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Photo of Vermonja R Alston
Associate Professor
Alston
Thursday May 24 2018

PhD, Comparative Cultural & Literary Studies, Anthropology Minor, University of Arizona
MLA, Master of Liberal Arts, University of Pennsylvania
JD, Boston University School of Law
AB, Experimental Psychology, Brown University
Interests:
Culture and Cultural Studies, Film, Latin American and Caribbean literature (in English, French, and Spanish), Indigenous North American literature, Multiethnic literature of the United States, literary and cultural theory, theories of transnationalism, cosmopolitanism, and diaspora, performance studies, environmental justice literature, and legal theory
Photo of Katharine Anderson
Professor
Anderson
Thursday May 24 2018

PhD, Northwestern University
MA, University of Massachussets at Amherst
BA, McGill University
321 Founders College
22026
Interests:
History, Science and Technology, History of Science, Environmental History, Victorian Studies
Photo of Steven C Bailey
Associate Professor
Bailey
Thursday May 24 2018

PhD in Speech Communication, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
MA in Popular Culture, Bowling Green State University
MA in Cinema Studies, University of Iowa
AB in Art (film), Bard College
Norman Bethune College, 316
33808
Interests:
, Media Culture (especially popular music and contemporary cinema), Sociological Theory and Contemporary Philosophy,, Identity and Self-Consciousness, Psychoanalytic Theory (especially Lacanian and post-Lacanian theory)
Photo of Kym Bird
Professor
Bird
Thursday May 24 2018

PhD, York University
MA English, York University
BA, York University
Winters College, 105
77462
Interests:
, History, Canadian, English, feminism, theatre particularly women's theatre, English
Photo of Sarah H Blake
Associate Professor
Blake
Thursday May 24 2018

PhD, University of Southern California
Hon. BA, University of Toronto
Vanier College, 245
77401
Interests:
, Roman LIterature and Culture
No Photo
Bogle
Wednesday June 29 2022
Sessional Assistant Professor

PhD English, University of Alberta
MA English, University of Alberta
BA Literatures in English, The University of the West Indies, Mona
Interests:
English, Culture and Cultural Studies, Caribbean Canadian Cultural Production, Caribbean Literatures, Poetry and Poetics, Creative Writing
Photo of Tony Burke
Professor
Burke
Thursday May 24 2018

PhD, University of Toronto
BA, MA, Wilfred Laurier
Vanier College, 0247
33712
Interests:
Religion, Infancy gospels, Non-Canonical Jewish and Christian writings, Curses, Early Christianity, Jewish and Christian Apocrypha, Childhood in Antiquity
Photo of Gary R Butler
Professor
Butler
Thursday May 24 2018

PhD, Memorial University
M. ès L., Université de Bordeaux III
BA, Memorial University
BEd, Memorial University
McLaughlin College, 030
44090
Interests:
Anthropology, Culture and Cultural Studies, Oral Narrative Discourse, African & Caribbean Oral Tradition
Photo of Amila Buturović
Professor
Buturović
Thursday May 24 2018

PhD in Islamic Studies, McGill University
MA in Islamic Studies, McGill University
BA, Major in Arabic Language; Minor in English, Sarajevo University
Vanier College, 222
77054
Interests:
Religion, History, Ottoman Balkans, Ottoman Bosnia, Islam in the Balkans, Medieval Arabo-Islamic cultures,, Islamic cultural and intellectual history; Islamic epigraphy; Islamic magic and esotericism; space and spatiality; mysticism
Photo of Mark Cauchi
Associate Professor
Cauchi
Thursday May 24 2018

PhD, Social and Political Thought, York University
McLaughlin College, 033
77558
Interests:
, Continental philosophy; critical theory; secularism and postsecularism; religion, theology, atheism; aesthetic theory and criticism; film-philosophy
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Professor
Cecchetto
Thursday May 24 2018

PhD, University of Victoria
M.Mus., University of Victoria
Hon. B. Mus., Wilfrid Laurier University
Founders College, 130
Interests:
, Sound studies, critical posthumanism, and critical digital theory
Photo of Kabita Chakraborty
Associate Professor
Chakraborty
Thursday May 24 2018

