Michael Byers
Professor
Canada Research Chair in Global Politics and International Law
Politics, government, defense, military, Arctic, sovereignty, United States, human rights, civil liberties, terrorism, international, United Nations, NATO, Middle East, arms control, nuclear, treaties, diplomacy, environment, climate change, law
Hector Williams, BA Hons, MA, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Classics and Classical Archaeology
Fifty years of experience in maritime archaeology in Mediterranean and Arctic; classical archaeology in Greece and Turkey. Maritime history of Canada. Maritime museums (on board of Vancouver Maritime Museum for 30 years). Vampire archaeology (National Geographic tv special). Atlantis (once regular on CBC radio and tv on Atlantis stories).
Derek Gregory, MA, PhD (Cambridge), FBA, FRSC
Peter Wall Distinguished Professor
Aerial violence, Afghanistan, attacks on hospitals, bombing (past and present), casualty evacuation, civilian casualties, drone warfare, medical care in conflict zones, Syria, war
Ara Norenzayan, PhD
Professor
Social psychology, cultural psychology, evolutionary psychology, religion, culture, human cooperation, human universals, thinking across cultures
Dr. Robert Rouse, PhD
Associate Professor
medieval, middle ages, anglo-saxon, romance, geography, sexuality, medievalism, fantasy literature, game of thrones, colonialism, spatiality, spatial studies, eco-criticism, environmental humanities,
André Elias Mazawi
Professor
Sociology of education, higher education governance, international education, education and higher education policy, education in the Arab region, human rights and education
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
Dr Ayesha S. Chaudhry, PhD
Associate Professor
Islam, Muslims, religion, gender, human rights, intersectionality, race, family and children, discrimination, racism, Islamophobia, social justice
Ziad Shawwash, PhD
Assistant Professor
Water resource engineering, modeling and optimization of civil engineering systems, hydropower engineering, planning and design of water and electric power systems, hydrology, flood risk management
Jeffrey Byrne, PhD
Associate Professor of International & Global History
International relations, Africa, Middle East, revolution, postcolonialism, terrorism, foreign affairs, global affairs
Leila Harris, PhD
Professor
water governance, water security, gender, Turkey, South Africa, Environmental Justice
Amira Halperin
Research Fellow
Middle Eastern migration, refugees, refugees and technology, Middle Eastern refugees integration in Canada and Europe, migration policy in Canada and Europe, media, radicalization, reconciliation, peace, Israeli politics, Palestinian politics and media