Full Time Faculty

Christopher Alcantara

Christopher Alcantara

Professor

Telephone: 519-661-2111 X 85171

Email: calcanta@uwo.ca

Office: SSC 7308

Research Interest/Specialization

Governance, Institutions, Intergovernmental Relations, Indigenous-Settler Politics, Political Behaviour, Elections and Voting Behaviour

Teaching

Canadian Politics, Public Administration, Public Policy, Multilevel Governance, Regional and Local Government

Cameron Anderson

Cameron Anderson

Professor

Telephone: 519-661-2111 X 81163

Email: cander54@uwo.ca

Office: SSC 7312

Research Interest/Specialization

Canadian Politics, Elections, Voting, Public Opinion, Multilevel Governance

Teaching

Canadian Politics, Political Behaviour, Research Design

Dave Armstrong

Dave Armstrong

Professor

Telephone: 519-661-2111 x 85160

Email: dave.armstrong@uwo.ca

Office: SSC 7310

Research Interest/Specialization

Statistics, Measurement, Data Visualization, Human Rights, Democracy, Conflict

Teaching

Generalized Linear Models, Measurement, Data Visualization, Research Design, Bayesian Statistics

Nandita Biswas Mellamphy

Nandita Biswas Mellamphy

Associate Professor

Telephone: 519-661-2111 X 81161

Email: nbiswasm@uwo.ca

Office: SSC 7316

Research Interest/Specialization

Political Theory, Post-Structuralism, Techno-Politics and Digital Culture, War and Surveillance

Teaching

History of Political Thought (Antiquity, Modernity, Postmodernity), Critical Theories, Feminism, and War on Terror

Dan Bousfield

Dan Bousfield

Assistant Professor

Telephone: 519-661-2111 X 85114

Email: dbousfie@uwo.ca

Office: SSC 7324

Research Interest/Specialization

Political Economy of Protest, Psychoanalysis and Politics, Gender Studies, International Relations and Qualitative Methodology, Ethnography, Korean Social Movements, Militant Masculinities

Teaching

International Relations, International Political Economy, Comparative Politics, East Asian Politics

Caroline Dick

Caroline Dick

Associate Professor

Telephone: 519-661-2111 X 85167

Email: cdick4@uwo.ca

Office: SSC 7326

Research Interest/Specialization

Law and Politics, Gender, Racialization, Critical Race Feminism, Minority Social Groups and Inequality, In-Group Oppression and Intersectionality, Indigenous Rights

Teaching

The Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Legal Ethics and The Judiciary, The Politics of Racialization, Canadian Identity Politics, Gender and Politics, Critical Race Feminism

Marta Dyczok

Marta Dyczok

Associate Professor

Telephone: 519-661-2111 X 84982

Email: mdyczok@uwo.ca

Joint Appointment with History

Research Interest/Specialization

International Politics and History; Focus on Eastern Europe, Former Soviet Union; Specifically Ukraine, Media Migration, and Post-Communism

Teaching

Russian and Eastern European Politics and History, and Comparative Politics

Joint Appointment with History

Elizabeth Finneron-Burns

Elizabeth Finneron-Burns

Associate Professor

Telephone: 519-661-2111 X 82236

Email: efinnero@uwo.ca

Office: SSC 7211

Research Interest/Specialization

Future Generations, Contractualism, Human Extinction, Global Justice, Applied Ethics

Teaching

Contemporary Political Theory, History of Political Thought, Applied Ethics

Lauretta Frederking

Lauretta Frederking

Professor

Telephone: 519-661-2111 X 85885

Email: lfrederk@uwo.ca

Office: IGAB 1N07

Professor, Associate Vice-Provost (Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies)

Research Interest/Specialization

Comparative Politics (with specific interests in the interactions between Political Context and Sustainability, Agriculture, and Entrepreneurship), and Politics and Literature

Teaching

Comparative Politics, Social Justice, and Political Economy

Professor, Associate Vice-Provost (Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies)

Amanda Friesen

Amanda Friesen

Associate Professor

Telephone: 519-661-2111 X 88106

Email: afries4@uwo.ca

Office: SSC 7245

Research Interest/Specialization

Political Psychology, Emotion, Health, Religion, Gender, Political Communication

Teaching

Political Psychology, Gender and Political Behaviour, Research Design, Experimental Methods

Adam Harmes

Adam Harmes

Associate Professor

Telephone: 519-661-2111 X 85173

Email: aharmes@uwo.ca

Office: SSC 7219

Research Interest/Specialization

Canadian and US Foreign, Economic, and Environmental Policy; Political Parties, Ideology, and Intra-Party Politics; Conservative and Progressive Social Movements; Election and Advocacy Campaign Techniques

Teaching

International Relations, Politics of Economics, Political Strategy and Communication, Environmental Politics