PhD, University of Queensland
M.A, University of Toronto
Children, Childhood and Youth Program
66915
Interests:
Children and Youth, Culture and Cultural Studies, South and Southeast Asia
Photo of S. D. Chrostowska
Professor
Chrostowska
Thursday May 24 2018
Graduate Program in Social and Political Thought

PhD, University of Toronto
Founders College, 307A
Interests:
, (1) History and genres of discourse (philosophical and socio-theoretical critique, literary criticism, utopianism, historiography), (2) Modes of experience (radical-political action, creativity, mortality, masochism, the affective-reflective states of nostalgia and melancholy), (3) Misc. topics in the philosophy of history and aesthetics.
Photo of Elicia A. Clements
Associate Professor
Clements
Thursday May 24 2018

PhD in English Literature, York University
MA in English Literature, York University
BA (Honours) in English Literature, University of Western Ontario
BMus (Honours) in Music Education, University of Western Ontario
Vanier College, 206
Interests:
, Modernism, Interdisciplinary Studies, Intermedial Studies, Literature and Music, Performance Studies, Sound Studies, Socio-Historical Politics
Photo of Cheryl Cowdy
Associate Professor
Cowdy
Thursday May 24 2018
UPD, Department of Humanities

PhD, English Literature, York University
MA, English Literature, Carleton University
BA, English & History, University of Toronto
204 Vanier College
77021
Interests:
Children and Youth, Culture and Cultural Studies, children's and young adult literature and culture, Canadian literature and the suburbs
Photo of Andrea A. Davis
Professor
Davis
Thursday May 24 2018
Chair, Senate Academic Policy, Planning & Research Committee (APPRC)
Co-Editor, Journal of Canadian Studies

PhD, York University
MA, York University
BA (first class hons.), University of the West Indies, Mona Campus
821 Kaneff Tower
44344
Interests:
, Caribbean, African American and Black Canadian Literatures and Theatre, African Diaspora Studies , Black Cultural and Feminist Studies, Black and Indigenous Solidarities
Photo of Jonathan Edmondson
Professor
Edmondson
Thursday May 24 2018
Distinguished Research Professor
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

Ph.D. in Classics (Ancient History), Cambridge University: Christ’s College
M.A. in Classics, Cambridge University: Christ’s College
B.A. in Classics, Cambridge University: Christ’s College
Vari Hall, 2178
30417
Interests:
History, Classics, Society, economy and culture of Roman Spain (especially Lusitania) from the late Iron Age to the late Roman Empire, Roman epigraphy, especially of the Roman Empire, Gladiators in Roman society, the Roman family, Roman History and Classical Studies
Photo of Carl S. Ehrlich
University Professor
Ehrlich
Thursday May 24 2018

PhD in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University
MA in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University
BA in Judaic Studies/Honors, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Kaneff Tower, 758
20191
Interests:
Religion, Synchronic, Diachronic, and Contextual Approaches to the Biblical Text and Israelite Civilization, Hebrew Bible, Ancient Near East, Jewish Studies, Hebrew Bible
Photo of Andrea Emberly
Associate Professor
Emberly
Thursday May 24 2018

Ph.D. Ethnomusicology, University of Washington
M.A. Ethnomusicology, University of Washington
M.A. Music Performance, Illinois State University
B.A. Music Performance, University of Alberta
Vanier 236
77094
Interests:
Music, Children, Ethnomusicology
Photo of Roger Fisher
Associate Professor
Fisher
Thursday May 24 2018

Ph.D. (History), McMaster University
J.D., Osgoode Hall Law School
M.A. (Classics), McMaster University
B.A. (Classical Studies: Greek and Latin), University of Ottawa
Founders College, 308
23221
Interests:
Law and Justice, the Origins and History of Copyright in English Law, Neo-Latin Literature
Photo of Sakis Gekas
Associate Professor
Gekas
Thursday May 24 2018
Hellenic Heritage Foundation Chair of Modern Greek History

