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Faculty and Staff

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

Digital Media and Journalism

Faculty

Anthony Cristiano
Instructor

Sue Ferguson
Professor Emerita

Rick Gamble
Instructor

Bruce Gillespie
Associate Professor
Program Coordinator, Digital Media and Journalism

Abby Goodrum
Professor

David Haskell
Associate Professor

Simon Kiss
Associate Professor

David Meurer
Instructor

Kelly Pedro
Instructor

Ellen Russell
Associate Professor

Kenneth Werbin
Associate Professor
Associate Dean, Faculty of Liberal Arts

Staff

Melissa Weaver
Academic Program Assistant (until February 2020)

Jennifer Beam
Academic Program Assistant (on leave until February 2020)

English (Brantford)

Faculty

Michael Ackerman
Instructor

Shelley Beal
Instructor

Sylvia Bryce-Wunder
Instructor

Kathryn Carter
Dean: Faculty of Liberal Arts (acting)

Thomas Laughlin
Instructor

David Lee
Instructor

Benjamin Lefebvre
Instructor

Ian MacRae
Associate Professor

Kenneth Paradis
Associate Professor
Program Coordinator, English

Emily Urquhart
Instructor

Lisa Wood
Associate Professor (on leave)

Bruce Wyse
Instructor

Staff

Melissa Weaver
Academic Program Assistant

History (Brantford)

Faculty

Tarah Brookfield
Associate Professor

Bret Edwards
Instructor

Peter Farrugia
Associate Professor

Evan Habkirk
Instructor

Christina Han
Associate Professor

Rob Kristofferson
Associate Professor

Nicholas Must
Instructor

David Olivier
Instructor

Geoff Spurr
Associate Professor
Program Coordinator

Gary Warrick
Associate Professor

Staff

Melissa Weaver
Academic Program Assistant

Human Rights and Human Diversity

Faculty

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

Sherri Bocchini
Instructor

Frank Cameron
Instructor

Stephen Lin
Instructor

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

Iga Mergler
Instructor

Pietro Pirani
Instructor

Andrew Robinson
Associate Professor
Program Coordinator, Human Rights and Human Diversity

Thomas Rose
Instructor

Takhmina Shokirova
Instructor

Catherine Stewart
Associate Professor

Stacey Wilson-Forsberg
Associate Professor

Staff

Nicole Morgan
Academic Program Assistant

Indigenous Studies

Faculty

Ted Baker
Instructor

Annette Chretien
Instructor

Lianne Leddy
Assistant Professor

Adrianne Lickers
Instructor

Joan Miller
Instructor

Sarah Morgan
Instructor

Darren Thomas
Lecturer

Gary Warrick
Professor
Program Coordinator, Indigenous Studies

Staff

Céline Taillefer-Travers
Academic Program Assistant

Law and Society

Faculty

Melany Banks
Instructor

Mark Davidson
Associate Professor

Kelly Gallagher-Mackay
Assistant Professor

Todd Gordon
Associate Professor

Chad Hillier
Instructor

Jonathan Lavery
Associate Professor
Program Coordinator

Dawn McDermott
Instructor

Debra Nash-Chambers
Instructor

Marcia Oliver
Associate Professor
Graduate Program Member: Social Justice and Community Engagement, Cultural Analysis and Social Theory, Criminology, and Sociology
Fellow, Tshepo Institute for the Study of Contemporary Africa