Officers of the University 2022/23
Academic Staff
Faculty
Roberta Barker, BA (Vind), MA (Dal), PhD (Birmingham)
Associate Professor of Theatre
Michael Bennett, BA (Vind), MA (UWO), PhD (McMaster)
Senior Faculty Fellow in the Humanities
Stephen Boos, BA (Queen’s), MA, PhD (York)
Associate Professor of Humanities
Daniel Brandes, BA (Tor), MA, PhD (Northwestern)
Assistant Professor of Humanities
Patricia Chalmers, BA (Vind), MSc (Drexel)
Assistant Librarian
Tim Clarke, BA (Memorial), MA (Queen’s), PhD (University of Ottawa)
Assistant Professor of Humanities
Sarah Clift, BA (UWO), MA (Trent), PhD (York)
Vice-President
Assistant Professor of Humanities
Thomas Curran, BA (Tor), MA (Dal), MTS (AST), PhD (Durham)
Associate Professor of Humanities
Tim Currie, BA (Queen’s), BJ (Vind), MA (Alta)
Assistant Professor of Journalism
Pauline Dakin, BA (UNB), MFA (Vind)
Assistant Professor of Journalism
Brian Daly, BAA (Ryerson)
Assistant Professor of Journalism
Susan Dodd, BA (Vind), MA, PhD (York)
Associate Professor of Humanities
Christopher Elson, BA (Vind), MA (Dal), Dr de 3e cycle (Sorbonne)
Associate Professor of French
Maria Euchner, BA (Vind), MA (Dal), PhD (U of T)
Faculty Fellow in the Humanities
Luke Franklin, BA (Vind), MPhil (Cantab)
Faculty Fellow in the Humanities
Mélanie Frappier, BScA, MA (Laval), PhD (Western)
Associate Professor of Humanities
Kyle Fraser, BA (Vind), MA (Dal), MPhil, PhD (Cantab)
Associate Professor of Humanities
Catherine Fullarton, BA (Vind), MA (Ryerson University), MA (Emory University)
Faculty Fellow in the Humanities
Dorota Glowacka, MA (Wroclaw), PhD (SUNY)
Professor of Humanities
Nicole Go, BA (Hons.), MA (Toronto)
Faculty Fellow in the Humanities
Hilary Ilkay, BA (Hons)(Vind), MA (New School)
Faculty Fellow in the Humanities
Ranall Ingalls BA, MA (UMB), MDiv (Nashotoh House), PhD (Llanbedr)
Chaplain
Dean Jobb, BA (Mt.A), MA (SMU)
Associate Professor of Journalism
Hamza Karam Ally, BA (UofT), MSc (University of Glasgow), PhD(York)
Faculty Fellow in the Humanities
Kenneth Kierans, BA (McG), DPhil (Oxon)
Assistant Professor of Humanities
Simon Kow, BA (Carleton), MA, PhD (Tor)
Associate Professor of Humanities
William Lahey, BA (Mt. A), BA (Oxon), LLM (Tor)
President and Vice-Chancellor
Associate Professor
Tracy Lenfesty, BA (Mt. A), MLIS (Dal)
University Librarian
Megann Licksai, BA (Vind), MA, MPhil, PhD (Yale)
Faculty Fellow in the Humanities
Rohan Maitzen, BA (UBC), MA, PhD (Cornell)
Associate Professor of English
Gordon McOuat, BA, MA, PhD (Tor)
Professor of Humanities
Katie Menendez, BHum (Carleton), MA (Tor)
Assistant Professor of Humanities
Kathryn Morris, BA (Vind), PhD (McGill)
Assistant Professor of Humanities
Susan Newhook, BAA (Ryerson), MA (Dal)
Assistant Professor of Journalism
Peter O’Brien, BA (Vind), MA (Dal), MA, PhD (Boston)
Assistant Professor of Classics
Laura Penny, BA (Vind), MA (UWO), PhD (SUNY)
Assistant Professor of Humanities
Trina Roache, BJ (Vind)
Rogers Chair in Journalism
Kelly Roche, BA (Windsor)
Assistant Professor of Journalism
Neil Robertson, BA (Vind), MA (Dal), PhD (Cantab)
Associate Professor of Humanities
Stephen Snobelen, BA, MA (Victoria), MPhil, PhD (Cantab)
Associate Professor of Humanities
Justina Spencer, BA, MA (McGill), PhD (Oxon)
Assistant Professor of Humanities
Ian Stewart, BSc (Trent), MA (Tor), PhD (Cantab)
Associate Professor of Humanities
David Swick, BA (Skidmore), MFA (Goucher)
Assistant Professor of Journalism
Terra Tailleur, BA (Alberta), BJ (Vind), MJ (Vind, Dal)
Assistant Professor of Journalism
Kelly Toughill, BA (San Francisco State), MBA (Queen’s)
Associate Professor of Journalism
Fred Vallance-Jones, BJH (Carleton), MEd (MSVU)
Associate Professor of Journalism
Michelle Wilband, BA (St. Thomas), MA (Dal)
Senior Fellow in the Humanities
Aaron Wright, BA&Sc (McGill), MA (Toronto), PhD (Toronto)
Assistant Professor of Humanities
Parisa Zahiremami, BA (Shiraz University), MA (University of Toronto)
Faculty Fellow in the Humanities
Professors Emeritus
Eric Mills, BSc (Carleton), MS, PhD (Yale), FLS
Professor Emeritus of Oceanography, Dalhousie
Inglis Professors
William Barker, AB (Dart), MA, BEd, PhD (Tor)
Elizabeth Edwards, BA, MA (Dal), PhD (Cantab)
Marion Fry, BA (Vind), MLitt (Oxon), DCL (Vind)
