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Department of Political Science

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Our Faculty

Faculty Office Hours

Instructor

Office Hours
P. Arthur  
L. Atkison  
D. Black  
B. Bow  
L. Carbert  
D. Eisan  
R. Finbow  
N. Ghosn  
K. Good  
A. Hayden  
R. Johnstone  
M. Laurence  
S. Pruysers  
H. Tasker  
R. Zaiotti  

Chair

Brian Bow RM 301B, Henry Hicks Bldg.ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Ìý E-Mail (902)494-6629

Professors

David Black Acting Director, Centre for the Study of Security and Development,
LesterÌýB. Pearson
Professor ofÌýInternational
Development Studies
RM 356, Henry Hicks Bldg.ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Ìý		 E-Mail (902)494-6638
Robert Finbow Eric Dennis Memorial Chair of Government and Politics, Deputy Director, Jean MonnetÌýEuropean Union Centre of Excellence, Political Science. RM 365, Henry Hicks Bldg.
 E-Mail (902)494-6606
Katherine Fierlbeck
on sabbatical July 2024 - June 2025		 McCulloch
Professor of Political Science
RM 357, Henry Hicks Bldg.		 E-Mail (902)494-6631
Ruben Zaiotti Director, Jean Monnet European Union Centre of Excellence
RM 353 & 339 Henry Hicks Bldg.
 E-Mail (902)494-6609

Associate Professors

Peter Arthur Chair EDIA Committee & EDIA Student Mentor
RM 361, Henry Hicks Bldg.		 E-Mail (902)494-6630

Kiran Banerjee
on sabbatical July 2024 - June 2025

 RM 355A, Henry Hicks Bldg. E-Mail (902)494-6603
Louise Carbert Coordinator LJSO
RM 359, Henry Hicks Bldg.
 E-Mail (902)494-6628

Margaret Denike
on sabbatical July 2024 - Dec. 2024

 RM 364, Henry Hicks Bldg.
 E-Mail (902)494-6298
Kristin Good Graduate Coordinator
RM 301C, Henry Hicks Bldg.		 E-mail (902)494-1944
Anders Hayden Honours Coordinator & Undergraduate Advisor
RM 358, Henry Hicks Bldg.		 E-Mail (902)494-6602
Scott Pruysers RM 360, Henry Hicks Bldg. E-Mail (902)494-6626

Leah Sarson
on sabbatical July 2024 - June 2025

 Director, Centre for the Study of Security and Development
RM 343, Henry Hick Bldg.		 E-Mail (902)494-6611

Assistant Professors

Chevy EugeneÌý Ìý Cross-appointed with Black
and African Diaspora Studies
RM 353, Henry Hicks Bldg. /
RM 2117, McCain Bldg.		 E-Mail (902)494-6609
Rachael Johnstone RM 355, Henry Hicks Bldg. E-Mail (902)494-4587
Marion Laurence RM 354, Henry Hicks Bldg.
 E-Mail (902)494-6605
Heather Tasker RM 362, Henry Hicks Bldg.
 E-Mail (902)494-6611

Part-Time Faculty

Larissa Atkison RM 352, Henry Hicks Bldg. E-Mail Ìý
Darryl Eisan RM 352, Henry Hicks Bldg. E-Mail Ìý
Natalie Ghosn RM 352, Henry Hicks Bldg. E-Mail Ìý

** Mail for part-time faculty can be sent to Room 301, Henry Hicks Building, 6299 South St.

Professors Emeriti

Robert Boardman ±«Óãtv University
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David M. Cameron ±«Óãtv University Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýÌý Ìý Ìý
Jennifer Smith ±«Óãtv University Ìý Ìý
Denis Stairs ±«Óãtv University Ìý Ìý

Cross-Appointment Professors

John Cameron
±«Óãtv University, International Development Studies

Advocacy strategies of Civil Society Organizations; Public Engagement strategies and representations of ‘development’ in the global North; Cosmopolitan theory and global citizenship Ìý


University of King's College

History of Western culture, politics of memory, critical theory (literary and political), technology and culture

Robert Huish
±«Óãtv University, International Development Studies

Global Health, North Korea, Cuban Development, Activism and Social Justice


University of King's College

Early modern political thought, history of political thought, western conceptions of East Asia, East Asian thought and culture, early modern piracy

Nissim Mannathukkaren
±«Óãtv University, International Development Studies

Left and communist movements, Development and democracy; Politics of popular culture; Marxist and postcolonial theories

University of King's College, Political Science/Classics
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Ajay Parasram
±«Óãtv University

Colonial, Postcolonial and Decolonial studies, Global Development and political economy, Modern and colonial South Asia, Global history and International relations
Kate Swanson
International Development Studies
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Lori Turnbull
Interdisciplinary PhD Program / Public Administration

Director, School of Public Administration, ±«Óãtv University
Canadian parliamentary governance, Political ethics, Elections, Electoral systems,Public engagement


Adjunct Professors


St. Francis Xavier University

American Politics and US foreign policy; the role of think tanks and their efforts to influence public opinion and public policy
Larissa Atkison
±«Óãtv University
 History of Political Thought, Democratic Theory, Public Law and Federalism

Florian Bail
±«Óãtv University (Retired)

Juergen Habermas and Hannah Arendt, Deliberative Democracy, German Foreign Policy
Gabrielle Bardall Ìý


Independent Scholar and Writer

Ethical issues in health policy

University of Winnipeg
 Human rights, civil society, health, sub-Saharan Africa, development

Mount Allison University		 Disability policy (employment, political participation, transit), Environmental policy (common pool resources, transboundary resources conflicts, sustainability, energy from waste), intergovernmental relations, community-based governance, institutional analysis, citizen engagement, federalism

StFX
 International relations theory, peacekeeping, disarmament, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

University of New Brunswick		 Canadian foreign policy, human security, non-proliferation initiatives, and multilateralism

St. Francis Xavier University

Structural determinants of health: social injustice, oppression, and the political economy of health
David Morgan
Senior Policy Analyst, Indigenous Services Canada		 Policy Analyst, Migration/Asylum Issues, and Indigenous Issues


University of Massachusetts Boston

International Political Economy, Human Development and Human Security, African and Caribbean Region

St. Francis Xavier University
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Ipek Eren Vural
±«Óãtv University
 Financialization, politics of drug regulation, health policy, gene therapy products, venture capital, private equity fund investments, public private partnerships, biopharmaceutical governance, access to medicines in the Global South, financialization, regulatory innovation.

±«Óãtv University
 Environment policy, Environment, space and place, Environmental determinants of health (including environment-gene interactions), Environmental sociology, Health and community services, Health equity, Health services and systems, Indigenous health, Mental health, Population health intervention, Psychosocial, sociocultural and behavioral determinants of health, Public and population health, Sociology, Sociology and social studies of health, health systems and health care.