Faculty of Arts

Nathanael Lauster, PhD

Nathanael Lauster, PhD

Associate Professor

Population, housing, urban studies, crowding, family, immigration, environment, health, real estate

Scott Anderson

Scott Anderson

Assistant Professor

Philosophy, ethics, political philosophy, coercion, privacy, women’s issues, feminism, autonomy, prostitution, sexual harassment, sexual assault

Bruce Granville Miller

Bruce Granville Miller

Professor

Aboriginal peoples of North America, Coast Salish peoples, aboriginal law, aboriginal politics, concepts of indigeneity, human rights and Indigenous peoples, law and society, oral history evidence in court, comparative studies of aboriginal-state relations

Bruce Fulton

Associate Professor

Young-Bin Min Chair in Korean Literature and Literary Translation

Modern Korean fiction, literary translation

Henry Yu

Associate Professor

Asian migration to Canada, Chinese Canadian, Asian Canadian, Chinese in British Columbia, multiculturalism, racism, Global Vancouver, Asian American history, sports and race, Chinatown, Head Tax, United States

Elizabeth Dunn

Elizabeth Dunn

Associate Professor

happiness, prosocial behavior, money and happiness, emotion, predicting emotions, moods, self-knowledge, stereotypes, savoring

Paige Raibmon, PhD

Professor

First Nations on the Northwest coast, cultural representations, relocation of Indigenous peoples, environmental health on reserves, First Nations history

Lisa Matthewson, PhD

Professor

Endangered languages, semantics, Salish languages, Tsimshianic languages, Austronesian languages

Colin Campbell

Professor Emeritus

Canada Research Chair in US Government and Politics

U.S. presidency, U.S. military, U.S.-Canadian relations, prime ministers in UK, Canada, and Australia, public service reform

Alan Kingstone, PhD

Alan Kingstone, PhD

Professor

Real world behaviour, Human cognition, Attention and eye movements

Edward Grabb

Professor

Canada, United States, inequality, ethnicity, Quebec

Ara Norenzayan, PhD

Ara Norenzayan, PhD

Professor

Social psychology, cultural psychology, evolutionary psychology, religion, culture, human cooperation, human universals, thinking across cultures

Catharine Winstanley, PhD

Catharine Winstanley, PhD

Associate Professor

Impulsivity, gambling, behavioural neuroscience, frontal cortex, dopamine, serotonin, addiction

Josephine Chiu-Duke, PhD in Asian Studies (Chinese Intellectual History)

Associate Professor

Chinese history, intellectual history, thought and institutions (traditional and modern), Taiwan

Peter Suedfeld, PhD

Dean and Professor Emeritus

Decision-making under stress; psychology of extreme environments (polar, space, etc.); genocide; sensory deprivation; flotation tanks; resilience; political psychology

Amy Hanser

Amy Hanser

Associate Professor

Work and employment, gender, consumption/consumerism, contemporary Chinese society

Gayle Murphy

Gayle Murphy

Associate Professor

Breath and voice for actors and other professional speakers, vocal coaching for stage and screen, theatre, breath work, Middendorf Breathexperience practice

Michael Devereux

Michael Devereux

Professor & School Director

Economics, macro and monetary economics, economic policy, monetary and fiscal policy, deficits, exchange rates, capital flows, financial crises

Dr Campbell Sharman

Adjunct Professor

Australian politics, electoral systems, federalism, parliaments (Canadian and comparative)

Dave McClung

Professor

Snow and avalance mechanics, avalanche dynamics and engineering, avalanche prediction and forecasting