Sylvia Hamilton, BA (Acadia), MA, LLD (Dal), DLitt (SMU), DLitt (Acadia)
Dennis House, MA (Dal), PhD (Liverpool)
Ronald Huebert, BA (Sask), MA, PhD (Pitt)
Kathleen Jaeger, BA, MA (UBC), PhD (Dal)
Walter Kemp, Mus Bac, MusM (Tor), MA (Harv), DPhil (Oxon), FRCCO
Kim Kierans, BA (Vind), MA (SMU)
Stephen Kimber, MFA (Goucher)
Eugene Meese, BA (Ohio St), DipJourn (UWO)
Eric Mills, BSc (Carleton), MS, PhD (Yale), FLS
Christopher Murphy, BA (St. FX), MA (Dal), PhD (Tor)
Henry Roper, BA (Dal), MA, PhD (Cantab), DCnL (Vind)
Colin Starnes, BA (Bishop’s), STB (Harv), MA (McGill), PhD (Dal)
Detlev H. Steffen, PhD (Gottingen)
Judith Thompson, BA (UWO), MA, PhD (Tor)
Shirley Tillotson, BIS (Waterloo), MA, PhD (Queen’s)
Bruce Wark
Associate Fellows, Foundation Year
J. Bird, BA (Briercrest), MA (Waterloo), PhD in progress (McMaster)
Visiting Lecturer
D.T. Brandes, BA (Vind), MA (Alberta), PhD (Northwestern)
Executive Director, Instructor, Fountain School of Performing Arts
P. Bryson, BA (Vind), MA, LLB (Dalhousie), MA (Oxford), DCnL (Vind)
Visiting Lecturer
M. Fournier, BA, MA (Dalhousie), PhD (Boston College)
Associate Professor of Classics, Dalhousie University
V. Goddard, BA (Carlton), MA, PhD (Toronto)
Visiting Lecturer
N. Hatt, BA (Vind), MDiv (AST) MA (Dalhousie)
Visiting Lecturer
R. Ingalls, BA (Winnipeg), MA (Manitoba), MDiv (Nashotah), PhD (Llanbedr)
Chaplain
A. Jeffers, BA (Guelph), MA (McMaster), PhD (York)
Assistant Professor of English/GWST, Dalhousie University
C. Jeffers, BA (York), PhD (Northwestern)
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Dalhousie University
E. Jones, BA, MA (Manitoba)
Nancy’s Chair in Women’s Studies, MSVU; Instructor, School of Journalism, UKing’s
K. Kesselring, BA, MA (Dalhousie), PhD (Queen’s)
Professor of History, Dalhousie University
R. Majithia, BA (Beloit), MA (Northern Illinois), PhD (Guelph-McMaster)
Associate Professor, Mount Allison University
C. Mitchell, BA (Regina), MA (McGill), PhD (Tor)
Associate Professor of History, Dalhousie University
J. Mitchell, BA (McGill), PhD (Stanford)
Associate Professor of Classics, Dalhousie University
D. Nicol, BA (Aberystwyth), MA (Shakespeare Institute), PhD (Central England)
Associate Professor of Theatre Studies and Cinema and Media Studies
K. Pinder, BA, MA (Western), PhD (McGill)
Assistant Professor of English, Acadia University
G. Thorne, BA (Acadia), MA – Phil (Dalhousie), MA – Classics (Dalhousie), MDiv (AST), PhD (Dunelm)
Chaplain, Huron College, University of Western Ontario
A. Treiger, BA, MA (Jerusalem), PhD (Yale)
Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Dalhousie University
S. Ullah, BA (Miami), MA (Chicago), PhD (Columbia)
Lecturer in Literature Humanities, Columbia University
E. Varto, BA (Queen’s), MA (Dalhousie), PhD (British Columbia)
Assistant Professor of Classics, Dalhousie University
Y. Wassersug, BA (Vind), MA, PhD (Shakespeare Institute, Birmingham)
Assistant Registrar, Student Recruitment
G. Wilmhoff, BA (Mount Allison), BTh (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven), MA (Manchester), MA (AST)
Visiting Lecturer
Part-Time Instructors, School of Journalism, Writing & Publishing
Cooper Bombardier
MFA Mentor
Michael Creagen
Instructor, Photojournalism
Mike Dembeck
Instructor, Photojournalism
Charlotte Gill
MFA Mentor
Sheryl Grant
Instructor, Journalism & Society
Jeff Harper
Instructor, Photojournalism
David Hayes
MFA Mentor
Kayla Hounsell
News Workshop
Katie Ingram
Copy Editor, Writing Tutor
Allison Lawlor
Writing Coach
Lezlie Lowe
Instructor, Writing Tutor, MFA Mentor
Kim Hart Macneill
Writing Tutor
Lori A. May
MFA Mentor
Ken McGoogan
MFA Mentor
Caora McKenna
News Workshop
David McKie
Instructor, Professional Project, Investigative Workshop
Omar Mouallem
MFA Mentor
Lorri Neilsen Glenn
MFA Mentor
Paul O’Connell
News Workshop
Kim Pittaway
Acting Executive Director, MFA Program
Sarah Poko
Writing Tutor
Carol Shaben
MFA Mentor
Wanda Taylor
MFA Mentor
Kelly Thompson
MFA Mentor
Harry Thurston
MFA Mentor
Ayelet Tsabari
MFA Mentor
Gillian Turnbull
MFA Mentor
Support Staff (2022/2023)
Dido Devlin
Administrative Assistant, Writing and Publishing
Marcella Firmini
Administrative Assistant, Journalism
Jeff Harper
Multimedia Assistant
Kelly Porter
Department Administrator
Mark Pineo
Audio Technician
Paul Robinson
Video Technician