Faculty and Staff

Tina Beaudry-Mellor

Member
  • Sessional Instructor III
  • 2011/2012 President's Teaching and Learning Scholar
  • BA Hon. University of Regina; MA - University of Regina; PhD Candidate (ABD)-Interdisciplinary, Canadian Plains Research Centre - University of Regina

Research Interests

  • Democracy, civil society and civic engagement, provincial and municipal politics, voluntary sector and community building, feminism and masculinities, and innovations in post-secondary teaching and pedagogy.

Current Classes

  • Winter 2012
  • PSCI 100-004 People, Power & Politics
  • WGST 100-001

Shadia Drury

Member
  • Professor
  • Canada Research Chair in Social Justice

Research Interests

  • History of political thought. Contemporary political philosophy (including Postmodernism). Ethics, Meta-ethics, Canadian Politics, Religion, Anthropology, and Literature.

Jim Farney

Member
  • Assistant Professor

Current Classes

  • Winter 2012
  • PSCI 100-002 People, Power & Politics
  • PSCI 451-001 Provincial Politics

Simon Glezos

Member
  • Assistant Professor
  • Ph.D. in political theory and international relations-Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore Maryland; BA in political science-University of Victoria.

Current Classes

  • Winter 2012
  • PSCI 210-C01 Introduction to Political Thought
  • PSCI 390AL-001 Post-Enlightment Political Thought
  • PSCI 413-C01 English Liberal Tradition

Joyce Green

Member
  • Professor
  • PhD - University of Alberta; MA - University of Calgary; BA/BSc - University of Lethbridge

Research Interests

  • "The indigenization of the university, a project ranging from inclusion of Aboriginal ideas and people to transformation of the canon, is a matter at the top of [my] research agenda for the forseeable future." Canadian constitution and politics, Aboriginal decolonization, and critical post-colonial and feminist theory

Current Classes

  • On disability leave until further notice

Martin Hewson

Member
  • Associate Professor
  • B.A., M.A., Ph.D.

Research Interests

  • International Relations History of International Relations Macro-History of the World Order Global Governance Global Conflict, Warfare, and Security Comparative Foreign Policy International Relations Theory

Current Classes

  • Winter 2012
  • PSCI 100-001 People, Power & Politics
  • PSCI 443-001 Selected Topics in International Relations

Howard Leeson

Member
  • Professor
  • MA and PhD - University of Alberta

Research Interests

  • Canadian Politics, Canadian Foreign Policy, Canadian Federalism and the Constitution

Current Classes

  • Winter 2012
  • PSCI 341-001 Canadian Foreign Policy

Joseph Mburu

Member
  • Sessional Instructor III

Research Interests

  • Comparative Politics, Third World Politics, Foreign Aid and Development, Africa Issues, Colonialism and Imperialism, Immigration Policy, International Development, Public Policy, Ethnicity, Africa-Canada Relations

Current Classes

  • Winter 2012
  • PSCI 240-001 World Politics
  • PSCI 342-001 International Diplomacy & the UN
  • IS 100-001 Introduction to International Studies

Tom McIntosh

Member
  • Professor
  • DEPARTMENT HEAD
  • PhD and MA (Political Science) - Queen's University; BA Honours - University of Alberta

Current Classes

  • Winter 2012
  • PSCI 230-002 Canadian Politics

Nilgun Onder

Member
  • Assistant Professor
  • Program Coordinator

Current Classes

  • On leave until June 2012

Ralph Paragg

Member
  • Sessional Lecturer III
  • B.Ed and Ph.D (Political Science) - Queen's University; BA (Economics) and MA (Political Science) - University of Calgary

Current Classes

  • Winter 2012
  • IS 301-001 Global Governance
  • International Organizations

Jeremy Rayner

Member
  • Adjunct Professor
  • PhD - University of British Columbia; MA - University of Durham; BA - University of Cambridge

Deborah Simpson

Member
  • Assistant Professor
  • DPhil in Development Studies, University of Sussex; MA in Politics and International Development, University of Guelph; Honours BA in International Politics and Political Theory, McMaster University

Research Interests

  • My main research and teaching interests are civil society and social movements; participatory democracy and democratic transition; discourses of development; HIV&AIDS; gender and development; planning, monitoring and evaluation; cultural forms of resistance; and North-South relations. My main regional interests are Southern and Western Africa.

Current Classes

  • Winter 2012
  • PSCI 343-001 International Political Economy
  • PSCI 390AM-001 Politics of South Africa

Marianne Walsh

Member
  • Sessional Instructor III
  • Cert. in Admin; B.A. Hons., M.A. - University of Regina

Research Interests

  • Canadian and provincial politics, world politics, political parties and organizations, First Nation's history and political organizations, Prairie politics and history.

Current Classes

  • Winter 2012
  • PSCI 100-003 People, Power & Politics

Ann Ward

Member
  • Associate Professor (Campion College)
  • PhD - Fordham University; MA - Brock University; BA Honours - University of Toronto

Lee Ward

Member
  • Associate Professor (Campion College)
  • PhD - Fordham University; MA - Brock University; BA Honours - University of Toronto

Current Classes

  • Fall 2011 - On Sabbatical

Yuchao Zhu

Member
  • Associate Professor
  • PhD - Queen's University; MA (Political Science) - University of Regina; BA - Nankai University

Current Classes

  • Winter 2012
  • PSCI 220-001 Comparative Politcs
  • PSCI 323-001 Chinese Politics
  • PSCI 425-001 Selected Topics in Comparative Politics