Professor
Grundy Indigenous Scholar

Brenda Murphy
Professor
Undergraduate Officer

James Cairns
Associate Professor

Rebecca Godderis
Associate Professor

Stephen Haller
Associate Professor

Rob Kristofferson
Professor

Jonathan Lavery
Associate Professor

James McLean
Instructor

Ellen Russell
Associate Professor

Staff

Céline Taillefer-Travers
(she/her)
Academic Program Administrator

Social Justice and Community Engagement (MA)

Faculty

Keri-Lynn Cheechoo
Chair, Department of Indigenous Studies, Law and Social Justice
Assistant Professor
Grundy Indigenous Scholar

Brenda Murphy
Professor
Graduate Officer

Ehaab D. Abdou
Assistant Professor

Bree Akesson
Associate Professor

Tarah Brookfield
Associate Professor

Kathryn Carter
Professor

Kelly Gallagher-Mackay
Associate Professor

Rebecca Godderis
Associate Professor

Todd Gordon
Associate Professor

Maurita Harris
Assistant Professor

Rob Kristofferson
Professor

Janet McLaughlin
Associate Professor

Marcia Oliver
Associate Professor

Jennifer Root
Associate Professor

Kate Rossiter
Associate Professor

Ellen Russell
Associate Professor

Kenneth Werbin
Associate Professor

Staff

Céline Taillefer-Travers
(she/her)
Academic Program Administrator

User Experience Design

Faculty

Maria Andrusiak
Instructor

Layne Beckner Grime
Instructor

William Bowman
Instructor

Stephen Fernandez
Instructor

Bruce Gillespie
Associate Professor 

Abby Goodrum
Professor
Program Coordinator

Shirley Hall
Instructor

Maurita Harris
Assistant Professor

Richard Hildred
Instructor

Sajjad Khan
Instructor

Jennifer Krul
Instructor

Scott Nicholson
Professor (affiliated faculty)

Scott Paquette
Instructor

Sadeem Qureshi
Instructor

Kirsten Schaefer
Instructor

Mark Weiler
Web and User Experience Librarian

Kenneth Werbin
Associate Dean
Associate Professor 

Staff

Nicole Morgan
Academic Program Administrator

Youth and Children's Studies

Faculty

Danielle M. Law
Associate Professor
Program Coordinator

Tarah Brookfield
Associate Professor

Annette Chretien
Instructor 

Jocelyn Froese
Instructor

Christine Lei
Assistant Professor

Vanessa Oliver
Associate Professor

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

Lisa Wood
Associate Professor

Staff

Jennifer Beam
Academic Program Administrator