Faculty listing for Women's and Gender Studies:
Program Coordinator
Beeler, Dr. Karin
PhD, MA (University of Alberta)
Coordinator, Women's and Gender Studies
Chair, English
Email: karin.beeler@unbc.ca
Phone: 250-960-6640
Office: 3-3062
Campus: Prince George
Karin Beeler is one of UNBC's founding faculty members and has contributed to the development of the university as an administrator for various units and served on the boards of several community organizations. She has taught courses with a wide range of delivery methods including online/web courses, video conference and audio conference technology. Dr. Beeler has been President, Vice-President and Treasurer of the Canadian Comparative Literature Association. When not occupied with academic activities, she enjoys acting in community theatre and participating with her dogs at various dog events.
Faculty
Beeler, Dr. Karin
PhD, MA (University of Alberta)
Biography
Karin Beeler is one of UNBC's founding faculty members and has contributed to the development of the university as an administrator for various units and served on the boards of several community organizations.
Booth, Dr. Annie
PhD, MES, BA
Biography
I hold a PhD in Land Resources from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (1992), where I studied environmental ethics, Native American Studies, eco-feminism and bio-regionalism, among other things.
Campana, Christine
PhD (Western Ontario), MA (Carleton)
Biography
Christine Campana completed her PhD at Western University in 2023.
Daoust, Dr. Gabrielle
PhD (University of Sussex, UK), MSW (University of Calgary)
Biography
My research focuses on the political economy of conflict, peace-building, and development (with a focus on education development); the relationships between environmental and climate change, water, and insecurity (including implications for conflict and migration); and experiences of violence in
Duchesne, Dr. Annie
PhD (McGill University)
Farhan, Dr. Sara
PhD (York University), MA (University of Western Ontario)
Biography
I am an historian of the modern world with specific interest in medicine, professionalization, and education in the modern Middle East. I have a broad training in cultural and social histories accumulated in interdisciplinary environments.
Guest, Dr. Kristen
PhD (University of Toronto), MA (Western University)
Healy, Dr. Theresa
PhD
Biography
Dr. Theresa Healy has lived and worked in Northern BC since 1994 holding a variety of appointments at UNBC since her arrival. She has a wide range of experiences with community engagement and community-based research related to healthy community development.
Holler, Dr. Jacqueline
PhD (Emory), MA, BA (Simon Fraser University)
Biography
Dr. Jacqueline Holler is an historian of early colonial Mexico who also teaches contemporary Latin American history and teaches and conducts research in the area of Gender Studies.
K C, Dr. Luna
PhD, MA (Wageningen University)
Biography
Hello, my name is Luna K C; I’m an Assistant Professor in Global International Studies at the Faculty of Indigenous Studies, Social Sciences and Humanities.
King, Dr. Jessie
PhD, Human and Health Sciences; MA, First Nations Studies; BSc, Psychology
Biography
Dr. Jessie King, Hadiksm Gaax, is Gitxaała Git Lax M’oon, people of the salt water where her family traces her wil’naat’al (matriline) to Lach Klan while also honouring the Irish/Scottish lineage from her Father. Her family belongs to the Ganhada (Raven Clan).
MacDonald, Dr. Fiona
PhD (University of British Columbia), MA (Simon Fraser University), BSW (University of Calgary), BA (Brandon University)
Biography
Dr. Fiona MacDonald (PhD UBC) is an Assistant Professor specializing in Gender Politics. Dr.
Margolin, Indrani
RSW, BA Honours (Guelph), MSW (Wilfred Laurier), PhD (OISE Toronto)
Nolin, Dr. Catherine
BA Geography (University of Calgary), MA, PhD (Queen's University at Kingston, 2000)
Biography
I am a social geographer with two broad areas of research interest that connect in many ways and often overlap: Guatemala/Violence/Development/Justice and Migration/Transnationalism/Refugee Studies.
Romanets, Dr. Maryna
PhD University of Saskatchewan, PhD Ukrainian National Academy of Arts and Sciences, MA Chernivtsi State University
Biography
Professor Maryna Romanets specializes in contemporary, comparative, postcolonial, world, and women’s literatures, gender, sexuality and cultural studies, and contemporary critical theory.
Wessell Lightfoot, Dr. Dana
PhD, MA, BA (University of Toronto)
Professors Emeriti
MacPhail, Dr. Fiona
PhD (Dalhousie University); MA (University of Guelph); MA (University of Sussex); BA Hons (University of Guelph)