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Officers of the University 2025/26

Academic Staff

Faculty
Roberta Barker, BA (Vind), MA (Dal), PhD (Birmingham)
Professor of Theatre

Michael Bennett, BA (Vind), MA (Western), PhD (McMaster)
Assistant Professor in the Humanities

Stephen Boos, BA (Queen’s), MA, PhD (York)
Associate Professor of Humanities

Daniel Brandes, BA (Toronto), MA, PhD (Northwestern)
Assistant Professor of Humanities

Sarah Carson, BA (Dartmouth), MA, PhD (Princeton)
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 (Western), MA (Trent), PhD (York)
Vice-President
Assistant Professor of Humanities

Veronica Curran, BA (Vind), MA (Dal),  PhD (Toronto)
Faculty Fellow in the 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 (Toronto)
Senior Fellow in the Humanities

Max Fleischman, MA (Simmons)
Assistant Librarian

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 (Toronto Metropolitan), MA (Emory)
Senior Fellow in the Humanities

Charlotte Gill, BA (Toronto), MFA (UBC)
Cohort Director, Writing & Publishing

Samuel Gillis Hogan, BA (Memorial), MA (Saskatchewan), PhD (Exeter)
Faculty Fellow in the Humanities

Dorota Glowacka, MA (Wroclaw), PhD (SUNY)
Professor of Humanities

Dean Jobb, BA (Mt.A), MA (SMU)
Associate Professor of Journalism

Hamza Karam Ally, BA (Toronto), MSc (University of Glasgow), PhD (York)
Assistant Professor of Humanities

Kenneth Kierans, BA (McG), DPhil (Oxon)
Assistant Professor of Humanities

Simon Kow, BA (Carleton), MA, PhD (Toronto)
Professor of Humanities

William Lahey, BA (Mt. A), BA (Oxon), LLM (Toronto)
President and Vice-Chancellor
Professor of Law

Kathryn Lawson, BA, MA (Western), PhD (Queen’s)
Faculty Fellow in the Humanities

Tracy Lenfesty, BA (Mt. A), MLIS (Dal)
University Librarian

Rohan Maitzen, BA (UBC), MA, PhD (Cornell)
Associate Professor of English

Caora McKenna, BJ (Vind)
Assistant Professor, Journalism

Kathryn Morris, BA (Vind), PhD (McGill)
Assistant Professor of Humanities

Peter O’Brien, BA (Vind), MA (Dal), MA, PhD (Boston)
Assistant Professor of Classics

Laura Penny, BA (Vind), MA (Western), PhD (SUNY)
Assistant Professor of Humanities

Kim Pittaway, BJ (Carleton), MFA (Goucher)
Cohort Director, Writing & Publishing

Trina Roache, BJ (Vind)
Assistant Professor in Journalism

Neil Robertson, BA (Vind), MA (Dal), PhD (Cantab)
Professor of Humanities

Kirsten Schut, BHum (Carleton), MA, PhD (Toronto)
Faculty Fellow in the Humanities

Stephen Snobelen, BA, MA (Victoria), MPhil, PhD (Cantab)
Professor of Humanities

Justina Spencer, BA, MA (McGill), PhD (Oxon)
Assistant Professor of Humanities

Ian Stewart, BSc (Trent), MA (Toronto), PhD (Cantab)
Associate Professor of Humanities

Clare Sully-Stendahl, BA (Vind), MScR (Edinburgh)
Faculty Fellow in the Humanities

David Swick, BA (Skidmore), MFA (Goucher)
Associate Professor of Journalism

Terra Tailleur, BA (Alberta), BJ (Vind), MJ (Vind, Dal)
Assistant Professor of Journalism

Lisa Taylor, BPR (MSVU), JD (Dal), LLM (Dal)
Rogers Chair in Journalism

Wanda Taylor, BSW (Dalhousie), BJ (Vind), MEd (MVSU)
Cohort Director, Writing & Publishing

