Laura Wegener Parfrey, PhD
Assistant Professor
Microbial ecology, microbial diversity, microbiome, protists
Amin Ghaziani, PhD
Associate Professor
Canada Research Chair in Sexuality and Urban Studies
LGBT issues, sexuality, gay and lesbian rights, gay communities, gay politics, gay neighbourhoods, queer politics, political infighting
Carol Ann Courneya
Associate Professor
medical education, arts and humanities and learning, art-making and medical training, medical electives and Residency match success, CaRMS couples matching,
Dr. Dzung Vo, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
Head, Division of Adolescent Health and Medicine
Adolescent Medicine, Adolescent Health, Resilience, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Eating Disorders, Substance Use Disorders,
*Note that as I am a clinical faculty member, employed by PHSA / BC Children’s Hospital all media interviews must be approved by PHSA Communications Office
Julien Picault
Senior Instructor
Labour economics, industrial organization, discrimination and economic education, immigration policy
Daniel Justice, PhD
Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Literature and Expressive Culture
Indigenous literature, Indigenous Studies, speculative fiction, animal studies, raccoons, badgers
Rachelle Hole, PhD
Professor
Intellectual disability, critical disability studies, social work, qualitative inquiry
John Paul Catungal, PhD
Assistant Professor
Bullying, diversity, equity, gender and women’s studies, HIV / AIDS, Filipino, race, sexuality, migration, immigration, social services, Philippines, HIV, cities, diversity, multiculturalism, racism, caregivers, nannies, LGBT, gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans, queer
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
Gaoheng Zhang, PhD
Assistant Professor of Italian Studies
Italian-Chinese cultural relationships, Chinese migrations to Italy, gender in Italy, Italian media and cinema, Italian literature and culture, Italian colonial and postcolonial cultures, Italian travel and migration literature and cinema
Kerry Jang, PhD
Professor
Urban health, drug policy with regards to marijuana/cannabis, overdoses
Christie Stephenson
Executive Director
Business responsibility, corporate governance, business ethics, corporate social responsibility, sustainability, social enterprise, business ethics, corporate and board diversity, impact investing, responsible investing, socially responsible investment, ethical investing, divestment, social finance, social purpose of business, sustainable development
Carol Liao, BA Hons, LLB, LLM, PhD
Assistant Professor
UBC Sauder Distinguished Scholar, Peter P. Dhillon Centre for Business Ethics
Business law, corporate governance, corporate social responsibility, sustainability, social enterprise, benefit corporation, community contribution company, business ethics, access to justice and alternative business structures, Canada Business Corporations Act, BC Partnership Act, BC Business Corporations Act, contract law and interpretation, law and economics, feminism and corporate law, board diversity, impact investing, socially responsible investment, business and human rights, sustainable development
Antje Ellermann, PhD
Associate Professor
Immigration, asylum, Western Europe, Canada, the U.S
Dr. Suzanne Huot, PhD
Assistant Professor
Francophone minority communities, immigration, occupational science, qualitative research,
Daniel Steel, MA, PhD
Associate Professor
Diversity, ethics, opioid crisis, clinical trials
Christopher Patterson, PhD
Assistant Professor
Video games, digital media, critical race theory, queer theory, Southeast Asia, Hawaii, Oceania, tourism, The Philippines, literature, Asian North America, American empire, multiculturalism, colonization, creative writing, fiction, speculative fiction, travel writing, travel, migration, diaspora
Ervin Malakaj, PhD
Assistant Professor of German Studies
Germany, Austria, Central Europe, literary studies, media studies, queer studies, sexuality studies, diversity, equity, inclusion, social justice education
Sophie Frangou, MD, PhD
President’s Excellence Chair in Brain Health
Professor
brain imaging, clinical neuroscience, computational psychiatry, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, mood disorders
Dr. Joanie Sims Gould, PhD, RSW
Associate Professor
older adults, aging, home care, long-term care, physical activity, social connectedness, mobility,