Faculty of Arts

Our Faculty

Department Chair

Dr. Robert HanlonChair - Philosophy, History and Politics
Dr. Robert HanlonChair - Philosophy, History and Politics

Research explores the links between corruption, human security and corporate social responsibility in emerging Asian economies.

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Philosophy

Dr. Wesley FurlotteAssistant Teaching Professor

I am an Assistant Teaching Professor cross-appointed to the Department of Philosophy, History and Politics and the Department of Literatures, Languages, and Performing Arts. My research and teaching stem primarily from the traditions of critique (especially German idealism and...

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Dr. Jeff McLaughlinInterim Chair - Communication and Visual Arts
Dr. Jeff McLaughlinInterim Chair - Communication and Visual Arts

Dr. Jeff McLaughlin comes from Winnipeg, where he received his PhD in Philosophy at the University of Alberta. He is the author and editor of numerous books. His areas of interest include applied ethics, popular culture, and Holocaust studies....

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Robin TapleyAssistant Professor

I work in the Philosophy of Humour. I look at question like the ethics of humour. What counts as a morally objectionable joke? Is ethnic and gender humour always wrong? Does laughing at a sexist joke make you sexist?...

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Dr. Jenna WoodrowAssociate Teaching Professor

My primary area of research is the evolution of norms and normative judgments. My particular interest is in the relationships agents bear to their environments and to other agents. In my view, these relationships ground epistemic norms of justification,...

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University Instructors & Sessionals

Dr. Tim FitzjohnUniversity Instructor

History

Dr. Wilson BellAssociate Professor

I research and write extensively on the modern history of Russia, particularly related to Stalin/Stalinism, the Gulag, human rights issues, and the interplay between politics, society, and culture. My book, Stalin's Gulag at War (University of Toronto Press) will...

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Dr. Tina BlockAssociate Professor

Many students come into my classes with the assumption that Canadian history is boring. I love trying to change their minds, and encouraging them as they learn and share new knowledge about the complicated past of what we know...

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Dr. Nicholas HrynykAssistant Teaching Professor

I am an interdisciplinary historian trained in women's and gender studies, queer studies, and social justice. My research interests include queer history, disability studies (past and present), feminist and gender studies, critical race studies, and visual culture. My research...

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Dr. Annie St.John-StarkAssistant Professor

Continue to research historic experience of conflict, violence, and catastrophe, particularly to understand better the workings of memory in traumatic experience. As well, I anticipate expanding research in archival settings in the UK and in Europe, with grant assistance...

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Dr. Alana ToulinAssistant Teaching Professor

Politics

Dr. Saira BanoAssistant Professor
Dr. Saira BanoAssistant Professor

South Asia, China-US relations, Middle East, Asian Politics, China, Human Rights, South Asia, Terrorism/Counterterrorism, United States

Dr. Wilson BellAssociate Professor

I research and write extensively on the modern history of Russia, particularly related to Stalin/Stalinism, the Gulag, human rights issues, and the interplay between politics, society, and culture. My book, Stalin's Gulag at War (University of Toronto Press) will...

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Dr. Robert HanlonChair - Philosophy, History and Politics
Dr. Robert HanlonChair - Philosophy, History and Politics

Research explores the links between corruption, human security and corporate social responsibility in emerging Asian economies.

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Dr. Terry KadingInterim Vice Chair - Communication and Visual Arts
Dr. Jennifer ShawAssistant Teaching Professor

Jennifer Shaw (she/her/hers) is a cultural anthropologist, multimodal ethnographer, and creative facilitator. She completed her PhD in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Simon Fraser University in 2018. Her teaching is transdisciplinary, bridging anthropology with sociology and political...

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