Faculty & Research

Faculty associated with the Frost Centre M.A. and Ph.D. programs

The Frost Centre draws members from Trent’s humanities and social sciences departments. Their presence and interaction create the interdisciplinary core for both the M.A. and Ph.D. programs. We encourage you to contact Frost Centre members and discuss with them your interest in specific research projects that you could pursue at the Frost Centre.

Frost Centre members are organized below alphabetically. Click on a faculty name to see Frost Centre member's webpage. 

Frost Centre Faculty - Adjunct Faculty - Emeritus Faculty

Suzanne J. Bailey

Professor, English, B.A. (Queen's), M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto) 
Traill College, Wallis Hall 125, ext. 6039, sjbailey@trentu.ca 
Research Interests: Literature and science, including environmental studies; disability studies; travel writing; life writing 

Nicole Bell

Associate Professor, School of Education, BA (Trent), BEd, MEd (Queen’s), PhD (Trent)
Otonabee College 148, ext 7722, nicolebell@trentu.ca
Research Interests: Infusion of Indigenous knowledge in education, Anishinaabe culture-based education and Anishinaabe research theory and methodology

Nael Bhanji

Assistant Professor, Gender & Social Justice, BA (Queen's), MA (Toronto), PhD (York)
Lady Eaton College N112, ext. 7839, naelbhanji@trentu.ca
Research Interests: Race and Racialization; Necropolitics; Biopolitics; Trans theory; Affect; Emotion; Psychoanalysis; Queer theory; Masculinities; Memory and memorialization; Diaspora; Transnationalism; Political economies of violence; Surveillance; Social Justice

Stephen Bocking 

Professor, School of the Environment, B.Sc., M.A. Ph.D. (Toronto) 
Environmental Science Centre A132, ext 7883, sbocking@trentu.ca
Interests: Environmental history of southern Ontario; history of ecology and environmental sciences; history of Arctic science; history of the Great Lakes environment; biodiversity and protected areas science, policy and history; environmental science and politics. 

Cathy Bruce 

Professor and Dean, Education, M.A., Ph.D. (University of Toronto) 
Otonabee College 214, ext 7376, cathybruce@trentu.ca 
Research Interests: teacher self-efficacy and student self-efficacy, technological-pedagogical interactions and impact, mathematics education, assessing models of professional development, mathematics for young children, fractions, algebra and spatial reasoning.

Kristy Buccieri

Associate Professor, Sociology, BSocSc (Ottawa), MA (Carleton), PhD (York)
Otonabee College 226, ext 6382, kristybuccieri@trentu.ca
Research Interests: homelessness, health care, public health, policy, service provision

Nadine Changfoot 

Professor, Political Studies,  B.A. (York), M.A. (Carleton), Ph.D. (York) 
Champlain College C2, ext 6005, nadinechangfoot@trentu.ca 
Research Interests: art and politics (especially disability, community arts, arts based research with those who are marginalized), community engaged scholarship, political economy, political and feminist theory (19th century and contemporary)

May Chazan

Assistant Professor and Canada Research Chair, Gender and Social Justice, BA (Waterloo), BEd (OISE), MA, PhD (Carleton) 
Lady Eaton College S119.6, ext. 7739, maychazan@trentu.ca
Research Interests: Feminist, decolonial, anti-racist, intergenerational, and queer approaches to conceptualizing, analyzing, and storying activisms; Drawing on intergenerational storytelling methodologies, community-engaged practices, arts-based research, oral history, and activist archives to unsettle dominant conceptions of “activism” and explore diverse forms of resistance, resurgence, resilience, alliance, and solidarity.  

Sally Chivers 

Professor, English, B.A. (Calgary), Ph.D. (McGill) 
Lady Eaton College S112, ext 7950, sallychivers@trentu.ca 
Research Interests: Disability Studies, Canadian Literature and Film, Western Canada, Gender, Aging Studies.

James Conolly

​Professor, Anthropology, B.A. (Toronto), M.A., Ph.D. (University College London) 
Arch Centre 103, ext. 7877, jamesconolly@trentu.ca
Research Interests: landscape archaeology; historical ecology; geoinformatics; radiocarbon modelling; lithic raw materials and technologies (Great Lakes)

Christopher Dummitt 

Professor, Canadian Studies, B.A. (Trent), M.A. (Dalhousie), Ph.D. (Simon Fraser) 
Champlain College S401, ext. 7224, cdummitt@trentu.ca, www.christopherdummitt.com
Research Interests: Canadian culture and politics, especially, though not exclusively, Canada since 1945. 

Finis Dunaway

Professor, History, B.A. (North Carolina), Ph.D. (Rutgers) 
Traill College Wallis Hall 118, ext. 7026, finisdunaway@trentu.ca
Research Interests: Modern United States cultural, environmental, and political history; American Studies; visual culture.

Caroline Durand 

Associate Professor, History, B.A., M.A. (Montréal), Ph.D. (McGill) 
Lady Eaton College S103, ext. 7109, carolinedurand@trentu.ca
Research Interests:  Québec history, from 1867 to the present, from social, cultural and political perspectives.  Food history, 1880-1980. Particular interest for the history of popular music, the Quiet revolution, and women's history.

