Officers of the University 2026/27
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
Lyndsie Bourgon, BJ (Hons) (Vind), MLitt (St. Andrews)
Assistant Professor of Journalism
Daniel Brandes, BA (Toronto), MA, PhD (Northwestern)
Assistant Professor of Humanities
Sarah Carson, BA (Dartmouth), MA, PhD (Princeton)
Assistant Professor of Humanities
Tim Clarke, BA (Memorial), MA (Queen’s), PhD (University of Ottawa)
Assistant Professor of Humanities
Sarah Clift, BA (Western), MA (Trent), PhD (York)
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)
Vice-President
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)
Professor of Humanities
Christopher Elson, BA (Vind), MA (Dal), Dr de 3e cycle (Sorbonne)
Professor of French and Canadian Studies
Maria Euchner, BA (Vind), MA (Dal), PhD (Toronto)
Senior Fellow in the Humanities
Max Fleischman, MA (Simmons)
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, MFA in Fiction
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)
Cohort Director, MFA in Creative Nonfiction
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
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, MFA in Creative Nonfiction
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)
Associate Professor of Journalism
Wanda Taylor, BSW (Dalhousie), BJ (Vind), MEd (MVSU)
Cohort Director, MFA in Fiction
Gillian Turnbull, BA (Hons) (U. Calgary), MA (U. Alberta), MFA (Vind), PhD (York)
Associate Professor of Journalism, 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
S. Augustine, BA (St Thomas), MA (Carleton)
Visiting Lecturer
J. Bird, BA (Briercrest), MA (Waterloo), PhD (McMaster)
Visiting Lecturer
D.T. Brandes, BA (Vind), MA (Alberta), PhD (Northwestern)
Assistant Professor, Fountain School of Performing Arts
P. Bryson, BA (Vind), MA, LLB (Dalhousie), MA (Oxford), DCnL (Vind)
Justice, Court of Appeal of Nova Scotia
E. Diamond, BA (Vind), MA (Dalhousie), PhD (Northwestern)
Associate Professor of Classics, Dalhousie University
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), PhD (Queen’s)
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
C. Snook, BA (Vind), MA (Dalhousie), MA (Concordia)
Lecturer, Classics, Dalhousie 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
M. Wilband, BA (St Thomas), MA (Dalhousie)
Visiting Lecturer
G. Wilmhoff, BA (Mount Allison), BTh (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven), MA (Manchester), MA (AST)
Visiting Lecturer
Part-Time Instructors, School of Journalism
Golda Arthur
Instructor
Darren Calabrese
Instructor, Photojournalism
Stephen Cooke
Tutor
Michael Creagen
Instructor, Photojournalism
Philip Croucher
Instructor, Sports Journalism
Mike Dembeck
Instructor, Photojournalism
Moira Donovan
Tutor
Sheryl Grant
Instructor, Tutor
Jeff Harper
Instructor, Photojournalism
Catherine Harrop
Instructor, Advanced Reporting
Katie Ingram
Copy Editor, Writing Tutor
Allison Lawlor
Writing Coach
Lezlie Lowe
Instructor, Creative Nonfiction
Caora McKenna
Instructor, Intro. Reporting
David McKie
Adjunct, Instructor
Paul O’Connell
Copy Editor
Megan O’Toole
Instructor, Journalism Verification
Candice Ward
Instructor, Photojournalism
Part-Time Instructors, Writing & Publishing
Cooper Lee Bombardier
MFA Mentor, Creative Nonfiction
Sonja Boon
MFA Mentor, Creative Nonfiction
Elisabeth de Mariaffi
MFA Mentor, Fiction
francesca ekwuyasi
MFA Mentor, Fiction
David Hayes
MFA Mentor, Creative Nonfiction
David Huebert
MFA Mentor, Fiction
Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer
MFA Mentor, Fiction
Jessica Lee
MFA Mentor, Creative Nonfiction
Lezlie Lowe
MFA Mentor, Creative Nonfiction
Lori A. May
MFA Mentor, Creative Nonfiction
Lorri Neilsen Glenn
MFA Mentor, Creative Nonfiction
Genevieve Scott
MFA Mentor, Fiction
Carol Shaben
MFA Mentor, Creative Nonfiction
Suzannah Showler
MFA Mentor, Fiction
Kai Thomas
MFA Mentor, Fiction
Kelly Thompson
MFA Mentor, Creative Nonfiction
Harry Thurston
MFA Mentor, Creative Nonfiction
Ayelet Tsabari
MFA Mentor, Creative Nonfiction
Zoe Whittall
MFA Mentor, Fiction
D.W. Wilson
MFA Mentor, Fiction
Support Staff (2025/2026)
Dido Devlin
Administrator, Writing and Publishing
Marcella Firmini
Administrative Assistant, Journalism
Jeff Harper
Multimedia Assistant
Kelly Porter
Department Administrator
Mark Pineo
Audio Technician
Paul Robinson
Video Technician