Okanagan Campus

Prof. Nancy Holmes, MA, BA

Prof. Nancy Holmes, MA, BA

Associate Professor

poetry, community art, World War 1 poetry, native bees (not honey bees), eco art, sustainability,

Adam Jones

Adam Jones

Professor

Human rights, gender studies, genocide studies, crimes against humanity, media and political transition

Julien Picault

Julien Picault

Senior Instructor

Labour economics, industrial organization, discrimination and economic education, immigration policy

Neil Pearson, PT, MSc

Neil Pearson, PT, MSc

Clinical Assistant Professor

Pain, chronic pain, pain management, self care, physiotherapy, yoga, therapeutic yoga

Rachelle Hole, PhD

Professor

Intellectual disability, critical disability studies, social work, qualitative inquiry

Rehan Sadiq, PhD, PEng

Rehan Sadiq, PhD, PEng

Professor and Associate Dean

Environmental risk analysis, water supply systems, life cycle assessment, infrastructure reliability

Paul Gabias, PhD, LLD

Paul Gabias, PhD, LLD

Associate Professor

Visual perception, haptic perception, audition, gustation, olfaction, cognition, evolutionary psychology, ecological approach to perception, public education about blindness, psychological aspects of advocacy, rehabilitation, health, stress management, picture perception, wellness, blindness, guide dog training, drawing development

Stephen Berg, PhD

Stephen Berg, PhD

Assistant Professor

Children’s physical activity and health, physical education, health education, curriculum, pedagogy

Marie Tarrant, RN MPH PhD

Marie Tarrant, RN MPH PhD

Director and Professor

Maternal and child health, breastfeeding, influenza vaccine in pregnancy, childhood vaccinations

John Klironomos, PhD

Professor

Soil, ecology, plants, fungi

Dr. Lesley Lutes, R. Psych

Dr. Lesley Lutes, R. Psych

Professor

Director of Clinical Training

clinical health psychology, lifestyle behavior change, mental health and well-being, obesity, diabetes, integrated primary care,

Gareth Jones, PhD, MSc

Gareth Jones, PhD, MSc

Assistant Professor

Aging, exercise, health, geriatrics, rehabilitation, chronic disease

Marvin Krank, PhD

Professor

Youth and adult substance use and abuse, cognition and substance use, prevention and intervention, measurement of substance use and program effectiveness

Lael Parrott

Lael Parrott

Professor

Natural resource management, land use change, biological conservation, ecological modelling, human-environment systems, complex systems, ecological complexity, human wildlife interactions, sustainability, sustainable development

John Wagner, PhD

John Wagner, PhD

Associate Professor

Environmental anthropology, political ecology, water, water governance, agriculture, food security, food sovereignty, Columbia River Treaty, Columbia River Basin, local ecological knowledge, community-based resource management, language documentation, Okanagan Valley, Creston Valley, Columbia Basin Project area, British Columbia, Washington State, Papua New Guinea

Dr. Adam Ford, PhD

Dr. Adam Ford, PhD

Canada Research Chair in Wildlife Restoration Ecology

Assistant Professor

Wildlife ecology, large mammals, conservation, deer, elk, bears, wolves, antelope, leopards, predators, human-wildlife conflict, ecology, biodiversity, road ecology, wildlife-vehicle collisions, road kill, wildlife corridors, wildlife management, science communication, citizen science, restoration, national parks, forestry, ranching, biological diversity, wild animals,

Mary Ann Murphy

Associate Professor, Cross-appointment on Aging

Aging, healthy aging, global aging, community, policy, census data, demographics, family, intergenerational education, older persons and love and romance, policy issues, community activation and risk

Susan Crichton, PhD

Associate Dean

Educational technology, coding, maker movement, teacher education, teacher education in challenging contexts, teacher education in developing countries

Dr. Karen Hodges, PhD

Dr. Karen Hodges, PhD

Professor, Conservation Biology

wildlife, wildfire, fire, conservation, mammals, birds, owls, habitat loss, habitat, predators, carnivores, snowshoe hares, boreal forest, biosolids, restoration ecology, conservation biology, ecology,

Jennifer Jakobi, PhD

Jennifer Jakobi, PhD

Professor

aging, older adults, exercise, men, women, sex-specific age-related decline, community exercise, chronic disease, inactivity, neuroscience, STEM Outreach, Youth engagement