Martin Horak

Martin Horak

Associate Professor

Telephone: 519-661-2111 X 85002

Email: mhorak@uwo.ca

Office: SSC 7237

Research Interest/Specialization

Canadian and Comparative Urban Politics, Local Government, Multilevel Governance, Institutional Change, Policy Studies (infrastructure, sustainability, housing), Urban Social Cooperation and Self-Government, Qualitative Methods

Teaching

Qualitative Research Methods, Urban Politics, Local Government, Policy Studies, Comparative Politics

Charles Jones

Charles Jones

Associate Professor

Telephone: 519-661-2111 X 85060

Email: cwjones@uwo.ca

Office: SSC 7213

Research Interest/Specialization

Cosmopolitanism, Theories of Justice, International Political Theory, Normative Aspects of Nationalism

Teaching

International Justice, History of Political Thought, Contemporary Political Thought

Matthew Lebo

Matthew Lebo

Professor

Telephone: 519-661-2111 X 88562

Email: matthew.lebo@uwo.ca

Office: SSC 7233

Research Interest/Specialization

The American Congress and The Presidency, Political Parties, Political Behaviour and Elections, British Politics, Political Methodology

Teaching

American Politics, Political Behaviour, British Politics, and Research Methods

Joseph Lyons

Joseph Lyons

Assistant Professor

Telephone: 519-661-2111 X 85168

Email: jlyons7@uwo.ca

Office: SSC 7215

Research Interest/Specialization

Local Government, Multilevel Governance, Special Purpose Bodies

Teaching

Business and Government, Local Government, Urban Political Analysis

Bruce Morrison

Bruce Morrison

Assistant Professor

Telephone: 519-661-2111 X 84937

Email: bmorris2@uwo.ca

Office: SSC 7225

Research Interest/Specialization

Democratization, State Formation, State Society Relations, Social Policy

Teaching

West European Politics, Social Politics, European Integration, Political Parties, Social Movements

Nigmendra Narain

Nigmendra Narain

Lecturer and Course Coordinator of Politics 1025/26

Telephone: SSC 7322

Email: nnarain@uwo.ca

Office: 519-661-2111 X 85108

Research Interest/Specialization

International Relations Theory, Feminist Theory, India and Pakistan, South Asian Women's Organizations

Teaching

International Relations, Gender and Politics

Joanna Quinn

Joanna Quinn

Professor (On Leave)

Telephone: 519-661-2111 X 85172

Email: jquinn2@uwo.ca

Office: SSC 7314

On Leave

Research Interest/Specialization

Truth Commissions, Transitional Justice

Teaching

Human Rights, Democratization, International Relations

On Leave

Erika Simpson

Erika Simpson

Associate Professor

Telephone: 519-661-2111 X 85156

Email: simpson@uwo.ca

Research Interest/Specialization

International Security, Canadian Defence, Foreign Policy, NATO, Peacekeeping

Teaching

International Relations, International Security, International Relations Theory

Laura Stephenson

Laura Stephenson

Professor

Telephone: 519-661-2111 X 85164

Email: laura.stephenson@uwo.ca

Office: SSC 7239

Research Interest/Specialization

Political Behaviour, Elections, Institutions, Comparative Economy, Canadian Politics, Experimental Political Science

Teaching

Canadian Politics, Voting Behaviour, Methodology

Zack Taylor

Zack Taylor

Associate Professor

Telephone: 519-661-2111 X 85169

Email: zack.taylor@uwo.ca

Office: SSC 7247

Research Interest/Specialization

Canadian and Comparative Politics and Public Policymaking, Contemporary and Historical Development of Multi-Level Governance, Planning of North American Cities, Political and Electoral Geography

Mathieu Turgeon

Mathieu Turgeon

Professor

Telephone: 519-661-2111 X 84929

Email: mturgeo4@uwo.ca

Office: SSC 7223

Research Interest/Specialization

Comparative Political Behaviour; Statistical, Experimental and Survey Methodology

Teaching

Political Psychology, Public Opinion, Methodology

Sebastián Vallejo Vera

Sebastián Vallejo Vera

Assistant Professor

Telephone: 519-661-2111 X 85163

Email: sebastian.vallejo@uwo.ca

Office: SSC 7221

Research Interest/Specialization

Politics and Gender, Racial Identity and Racism, Latin American Politics, Natural Language Processing, Computational Social Science

Teaching

Politics of the Developing World, Statistics and Methods, Natural Language Processing

Blair Welsh

Blair Welsh

Assistant Professor

Telephone: 519-661-2111 X 81459

Email: blair.welsh@uwo.ca

Office: SSC 7243

Research Interest/Specialization

Armed Violence, Conflict and Displacement, Post-Conflict Development and Recovery

Teaching

Conflict, International Relations, Post-Conflict Development and Recovery, Quantitative and Experimental Methods, Research Design, and Terrorism and Counterterrorism