PhD, University of Essex, 2004
MA, University of Essex, 1999
BA, Ionian University, Corfu, 1998
Vari Hall, 2120
30423
Interests:
History, Economic and Social History, British colonialism, Migration and Diaspora, Modern Greek and Mediterranean History
Photo of Jeremy Green
Assistant Professor
Green
Tuesday July 26 2022

PhD Hawaiian and Indigenous Languages Revitalization, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
Photo of Alison Halsall
Associate Professor
Halsall
Thursday May 24 2018
Coordinator, CCY Studies

Ph.D, York University
Master's of English, Carleton University
Bachelor of Arts (Highest Honours), Carleton University
Vanier College, 234
33944
Interests:
Arts and Culture, Children and Youth, Social Justice Narratives, LGBTQ+, Comics and Graphic Narratives
Photo of Philip A. Harland
Professor
Harland
Thursday May 24 2018

Ph.D. (Religious Studies), University of Toronto
M.A. (Religious Studies), University of Toronto
B.A. (History and Religious Studies), University of Waterloo
Vanier College, 248
77379
Interests:
Religion, Classics, Religious and Social Life in the Roman Empire, Humanities
Photo of Marc Herman
Assistant Professor
Herman
Friday September 2 2022

PhD, University of Pennsylvania
AM, University of Pennsylvania
BA, Brandeis University
Kaneff Tower
Interests:
Religion, History, Jewish Studies, Islamic Studies
Photo of Sara R. Horowitz
Professor
Horowitz
Thursday May 24 2018

PhD, Brandeis University
MA, Columbia University
Kaneff Tower, 755
77097
Interests:
Arts and Culture, Comparative Literature, Jewish Studies, Holocaust Studies, Comparative Literature and Jewish Studies
Photo of Theresa M Hyun
Professor
Hyun
Thursday May 24 2018

PhD in French Medieval Studies, University of Iowa
MA in French, University of Iowa
BA in French and Italian, State University of New York
Vanier College, 228
77101
Photo of Susan Ingram
Professor
Ingram
Thursday May 24 2018

Vanier College, 242
77023
Photo of Gurbir Jolly
Jolly
Wednesday August 26 2020

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Associate Professor
Keeping
Thursday May 24 2018

Ph.D., Philosophy, York University
M.A., Philosophy, University of Guelph
B.A., Philosophy, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Vanier College, 225
33674
Interests:
Psychology, Philosophy, Phenomenology, Existentialism, Philosophy of Mind (especially emotions and embodiment), Phenomenology; Existentialism; Cognitive Science
Photo of Andreas Kitzmann
Associate Professor
Kitzmann
Thursday May 24 2018

PhD, McGill University
BA, McGill University
BA, Trinity Western University
Founders College, 321
88703
Interests:
Culture and Cultural Studies, Arts and Culture, Modular Synthesizers, Sound Studies, Technology and Creativity, Media, Technology and Culture
Photo of Avron P Kulak
Associate Professor
Kulak
Thursday May 24 2018
Humanities Program Coordinator

PhD in Social and Political Thought, York University
MA in Social and Political Thought, York University
BA (Honors) in Individualized Studies, York University
Vanier College, 219
66987
Interests:
, Philosophical and Religious Values in European Thought: Plato, The Bible, Descartes Spinoza, Kant, Hegel, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Derrida
No Photo
Associate Professor
Lam
Thursday May 24 2018

721 Ross Building South
33753
Photo of Bonita Lawrence
Professor
Lawrence
Thursday May 24 2018
Indigenous Studies Program

PhD - Sociology and Equity Studies, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education/University of Toronto
M.E.S. - Environmental Studies, York University
B.Sc.- Geology, University of Toronto
262 Vanier
22334
Interests:
Indigenous Peoples, Race and Racism, Aboriginal People and the Criminal Justice System, Federally Unrecognized Native Communities, Urban, non-status and Metis identitities, Indigenous Studies
Photo of Bernard V Lightman
Professor
Lightman
Thursday May 24 2018

