Faculty and Staff

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

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

English (Brantford)

Faculty

Kathryn Carter
Professor
Program Coordinator

Jocelyn Froese
Instructor

Ian MacRae
Associate Professor

Jenna Olender
Instructor

Kenneth Paradis
Associate Professor

Staff

Nicole Morgan
Academic Program Administrator

History (Brantford)

Faculty 

Tarah Brookfield
Professor
Dean, Faculty of Liberal Arts

Peter Farrugia
Professor Emeritus

Christina Han
Associate Professor

Rob Kristofferson
Professor  

Geoff Spurr
Associate Professor
Program Coordinator

Gary Warrick
Professor Emeritus

Staff

Nicole Morgan
Academic Program Administrator

Human Rights 

Faculty

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

Bryce Gunson
Instructor

Seyed Hosseini
Instructor

Simon Kiss
Associate Professor

Stephen Lin
Instructor

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

Pietro Pirani
Assistant Professor

Andrew Robinson
Associate Professor
Program Coordinator

Javier Torres
Instructor

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

Staff

Jennifer Beam
Academic Program Administrator

Staff

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

Law and Society

Faculty

James Cairns
Professor
Undergraduate Officer and Chair, Indigenous Studies, Law and Social Justice department

Mark Davidson
Associate Professor (On Leave)

Todd Gordon
Associate Professor

Kelly Gallagher-Mackay
Associate Professor

Marcia Oliver
Associate Professor and Acting Associate Dean, FLA

Staff

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

Social and Environmental Justice

Faculty

James Cairns
Professor
Chair and Undergraduate Officer, Indigenous Studies, Law and Social Justice department

Rebecca Godderis
Professor

Stephen Haller
Associate Professor

Rob Kristofferson
Professor

Jonathan Lavery
Associate Professor

Ellen Russell
Associate Professor

Staff

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

Social Justice and Community Engagement (MA)

Faculty

Rebecca Godderis
Professor
Graduate Coordinator

Ehaab D. Abdou
Assistant Professor 

Bree Akesson
Associate Professor

Kelly Gallagher-Mackay
Associate Professor

Todd Gordon
Associate Professor

Maurita Harris
Assistant Professor

Humera Javed
Instructor

Rob Kristofferson
Professor

Adam Lewis
Instructor

Cameron McKenzie
Assistant Professor

Janet McLaughlin
Associate Professor

Brenda Murphy
Professor

Anh Ngo
Assistant Professor

Marcia Oliver
Associate Professor and Acting Associate Dean, FLA

Vanessa Oliver
Associate Professor

Jennifer Root
Associate Professor

Katrin Roots
Assistant Professor

Kate Rossiter
Associate Professor (On Leave)

Ellen Russell
Associate Professor

Karen Stote
Assistant Professor

Darren Thomas
Associate Professor
Associate Vice-President: Indigenous Initiatives

Staff

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

User Experience Design

Faculty

Michael Bruder
Instructor

Aghigh Farhadicheshmehmorvari
Instructor 

Bruce Gillespie
Associate Professor
Program Coordinator

Maurita Harris
Assistant Professor 
Graduate Officer, MSc

Sajjad Khan
Instructor

John Muñoz
Assistant Professor 

Sadeem Qureshi
Assistant Professor 

Mark Weiler
Web and User Experience Librarian

Kenneth Werbin
Associate Professor 
Associate Dean, Faculty of Liberal Arts (On Leave)

Staff

Nicole Morgan
Academic Program Administrator, BDes

Felicia Deonarain (On Leave)
Academic Program Administrator, MSc

Kaitlyn Hiff
Strategic Relationship Officer

Youth and Children's Studies

Faculty

Tarah Brookfield
Professor 
Dean, Faculty of Liberal Arts

Annette Chretien
Instructor 

Christine Corso
Instructor

Sheragim Jenabzadeh
Assistant Professor

Danielle M. Law 
Associate Professor (On Leave) 

Christine Lei
Assistant Professor

Vanessa Oliver
Associate Professor 
Program Coordinator

Staff

Jennifer Beam
Academic Program Administrator