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I am presently pursuing three lines of research. One concerns key philosophical questions about the relationship between universal human rights and cultural and religious diversity. A second concerns pedagogy, including the impacts of 51±¾É«'s longstanding internship program in Ghana. A final line of research concerns the emerging discipline of human rights itself—what students need to know and how best to help prepare them for rewarding careers.

• "Children's Interests, Liberal Multiculturalism, and the Right to One's Own Culture” in Neil Hibbert, Charles Jones, and Steven Lecce (eds). Justice, Rights, and Toleration: Essays for Richard Vernon. McGill-Queen's University Press: Montreal, 2024.

• “They Want to Be Global Citizens: Now What? Implications of the NGO Career Arc for Students, Faculty Mentors, and Global Citizenship Educators.” In Eva A. Abogyae and S. Nombuso Dlamni (eds), Global Citizenship Education: Challenges and Successes (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2021): 275-306. (This is a revised version of my 2013 paper in JGCEE that was invited for inclusion in this volume.)

• with Michelle Goodridge. “Objective Assessment of Pedagogical Effectiveness and the Human Rights Foreign Policy Simulation Game.” Journal of Political Science Education, 17(2) (2021): 213-233. DOI:

• “Governments must not wait on courts to implement UNDRIP rights concerning Indigenous sacred sites: lessons from Canada and Ktunaxa Nation v. British Columbia.” International Journal of Human Rights 24(10) (2020): 1642-1665.
• with Stacey Wilson-Forsberg (eds.) Immigrant Youth in Canada: Theoretical Approaches, Practical Issues, and Professional Perspectives (Toronto: Oxford University Press, 2018).
• "Parental Authority and Education: Multicultural and Human Rights Perspectives." In Immigrant Youth in Canada: Theoretical Approaches, Practical Issues, and Professional Perspectives (Toronto: Oxford University Press, 2018): 343-360.
• "Liberal-democratic states should privilege parental efforts to instill identities and values" Theory and Research in Education 15(2) (July 2017): 145-164.
• "They Want to Be Global Citizens -- Now What?: Implications of the NGO Career Arc for Students and Faculty Mentors" Journal of Global Citizenship & Equity Education 3 (1) (2013): 13-33.
• The Workplace Relevance of the Liberal Arts Political Science BA and How It Might Be Enhanced: Reflections on an Exploratory Survey of the NGO Sector. PS: Political Science & Politics, 46 (1) (2013): 147-153.
• “More than a Marketing Strategy: Multiculturalism and Meaningful Life.” In Managing Ethnic Diversity: Meanings and Practices from an International Perspective, ed. Reza Hasmath (Farnham, England: Ashgate, 2011): 29-46.
• “Is Canadian Multiculturalism Parochial? Canadian Contributions to Theorizing Justice and Ethnocultural Diversity.” In The Comparative Turn in Canadian Political Science, ed. Linda A. White, Richard Simeon, Robert Vipond, and Jenn Wallner (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2008): 41-58.
• Multiculturalism and the Foundations of Meaningful Life: Reconciling Autonomy, Identity, and Community (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2007).
•  Canadian Foreign Policy 14(1) (January 2007).
• “Would International Adjudication Enhance Contextual Theories of Justice? Reflections on the UN Human Rights Committee, Lovelace, Ballantyne and Waldman”. Canadian Journal of Political Science 39 (2) (June 2006): 271-291.
• With Karen Schlegl. “Student Use of the Internet for Research Projects: A Problem? Our Problem? What Can We Do About It?” PS: Political Science & Politics 37 (2) (April 2004): 211-315.
• “Cultural Rights and Internal Minorities: Of Pueblos and Protestants.” Canadian Journal of Political Science March 2003.
• “The Supreme Court And Collective Rights: Taking Community Seriously?” In Political Dispute And Judicial Review. M. W. Westmacott and Hugh Mellon (eds.) (Scarborough, Ontario: Nelson, 2000).
• With Karen Schlegl. Improving the Quality of Student Internet Citations: Bibliographies improve when professors provide enforceable guidelines for citations. Portal: Libraries and the Academy April 2004: 275-290.

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