PhD inHistory of Ideas, Brandeis University
MA in History, York University
BA Honours (First Class) in History, York University
McLaughlin College, 046
22028
Interests:
, Cultural History of Science, esp. 19th Century British Science and Religion, Gender, Visual and Print Culture
Photo of Elisha Lim
Assistant Professor
Lim
Friday July 21 2023

PhD, University of Toronto
Postdoctoral Fellowship, The University of Pennsylvania
Photo of Scott McLaren
McLaren
Wednesday April 29 2020
Graduate Faculty
Associate Librarian

PhD in Cultural History, University of Toronto
MLS in Library Science, University of Toronto
BA in English and Classical Studies, University of Toronto
SC310L
88892
Interests:
Culture and Cultural Studies, Religion, History of the Book, Canadian History
Photo of Andrea Medovarski
Associate Professor
Medovarski
Thursday May 24 2018

PhD, York University
MA, York University
BEd, Queen's University
BA, Queen's University
250 Vanier College
70414
Photo of Ola Mohammed
Assistant Professor
Mohammed
Wednesday June 24 2020

PhD Social and Political Thought, York University
MA Popular Culture, Brock University
BA, Combined Honours English, Cultural Studies and Anthropology, McMaster University
Founders 131
22869
Interests:
, Black Studies, Black Popular Music and Sound Studies, Diaspora Studies, Performance Theory and Digital Culture
Photo of Ann Marie Murnaghan
Assistant Professor
Murnaghan
Wednesday July 21 2021

BSc (Hons), Queen's University
MES, York University
PhD, York University
Founders College 137
23094
Interests:
Children and Youth, Culture and Cultural Studies, Children's Geographies, Urban Geography, Historical Geography
Photo of Deborah Orr
Associate Professor
Orr
Thursday May 24 2018

1985. Ph.D., York University, Department of Philosophy
1979. M.A., York University, Department of Philosophy
1973. B.A. (Hons.)., York University, Department of Psychology
McLaughlin College, 044
77024
Interests:
Philosophy, Ethics, Philosophy of Mindfulness, Application of Mindfulness to Anti-oppressive Pedagogy and Praxis
Photo of Brock Pitawanakwat
Associate Professor
Pitawanakwat
Thursday September 12 2019
(Anishinaabe – Whitefish River First Nation)

PhD, Victoria
MA, Victoria
BA, U of Regina
Interests:
Indigenous Peoples, Post-Secondary Education and Research, language revitalization, health, history, labour and politics
Photo of Jay Rahn
Professor
Rahn
Thursday May 24 2018

Ph.D. in Music, Columbia University
M.Phil. in Music, Columbia University
M.A. in Music, Columbia University
Mus. Bac. in History & Literature, University of Toronto
Vanier College, 236
66612
Interests:
, Music Theory, Historical Musicology, Comparative Musicology, Music Cognition
Photo of Shama Rangwala
Assistant Professor
Rangwala
Friday August 7 2020
General Education Coordinator

PhD, University of Alberta
MA, McGill University
BA Honours, McGill University
Interests:
Culture and Cultural Studies, Race and Racism, Literary Studies, American Studies, Film Studies, Modernism
Photo of Kael KC Reid
Assistant Professor
Reid
Wednesday October 11 2023

PhD in Education, Ontario Institute for Studies, University of Toronto
Photo of Markus Reisenleitner
Professor
Reisenleitner
Thursday May 24 2018

Dr.phil., University of Vienna
Mag.phil., University
Vanier College, 237
Interests:
Culture and Cultural Studies, History, Film and Fashion, Digital Humanities, Cultural Studies
Photo of Antonio Ricci
Associate Professor
Ricci
Thursday May 24 2018

PhD, University of Toronto
M.A., University of Toronto
Interests:
, European Literature and Culture, History of the Book, Italian Studies, Renaissance Studies
Photo of Karen Ruddy
Ruddy
Tuesday May 12 2020
Sessional Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream
Undergraduate Program Director; Coordinator, Fundamentals of Learning

