View a complete list of our faculty below:
Dean
Rennie, Dr. Kriston
PhD, LMS, FRHistS
Program Chairs and Coordinators
Fraser, Dr. Tina
PhD Educational Studies (University of British Columbia), MEd Educational Leadership and Administration (Simon Fraser University)
Biography
Dr. Fraser is a Māori scholar from Aotearoa (New Zealand) teaching at the University of Northern British Columbia. Her tribal affiliations are Ngāti Haka/Patuheuheu, Ngāti Koura, and Ngāti Pani from the Tūhoe Nation. The other affiliation is Ngāti Ranginui. Dr.
Holler, Dr. Jacqueline
PhD (Emory), MA, BA (Simon Fraser University)
Biography
Dr. Jacqueline Holler is an an early modern cultural historian of early colonial Mexico who also teaches contemporary Latin American history and teaches and conducts research in the area of gender studies.
Hutchings, Dr. Kevin
PhD, MA (McMaster University); BA Hons (University of Guelph)
Biography
Kevin Hutchings is Professor of English and a UNBC University Research Chair.
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)
Biography
Dr. Wessell Lightfoot received her PhD from the University of Toronto in 2005.
Wilson, Dr. Gary
PhD Political Science, MA Russian and East European Studies (University of Toronto), BA Honours Political Science (Carleton)
Biography
Gary N. Wilson is a Professor and Chair in the Department of Political Science. His research focuses on governance and politics in the Canadian and Circumpolar North, and on the impacts of globalization and political change on communities in northern Canada and the Celtic periphery in Europe.
Mattfeld, Dr. Monica
Biography
Monica Mattfeld is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Northern British Columbia.
Pearce, Dr. Tristan
PhD University of Guelph; MA University of Guelph; BA University of Northern British Columbia
Biography
Tristan Pearce is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences at the University of Northern British Columbia, where he is also the Canada Research Chair in the Cumulative Impacts of Environmental Change.
Faculty
Blatchford, Dr. Barrie
PhD, MPhil (Columbia University), BA Honours, MA (University of British Columbia)
Bouchard, Dr. Michel
PhD (University of Alberta), MA (Université Laval), BA (University of Toronto)
Budde, Dr. Robert
PhD (University of Calgary); MA, BEd (University of Manitoba)
Campana, Dr. Christine
PhD (Western Ontario), MA (Carleton)
Daoust, Dr. Gabrielle
PhD (University of Sussex, UK), MSW (University of Calgary)
DeWiel, Dr. Boris
PhD, MEDes (University of Calgary), BA (Athabasca University)
Farhan, Dr. Sara
PhD (York University), MA, BA (University of Western Ontario)
Guest, Dr. Kristen
PhD (University of Toronto), MA (Western University)
Holler, Dr. Jacqueline
PhD (Emory), MA, BA (Simon Fraser University)
Hutchings, Dr. Kevin
PhD, MA (McMaster University); BA Hons (University of Guelph)
Kilius, Dr. Erica
PhD (University of Toronto), MPH (Simon Fraser University), BSc Honours (University of Toronto)
MacDonald, Dr. Fiona
PhD (University of British Columbia), MA (Simon Fraser University), BSW (University of Calgary), BA (Brandon University)
Research and Expertise
Mattfeld, Dr. Monica
Morris, Jason
SFU (BA, Cert. Lib Arts); UNBC (MA)
Research and Expertise
Murphy, Dr. Michael
PhD (McGill University), MA (University of Western Ontario)
Rahemtulla, Dr. Farid
BA (Alberta), MA (Toronto), MA/PhD (Simon Fraser)
Robinson, Dr. Rheanna
PhD (University of British Columbia), MA (University of Northern British Columbia)
Romanets, Dr. Maryna
PhD (University of Saskatchewan), PhD (Ukrainian National Academy of Arts and Sciences), MA (Chernivtsi State University)
Shaw, Dr. Anita
PhD, MA (University of Northern British Columbia), BSc Honours (University of Victoria)
Research and Expertise
Smith, Dr. Heather
PhD, MA (Queen's University), BA (University of Alberta)
Wessell Lightfoot, Dr. Dana
PhD, MA, BA (University of Toronto)
Wilson, Dr. Gary
PhD Political Science, MA Russian and East European Studies (University of Toronto), BA Honours Political Science (Carleton)
Professors Emeriti
Beeler, Dr. Karin
PhD, MA (University of Alberta)
Research and Expertise
Swainger, Jonathan
PhD (Western University), MA (University of Calgary), BA (University of Lethbridge)
Research and Expertise
Staff
Meroniuk, Ceyanna
MA (University of Nothern British Columbia)
Student Advisors
Tod, April
BA