Dr. Shannon Ward
Assistant Professor
Multilingualism, Language acquisition, Chinese language, Tibetan language, Language revitalization, Refugees, Migration
Jessica Stites Mor, PhD
Associate Professor
Latin American history, international solidarity
Dr. Christine Schreyer, PhD Anthropology
Associate Professor
endangered languages, language revitalization and documentation, constructed languages, language planning, language policy, Indigenous languages, land planning, knowledge mobilization, community-engaged research,
Kenneth Carlaw
Professor
Economic growth, Technological change, Productivity, Economic development, Measurement, Economic growth policy, Innovation/technology policy
Dr. Zach Walsh, PhD
Professor
cannabis, psychedelics, psychedelic psychotherapy, harm reduction, psilocybin, MDMA, LSD, addiction, treatment of problematic substance use,
Carlos Teixeira, PhD
Professor, Geography
Immigration, immigrants in Canada, housing experiences of immigrants, housing in small and mid sized cities, Kelowna, Okanagan Valley, suburbanization of immigrants, ethnic entrepreneurship, ethnic neighbourhoods, neighourhood change, Canada, Vancouver, Richmond and Surrey, Toronto, Kensington Market
Liane Gabora, PhD
Professor
creativity, computational creativity, cultural evolution, computer models of cultural evolution, concepts, agent-based models, physical light as metaphor for psychological constructs
Ross Hickey, PhD
Assistant Professor
Public finance, government, federalism, lobbying, taxation, income tax
Julien Picault
Senior Instructor
Labour economics, industrial organization, discrimination and economic education, immigration policy
Adam Jones
Professor
Human rights, gender studies, genocide studies, crimes against humanity, media and political transition
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
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,
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
John Janmaat, PhD
Associate Professor
Water resource economics, natural resource economics, value of environmental goods and services, value of ecological goods and services, environmental economics