Ph.D. Social and Political Thought, York University
M.A. Social and Political Thought, York University
B.A. Political Studies, Queen's University
Interests:
Writing, Post-Secondary Education and Research, Writing Pedagogy and Retention, Transnational feminist/anti-racist/decolonial rhetoric, literacies and pedagogies, Critical and community literacy , Globalization and Diaspora Studies
Photo of Leslie Sanders
Professor
Sanders
Thursday May 24 2018

PhD, University of Toronto
225 Vanier College
66604
Interests:
, African American and Black Canadian Literature and Culture, Literatures of The African Diaspora
Photo of Abigail Shabtay
Assistant Professor
Shabtay
Wednesday October 9 2019

PhD, McGill University
MA, King's College London (UK)
Interests:
Children, Youth, Youth Activism, Social Justice, Drama-Based Research, Children's Rights
Photo of Christina Sharpe
Professor
Sharpe
Friday July 13 2018

PhD, Cornell University
MA, Cornell University
BA, University of Pennsylvania
Interests:
Visual Arts, Writing, Black Diaspora Literature and Theory, Black Diaspora Visual Cultures, Black Feminist Theory, Black Queer Studies
No Photo
Associate Professor
Shea
Thursday May 24 2018

Ph.D., York University
M.A., University of Toronto
B.A., University of Prince Edward Island
Vanier College, 237
66983
Interests:
English, Humanities, Victorian Culture and Literature, British Empire and Imperialism
Photo of Marta Simidchieva
Simidchieva
Wednesday August 26 2020

Photo of Anuppiriya Sriskandarajah
Assistant Professor
Sriskandarajah
Friday July 13 2018

PhD, University of Windsor
M.A., University of Windsor
B.A. Hon., University of Toronto
Vanier College, 235
66988
Interests:
Children and Youth, Youth, Space and Race, Girlhood Studies, Transnationalism, Youth Belonging
Photo of Carolyn Steele
Assistant Professor
Steele
Wednesday June 29 2022

PhD in Communication & Culture , York University
MA in English (Stylistics & Linguistic Theory) , York University
BA (hons) in English (summa cum laude) , York University
325 Founders college
ext. 44671
Interests:
Adult Education, Arts and Culture, Digital Humanities , Digital Culture , Environment and Sustainability, Experiential Education
Photo of Joan Steigerwald
Professor
Steigerwald
Thursday May 24 2018

PhD, King’s College London
MA, University of Manitoba
BA, University of Manitoba
215 Vanier College
70417
Interests:
, History of the Life Sciences and Environmental History, German Idealism and Romanticism, Science and Technology Studies and History of Science, Critical Theory
Photo of Jesse Thistle
Assistant Professor
Thistle
Thursday September 12 2019
Coordinator of Indigenous Studies Program
(Metis)

PhD, Candidate History ABD - York University
MA, History - University of Waterloo
BA, Specialized honours in History 2016 - York University
Room 314 Atkinson Building
No Photo
Associate Professor
Tordoff
Thursday May 24 2018

PhD, Cambridge University
BA, Oxford University
Vanier College, 250
70476
Interests:
Classics, Labour, Slavery, Social memory, Classical Tradition, Ancient Greek Literature and History
Photo of Jean-Thomas Tremblay
Associate Professor
Tremblay
Wednesday June 29 2022
Director, Graduate Program in Social & Political Thought

PhD, University of Chicago
MA, McMaster University
BSocSc, University of Ottawa
Ross S711 / Vanier 231
Interests:
Environment, Sexuality, Literature, Film
Photo of David V Trotman
Professor
Trotman
Thursday May 24 2018

Founders College, 326
33192
Interests:
, Caribbean; Social and Cultural
Photo of Alicia M Turner
Associate Professor
Turner
Thursday May 24 2018

PhD, University of Chicago, Divinity School
MA in History of Religions, University of Chicago, Divinity School
BA in Reigion in Women’s Studies, Kalamazoo College
Vanier College, 241
66979
Interests:
Religion, Asian/Pacific Studies, Buddhism, Religions of Southeast Asia, Religion and Colonialism/Empire, Religion and Nationalism, Burmese History, Gender and Religion, European Buddhist Converts in Asia, Theory and Method in the Study of Religion, Religious Studies
Photo of Stanley Tweyman
Professor
Tweyman
Thursday May 24 2018
Master of Vanier College

