Faculty of Arts

Prof. Christopher Rea, PhD

Prof. Christopher Rea, PhD

Professor

Modern Chinese language, culture, history, literature, and cinema, modern China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, undergraduate research, graduate research, research methodology, fraud, translation, celebrity culture in Asia,

Hani Faris, PhD

Hani Faris, PhD

Adjunct Professor

Faculty Associate in the Institute of Asian Research

Middle East politics & governments, Arab politics & governments, Arab-Israeli conflict, Palestinian issue, politics of developing countries, Islam & Muslims

Nisha Malhotra

Nisha Malhotra

Senior Instructor

Poverty and child malnutrition, Gender and domestic violence, International Trade, Trade Agreements, WTO Disputes, University Teaching, Higher Education.

Prof. Michael Church, FRSC, D.Sc.

Prof. Michael Church, FRSC, D.Sc.

Professor Emeritus

geomorphology, rivers, Peace River, Fraser River, sediment transport, environment,

Karen Duffek

Karen Duffek

Curator

Contemporary Visual Arts + Pacific Northwest

Northwest Coast Indigenous art, Museum of Anthropology, museums and First Nations, contemporary Indigenous art, Native art, First Nations art

Toni Schmader, PhD

Professor

Canada Research Chair in Social Psychology (TIer II)

Stereotyping, Prejudice, Social Stigmatization

Andreas Schroeder

Rogers Communications Chair in Creative Nonfiction

Creative nonfiction in Canada, Public Lending Right Program in Canada, motorcycle touring/cruising

Heather O’Brien, BAH, MLIS, PhD

Associate Professor

User engagement, digital media, human-computer interaction, information seeking, information search, information retrieval, user experience evaluation, computers and emotion

Rebecca Todd, PhD

Assistant Professor

Human cognition, emotional salience, attention, memory, neurogenetic influences on cognition, influence of genes and life experience on affective biases (Veterans and PTSD)

Dr. Linc Kesler, PhD

Dr. Linc Kesler, PhD

Associate Professor

Indigenous identity, Indian residential schools, university Indigenous strategy, effects of communications technology, critical theory, 16th and 17th English literature, Indigenous literature, literature of US minorities,

Sylvia Fuller

Sylvia Fuller

Associate Professor

Sociology, precarious employment, inequality, work, gender and work, immigration, work-family

Frances Chen

Assistant Professor

social behaviour, relationships, social support, stress, coping, conflict and negotiation, social neuroscience, neurobiology, neuroendocrinology.

Molly Babel, PhD

Molly Babel, PhD

Associate Professor

Speech, language change, accommodation, voice, language stereotypes, sound change, sociolinguistics, phonetics, speech styles, dialects of English, language variation, speech intelligibility

Dr. Alfred Hermida

Dr. Alfred Hermida

Professor

Digital journalism, Social media, Media innovation, Journalism startups, Media policy, Data journalism, Not-for-profit journalism, Fake news,

Robert (Bob) Pritchard, DMA

Assistant Professor

Music composition, interactive music, computer music, electronic music, computer applications in music, interdisciplinary studies, improvisation, laptop orchestra, interactive video, Canadian accent studies

Katharina Coleman, PhD

Associate Professor

United Nations, peacekeeping, African Union

Janice Stewart, PhD

Janice Stewart, PhD

CSIS Chair

Sexuality, gender, critical theory, social media, rhetoric, North American pop culture, anti-racist pedagogy, equity, diversity, social networks, social networking

Dr Ayesha S. Chaudhry, PhD

Dr Ayesha S. Chaudhry, PhD

Associate Professor

Islam, Muslims, religion, gender, human rights, intersectionality, race, family and children, discrimination, racism, Islamophobia, social justice

Jennifer Berdahl, PhD

Jennifer Berdahl, PhD

Professor

Gender and diversity in organizations, power and status in groups, ostracism, harassment and bullying, work-family interface

Prof. Carrie Ichikawa Jenkins, PhD

Prof. Carrie Ichikawa Jenkins, PhD

Canada Research Chair in Philosophy

Philosophy, metaphysics, epistemology, love, romantic love, romance