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Faculty and staff are divided into the following program areas within the Faculty of Liberal Arts:

• Digital Media and Journalism
• English (Brantford)
• History (Brantford)
• Human Rights and Human Diversity
• Indigenous Studies
• Law and Society
• Social and Environmental Justice
• Social Justice and Community Engagement (MA)
• User Experience Design
• Youth and Children’s Studies

Digital Media and Journalism

Faculty

Emily Flynn Jones
Instructor

Sue Ferguson
Associate Professor Emerita

David Haskell
Associate Professor

David Meurer
Instructor

Greg Pharoah
Instructor

Anca Gaston 
Instructor 

Ellen Russell
Associate Professor

Mark Terry
Adjunt Professor

Andrew Robinson
Associate Professor (Human Rights and Human Diversity)
Acting Program Coordinator

Staff

Jennifer Beam
Academic Program Administrator

English (Brantford)

Faculty

Shelley Beal
Instructor

Kathryn Carter
Professor

Jaclyn Desforges
Instructor

Associate Professor

Kenneth Paradis
Associate Professor

Sarah Rangaratnam
Instructor

Lisa Wood
Associate Professor
Program Coordinator

Staff

Nicole Morgan
Academic Program Administrator

History (Brantford)

Faculty 

Tarah Brookfield
Professor

Dylan Cyr
Instructor  

Peter Farrugia
Professor Emeritus

Christina Han
Associate Professor

Rob Kristofferson
Professor

David Olivier 
Instructor  

Geoff Spurr
Associate Professor
Program Coordinator

Gary Warrick
Professor Emeritus

Staff

Nicole Morgan
Academic Program Administrator

Human Rights and Human Diversity

Faculty

Robert Ame
Associate Professor
Fellow, Tshepo Institute for the Study of Contemporary Africa

Christopher Bailey 
Instructor

Paula Butler
Instructor

Ali Hosseini
Instructor 

Rosemary Kimani-Dupuis
Instructor 

Simon Kiss
Associate Professor

Stephen Lin
Instructor

Lev Marder
Instructor

Oliver Masakure
Associate Professor
Fellow, Tshepo Institute for the Study of Contemporary Africa

Pietro Pirani
Instructor

Steven Rita-Proctor
Instructor

Andrew Robinson
Associate Professor

Jason Robinson
Associate Professor

Takhmina Shokirova
Instructor

Jeff Spring
Instructor

Christine Wildman
Instructor 

Stacey Wilson-Forsberg
Associate Professor
Program Coordinator
Director, Tshepo Institute for the Study of Contemporary Africa

Staff

Jennifer Beam
Academic Program Administrator

Indigenous Studies

Faculty

Jessica Bomberry
Assistant Professor

Yvonne Bomberry 
Instructor 

Annette Chretien 
Instructor

Rebecca Godderis
Chair, Department of Indigenous Studies, Law and Social Justice
Professor

Shelbi Jonathan 
Instructor 

Valerie King
Instructor 

Percy Lezard
(they/them/theirs)
Associate Professor

Joan Miller 
Instructor 

Brenda Murphy
Professor

Marcia Oliver
Undergraduate Officer, Department of Indigenous Studies, Law and Social Justice
Associate Professor

Mark Terry 
Instructor 

Darren Thomas
Associate Professor

Associate Vice President: Indigenous Initiatives

Lisa VanEvery 
Instructor 

Gary Warrick
Professor Emeritus

Staff

Céline Taillefer-Travers
(she/her)
Academic Program Administrator

Law and Society

Faculty

Melany Banks 
Instructor

James Cairns
Associate Professor

Sue Carter
Instructor

Rebecca Godderis
Instructor

Mark Davidson
Associate Professor (on leave)

Kelly Gallagher-Mackay
Associate Professor (on sabbatical, 2024-25)

Rebecca Godderis
Chair, Department of Indigenous Studies, Law and Social Justice
Professor

Todd Gordon
Associate Professor

Jonathan Lavery 
Associate Professor 

Marcia Oliver
Undergraduate Officer, Department of Indigenous Studies, Law and Social Justice
Associate Professor

Jessica Templeman
Assistant Professor

Sowmya Vishwanatha 
Instructor 

Staff

Céline Taillefer-Travers
(she/her)
Academic Program Administrator

Social and Environmental Justice

Faculty

Nick Garside
Instructor

Rebecca Godderis
Chair, Department of Indigenous Studies, Law and Social Justice
Professor

Bryce Gunson
Instructor 

Stephen Haller
Associate Professor

Rob Kristofferson
Professor

Jonathan Lavery
Associate Professor

James MacLean 
Instructor 

Brenda Murphy
Professor

Marcia Oliver
Undergraduate Officer, Department of Indigenous Studies, Law and Social Justice
Associate Professor

Ellen Russell
Associate Professor

Staff

Céline Taillefer-Travers
(she/her)
Academic Program Administrator

Social Justice and Community Engagement (MA)

Faculty

Rebecca Godderis
Chair and Graduate Officer, Department of Indigenous Studies, Law and Social Justice
Professor

Ehaab D. Abdou
Assistant Professor

Tarah Brookfield
Professor

Paula Butler 
Instructor 

Kathryn Carter
Professor

Kelly Gallagher-Mackay
Associate Professor (on sabatical 2024-25)

Todd Gordon
Associate Professor

Maurita Harris
Assistant Professor

Rob Kristofferson
Professor

Janet McLaughlin
Associate Professor

Brenda Murphy 
Professor

Marcia Oliver
Associate Professor

Jennifer Root
Associate Professor

Kate Rossiter
Associate Professor

Ellen Russell
Associate Professor

Darren Thomas
Assistant Professor
Associate Vice President: Indigenous Initiatives

Kenneth Werbin
Associate Professor

Staff

Céline Taillefer-Travers
(she/her)
Academic Program Administrator

User Experience Design

Faculty

Aditi Bhatia 
Instructor  

Kathryn Carter
Professor
Program Coordinator, BDes

Stephen Fernandez
Instructor  

Gayan Gamage Don
Instructor

Bruce Gillespie
Associate Professor 

Abby Goodrum
Professor

Layne Beckner Grime
Instructor 

Shirley Hall
Instructor  

Maurita Harris
Assistant Professor

Richard Hildred
Instructor

Katherine Jin
Instructor

Sajjad Khan
Instructor

Jennifer Krul
Instructor

John Muñoz
Assistant Professor 

Scott Paquette
Instructor

Sadeem Qureshi
Assistant Professor 
Graduate Officer, MSc

Sajjad Khan
Instructor

Kirsten Schaefer
Instructor

Susan Simon
Instructor 

Mark Weiler
Web and User Experience Librarian

Kenneth Werbin
Associate Dean
Associate Professor 

Staff

Nicole Morgan
Academic Program Administrator, BDes

Felicia Deonarain
Academic Program Administrator, MSc

Andrew Hawling
Strategic Relationship Officer

Youth and Children's Studies

Faculty

Teghan Barton
Instructor

Tarah Brookfield
Professor

Annette Chretien
Instructor 

Christine Corso
Instructor

Danielle M. Law
Associate Professor
Program Coordinator

Christine Lei
Instructor

Vanessa Oliver
Associate Professor

Edward Shizha
Professor
Fellow, Tshepo Institute for the Study of Contemporary Africa

Lisa Wood
Associate Professor

Staff

Jennifer Beam
Academic Program Administrator