Officers of the University 2021/22
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
Rohan Maitzen, BA (UBC), MA, PhD (Cornell)
Associate Professor of English
Gordon McOuat, BA, MA, PhD (Tor)
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 Roach, BJ (Vind)
Rogers Chair in 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
Christopher Snook, BA (Vind), MA (McMaster), MA (Concordia)
Senior Fellow in the 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)
Wayne Hankey, BA (Vind), MA (Tor), PhD (Oxon)
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, Halifax Humanities
Part-Time Faculty, Fountain School of Performing Arts
S. Brownlee, BA (Vind), MA (York), PhD (California)
Assistant Professor of Film Studies, Dalhousie University
P. Bryson, BA (Vind), MA, LLB (Dalhousie), MA (Oxford), DCnL (Vind)
Visiting Lecturer
E. Diamond, BA (Vind), MA (Dalhousie), PhD (Northwestern)
Associate Professor of Classics, Dalhousie University
M. Fournier, BA, MA (Dalhousie), PhD (Boston College)
Associate Professor of Classics, Dalhousie University
V. Goddard, BA (Carlton), MA, PhD (Toronto)
Visiting Lecturer
P. Halley, MA (Cantab)
Director of Music, King’s College Chapel
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
L. MacLeod, BA (Brock), MA, PhD (Dalhousie)
Assistant Professor of Classics, Dalhousie University
R. Majithia, BA (Beloit), MA (Northern Illinois), PhD (Guelph-McMaster)
Associate Professor, Mount Allison University
D. Nicol, BA (Aberystwyth), MA (Shakespeare Institute), PhD (Central England)
Associate Professor of Theatre Studies and Cinema and Media Studies
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
Michael Creagen
Instructor, Photojournalism
Philip Croucher
Sports Reporting
Mike Dembeck
Instructor, Photojournalism
Yvette D’Entremont
Instructor, Reporting Fundamentals
Charlotte Gill
MFA Mentor
Catherine Harrop
Instructor, Broadcast
Lorri Neilsen Glenn
MFA Mentor
Jeff Harper
Instructor, Photojournalism
David Hayes
MFA Mentor
Katie Ingram
Copy Editor, Writing Tutor
Allison Lawlor
Writing Coach
Lezlie Lowe
Instructor, Foundations of Journalism, Writing Tutor, MFA Mentor
Lori A. May
MFA Mentor
Ken McGoogan
MFA Mentor
David McKie
Instructor, Professional Project, Investigative Workshop
Kim Hart Macneill
Writing Tutor
Omar Mouallem
MFA Mentor
Lorri Neilsen Glenn
MFA Mentor
Sarah Poko
Writing Tutor
Kim Pittaway
Executive Director MFA Program
Kyle Shaw
Feature Writing
Jane Silcott
MFA Mentor
Lisa Taylor
Special Topics (MJ)
Wanda Taylor
MFA Mentor, Journalism & Society and Ethics & Law for Journalists
Simon Thibault
Opinion Writing
Ayelet Tsabari
MFA Mentor
Harry Thurston
MFA Mentor
Gillian Turnbull
MFA Mentor
Claire Ward
Visual Storytelling (MJ)
Support Staff (2021/2022)
Sarah Fralic
Administrative Assistant
Jeff Harper
Multimedia Assistant
Kelly Porter
Department Administrator
Mark Pineo
Audio Technician
Paul Robinson
Video Technician