Gillian Turnbull, BA (Hons) (U. Calgary), MA (U. Alberta), MFA (Vind), PhD (York)
Associate Professor of Writing & Publishing

Fred Vallance-Jones, BJH (Carleton), MEd (MSVU)
Associate Professor of Journalism

Matthew Vanderkwaak, BA (Briercrest), MA  (Dal), PhD (University College Dublin)
Faculty Fellow in the Humanities

Amani Whitfield, BA (Colorado State), MA, PhD (Dal)
Professor, Centennial Carnegie Chair in the History of Slavery in Canada

Aaron Wright, BA&Sc (McGill), MA, PhD (Toronto)
Assistant Professor of 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)
Thomas Curran, BA (Tor), MA (Dal), MTS (AST), PhD (Durham)
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)
Dean Jobb, BA (Mt.A), MA (SMU)
Kim Kierans, BA (Vind), MA (SMU), DCL (Vind)
Stephen Kimber, MFA (Goucher)
Gordon McOuat, BA, MA, PhD (Tor)
Eugene Meese, BA (Ohio St), DipJourn (UWO)
Eric Mills, BSc (Carleton), MS, PhD (Yale), FLS
Christopher Murphy, BA (St. FX), MA (Dal), PhD (Tor)
Susan Newhook, BAA (Ryerson), MA (Dal)
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)
Kelly Toughill, BA (San Francisco State), MBA (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)
Justice, Court of Appeal of Nova Scotia

E. Edwards, BA, MA (Dalhousie), PhD (Cantab)
Inglis Professor, Emerita

R. Ingalls, BA (Winnipeg), MA (Manitoba), MDiv (Nashotah), PhD (Llanbedr)
Chaplain

A. Jeffers, BA (Guelph), MA (McMaster), PhD (York)
Associate Professor of English/GWST, Dalhousie University

C. Jeffers, BA (York), PhD (Northwestern)
Associate Professor of Philosophy, Dalhousie University

E. Jones, BA, MA (Manitoba)
Assistant Professor, Political and Canadian Studies, Mount Saint Vincent University

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

K. Pinder, BA, MA (Western), PhD (McGill)
Associate Professor of English, Acadia University

G. Thorne, BA (Acadia), MA – Phil (Dal), MA – Classics (Dal), MDiv (AST), PhD (Dunelm)
Visiting Lecturer

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

Golda Arthur
Instructor

Stephen Cooke
Tutor

Michael Creagen
Instructor, Photojournalism

Mike Dembeck
Instructor, Photojournalism

Moira Donovan
Tutor

Sheryl Grant
Instructor, Tutor

Jeff Harper
Instructor, Photojournalism

Catherine Harrop
Instructor

Katie Ingram
Coordinator, Tutor

Courtney Knockwood
Community Liaison in Sipekne’katik

Allison Lawlor
Writing Coach

Lezlie Lowe
Instructor

David McKie
Adjunct, Instructor

Erin Moore
Adjunct, Instructor

Paul O’Connell
Copy Editor

Wanda Taylor
Instructor

Candice Ward
Instructor, Photojournalism

Stewart Young
Instructor

Part-Time Instructors, Writing & Publishing

Cooper Lee Bombardier
MFA Mentor

Elisabeth di Mariaffi
MFA Mentor

francesca ekwuyasi
MFA Mentor

David Hayes
MFA Mentor

David Huebert
MFA Mentor

Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer
MFA Mentor

Jessica Lee
MFA Mentor

Lezlie Lowe
MFA Mentor

Lori A. May
MFA Mentor

Omar Mouallem
MFA Mentor

Lorri Neilsen Glenn
MFA Mentor

Karen Pinchin
MFA Mentor

Genevieve Scott
MFA Mentor

Carol Shaben
MFA Mentor

Suzannah Showler
MFA Mentor

Kelly Thompson
MFA Mentor

Harry Thurston
MFA Mentor

Ayelet Tsabari
MFA Mentor

D.W. Wilson
MFA Mentor

Support Staff (2024/2025)

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

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