Our Faculty
Professors
| Peter Arthur | Chair EDIA Committee & EDIA Student Mentor RM 361, Henry Hicks Bldg. |
(902)494-6630 | |
| David Black on sabbatical July 1, 2025 -December 31, 2025 |
Acting Director, Centre for the Study of Security and Development, Lester B. Pearson Professor of International Development Studies. RM 356, Henry Hicks Bldg. |
(902)494-6638 |
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| Katherine Fierlbeck |
McCulloch Professor of Political Science RM 357, Henry Hicks Bldg. |
(902)494-6631 | |
| Robert Finbow | Eric Dennis Memorial Chair of Government and Politics, Deputy Director, Jean Monnet European Union Centre of Excellence, Political Science. RM 365, Henry Hicks Bldg. |
(902)494-6606 | |
| Frank Harvey on leave |
Professor of Political Science |
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| Ruben Zaiotti | Director, Jean Monnet European Union Centre of Excellence RM 353 & 339 Henry Hicks Bldg. |
(902)494-6609 |
Associate Professors
| Kiran Banerjee |
RM 355A, Henry Hicks Bldg. | (902)494-6603 | |
| Louise Carbert | Coordinator LJSO RM 359, Henry Hicks Bldg. |
(902)494-6628 | |
| RM 364, Henry Hicks Bldg. |
(902)494-6298 | ||
| Kristin Good | Graduate Coordinator RM 301C, Henry Hicks Bldg. |
(902)494-1944 |
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| Anders Hayden | Honours Coordinator & Undergraduate Advisor RM 358, Henry Hicks Bldg. |
(902)494-6602 | |
| Rachael Johnstone | RM 355, Henry Hicks Bldg. | (902)494-4587 | |
| Scott Pruysers on Sabbatical July 1, 2025 -June 30, 2026 |
RM 360, Henry Hicks Bldg. | (902)494-6626 | |
| Director, Centre for the Study of Security and Development RM 343, Henry Hick Bldg. |
(902)494-6611 |
Assistant Professors
| Chevy Eugene | Cross-appointed with Black and African Diaspora Studies RM 353, Henry Hicks Bldg. / RM 2117, McCain Bldg. |
(902)494-6609 | |
| Marion Laurence | RM 354, Henry Hicks Bldg. |
(902)494-6605 | |
| Heather Tasker | RM 362, Henry Hicks Bldg. |
(902)494-6611 |
Part-Time Faculty
| Larissa Atkison | RM 352, Henry Hicks Bldg. | ||
| Patricia Dias | RM 352, Henry Hicks Bldg. | ||
| Darryl Eisan | RM 352, Henry Hicks Bldg. | ||
| Tobias Schminke | RM 352, Henry Hicks Bldg. |
** Mail for part-time faculty can be sent to Room 301, Henry Hicks Building, 6299 South St.
Professors Emeriti
| Robert Boardman | Dalhousie University |
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| David M. Cameron | Dalhousie University | ||
| Jennifer Smith | Dalhousie University | ||
| Denis Stairs | Dalhousie University |
Cross-Appointed Professors
John Cameron |
Advocacy strategies of civil society organizations; public engagement strategies and representations of ‘development’ in the global north; cosmopolitan theory and global citizenship |
Susan Dodd |
History of western culture; politics of memory; critical theory (literary and political); technology and culture |
Robert Huish |
Global health; North Korea; Cuban development; activism and social justice |
Simon Kow |
Early modern political thought; history of political thought; western conceptions of East Asia; East Asian thought and culture; early modern piracy |
Nissim Mannathukkaren |
Left and communist movements; development and democracy; politics of popular culture; Marxist and postcolonial theories |
Ajay Parasram |
Colonial, postcolonial and decolonial studies; global development and political economy; modern and colonial South Asia; global history and international relations |
| Neil Robertson University of King's College / Classics |
Contemporary political thought; early modern political thought; the shaping of modernity in early modern Europe |
| Kate Swanson International Development Studies |
Migration, asylum and refugees; children and youth; immigration detention; violence and human rights; Latin America and US/Mexico border |
Lori Turnbull |
Canadian parliamentary governance; political ethics; elections; electoral systems; public engagement |
Adjunct Professors
| Donald Abelson 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 Dalhousie University |
History of political thought, democratic theory, public law and federalism |
Florian Bail |
Juergen Habermas and Hannah Arendt, deliberative democracy, German foreign policy |
| Gabrielle Bardall | Democratization & authoritarian resurgence; international democracy assistance; gender and politics; technology-facilitated gender-based violence and disinformation; violence against women in politics; Women, Peace and Security |
Sharon Batt |
Ethical issues in health policy |
| Maya Eichler Mount Saint Vincent University |
Gender and armed forces, veterans, foreign and defence policy, community-engaged research on war |
| Kristi Kenyon University of Winnipeg |
Human rights, civil society, health, sub-Saharan Africa, development |
| Jamie Levin StFX |
International relations theory, peacekeeping, disarmament, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict |
| George MacLean University of New Brunswick |
Canadian foreign policy, human security, non-proliferation initiatives, and multilateralism |
| Elizabeth McGibbon St. Francis Xavier University |
Structural determinants of health: social injustice, oppression, and the political economy of health |
Timothy Shaw |
International political economy, human development and human security, African and Caribbean region |
| Igor Shoikhedbrod St. Francis Xavier University |
Political theory; legal theory; ethics; law; political economy |
| Ipek Eren Vural Dalhousie 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. |
| Ingrid Waldron Dalhousie 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. |