Vanier College, 254
44084
Photo of Cheryl van Daalen-Smith
Associate Professor
van Daalen-Smith
Thursday May 24 2018

PhD, Community Development/ Girls'/Women's Mental Health, University of Toronto (OISE)
M.A., Community Development/Girls'/Women’s Mental Health, University of Toronto (OISE)
B.Sc.N Child Adolescent Sub Specialty, Ryerson University
Registered Nurse Diploma, Ryerson University
HNES 340
66691
Interests:
Women, Gender Issues, Critical Mental Health with an intersectional and gender-based Analysis, Girls, Women and Anger - Pathologization of women's minds and bodies, Girls'/Women's Health,
Faculty of LA and PS :
School of Women's Studies
AND
Children's Studies Program, Division of Humanities
Faculty of Health:
School of Nursing
Photo of Gail Vanstone
Associate Professor
Vanstone
Thursday May 24 2018
Coordinator, Humanities Program
Coordinator: Culture & Expression Program

PhD in Social and Political Thought, York University
MA in Interdisciplinary Studies, York University
BA Combined Honours, York University
Diplôme Supérieur, Université Paul Valéry
Vanier College, 223
33957
Interests:
Arts and Culture, Film, Feminist Cultural Production with an emphasis on Literature and Film, Canadian Cultural Production, Contemporary Critical Cultural Theory
Photo of Julie Vig
Assistant Professor
Vig
Wednesday January 19 2022

PhD, University of British Columbia
MA, Université du Québec à Montréal
BA, Université de Montréal
Interests:
, The Early Modern in South Asia, Punjabi and Brajbhasha literature, Comparative religion, Gender, sexuality, and religion, Sikh women in the diaspora, Queer Studies.
No Photo
Associate Professor
Warwick
Thursday May 24 2018
Undergraduate Program Director

Ph.D., York University
M.A., York University
B.A., University of Toronto
Vanier College, 204
77021
Photo of Kalman (Keith) Weiser
Associate Professor
Weiser
Thursday May 24 2018
Silber Family Chair of Modern Jewish Studies

PhD, Columbia University
MA, Columbia University
BA, Yale University
Kaneff Tower, 754
33561
Interests:
, Modern Jewish History, Central and Eastern European History, Antisemitism, Israel Studies, Yiddish and Hebrew Language and Culture, Sociolinguistics, Language Policy
Photo of Allan Weiss
Professor
Weiss
Thursday May 24 2018

PhD, University of Toronto
MA, Concordia University
BA, Concordia University
Atkinson Building, 622
77318
Photo of Laura Wiseman
Associate Professor
Wiseman
Thursday May 24 2018
Koschitzky Family Chair in Jewish Teacher Education

Ph.D. Hebrew Language & Literature, University of Torornto
Collaborative Doctorate - Jewish Studies, University of Toronto
M.A. Hebrew Language & Literature, University of Toronto
M.Ed. Curriculum, Second Lang. Acquis., University of Toronto, O.I.S.E.
Hons. B.A. Jewish Studies; Education, McGill University
Winters College, 247
77366
Interests:
, Hebrew Lang. & Lit.; Jewish Ed.
Photo of Selma Zecevic
Associate Professor
Zecevic
Thursday May 24 2018

PhD in Middle Eastern Studies, Columbia University
MPhil, MA in Middle Eastern Studies, Columbia University
BA in Arabic Language and Literature (Major) and Persian Language and Literature (Minor), University of Sarajevo
BA in Philosophy and Sociology (Double Major), University of Sarajevo
Vanier College, 230
77398
Interests:
Women, History, Ottoman Legal History, Islamic Law, Gender and Islamic Law, Legal Translation, Muslim-Christian Legal Relations in Early Modern Mediterranean, Islamic Manuscript Culture and Book History