Charmaine Eddy 

Associate Professor, English, M.A. (Western Ontario), Ph.D. (Toronto) 
Champlain College S403, ext. 7398, ceddy@trentu.ca 
Research Interests: Twentieth century American fiction; African-American fiction; theories of subjectivity, gender and sexuality; theories of race and ethnicity; psychoanalytic theory. 

Paul Elliott 

Professor, Education, B.Sc., Ph.D (Wales) 
Otonabee College 157, ext. 7084, paulelliott@trentu.ca 
Research Interests: Relationship between science, literacy and society; public understanding of science; the impact of personal schooling experiences on new science teachers’ professional practice; nature of good practice in biodiversity education.

Chris Furgal

Associate Professor, School of the Environment & Indigenous Studies, B.Sc. (Western Ontario), M.Sc. (Waterloo), Ph.D. (Waterloo) 
Gzowski College 303 ext. 7953, chrisfurgal@trentu.ca 
Research Interests:  Environmental health impact assessment; environmental health risk management, assessment, and communication; mixed methods and involvement of indigenous knowledge and western science in environment and health studies; Aboriginal and circumpolar health and environmental change (e.g. contaminants, climate change and food security).

Jonathan Greene

Assistant Professor, Politics & Canadian Studies, B.A. (Manitoba), M.A. (Wilfrid Laurier), Ph.D. (Queen’s) 
Champlain College G2, ext. 6004, jgreene@trentu.ca
Research Interests:  Comparative and urban political economy and politics, the dynamics of collective action and protest, Marxism, immigration, poverty, and homelessness.

Stephen Hill 

Associate Professor and Associate Director of the Trent School of the Environment, B.Sc., B.A. (Queen's), Ph.D. (Calgary), P.Eng.,
Environmental Science Centre A107, ext. 7368, stephenhill@trentu.ca
Research interests: Energy science, technology & policy; Social responses to renewable energy technology; Climate change policy and management; Environmental management and policy, particularly within organizations; Community-based environmental research. 

Luigi Iannacci 

Associate Professor, Education, B.A., B.Ed. (York), M.Ed., Ph.D. (Western) 
Otonabee College 209, ext. 7508, luigiiannacci@trentu.ca
Research Interests: Language and literacy; early childhood education; culturally and Linguistically diverse learners; critical multiculturalism; disability studies; narrative research methods. 

Whitney Lackenbauer

​Canada Research Chair and Professor, Canadian Studies, B.A. (Waterloo), M.A., Ph.D. (Calgary)
Traill College Kerr House 205, pwhitneylackenbauer@trentu.ca
Research Interests: As Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in the Study of the Canadian North, Lackenbauer’s current research program focuses on how Canada can and should balance its sovereignty, security and stewardship responsibilities in the North in ways that protect national interests and values, promote sustainable development and healthy communities, and facilitate circumpolar stability and cooperation. His other interests include modern Canadian and circumpolar history; political studies; military history / war and society; and Indigenous-state relations in Canada.

Janet Miron 

Associate Professor, History, B.A. (McGill), M.A., Ph.D. (York) 
Lady Eaton College S104, ext. 7834, janetmiron@trentu.ca 
Research interests: cultural history; medicine and crime in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; sexuality; Canadian history. 

Liam Mitchell

Associate Professor, Chair of Cultural Studies, Coordinator of Media Studies, BA (TRU), MA (York), PhD (Victoria) 
Traill College Scott House 201, ext. 6072, liammitchell@trentu.ca                  
Research Interests: Philosophy of technology and media theory, especially (post-)phenomenology; contemporary political theory, especially Heidegger and his successors and feminist theorists of subject formation; internet studies, generally including site-specific analyses of groups like Anonymous, social network sites like Facebook, and videogames like Bastion.

Marrie Mumford (Métis) 

Associate Professor, Indigenous Studies, BA (Alberta), MFA (Brandeis) 
Enwayaang 101.7, ext. 7310, marriemumford@trentu.ca
Research Interests: Theatre, dance and music; Aboriginal arts and literature

David Newhouse (Onondaga) 

Professor and Chair, Indigenous Studies, B.Sc., M.B.A. (Western Ontario) 
Enwayaang 301, ext. 7497, dnewhouse@trentu.ca
Research Interests: Development of modern aboriginal societies with a focus on examining the underlying philosophical assumptions, notions and ideas which animate them; aboriginal economies.

Blair Niblett

​Assistant Professor, Education, B.A. HBOR, BA, BEd, MEd, PhD (Lakehead) 
Otonabee College 159, ext. 7052, blairniblett@trentu.ca
Research Interests: Activism in Education, experiential learning, outdoor and environmental education, social justice pedagogy 

Naomi Nichols

Associate Professor, Sociology & Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Community-Partnered Social Justice, BA (Trent), BEd (Queen's) MA & PhD (York)
Otonabee College 232, ext 7822, naominichols@trentu.ca
Research Interests: Social inequality; poverty; youth homelessness; youth justice; child welfare; education; "youth at risk"; youth mental health; higher education, research impact and community-academic research collaborations

Heather Nicol

Professor, School of the Environment, B.A. (Toronto), M.E.S. (York), Ph.D. (Queen’s) 
Environmental Sciences Centre B307, ext. 7107, heathernicol@trentu.ca
Research Interests:  Canadian and Political Geography with emphasis on the Circumpolar North, Canada-US Borders and Geopolitics.

Alan O’Connor

Professor, Cultural Studies, B.A. (Trinity College, Dublin), M.A., Ph.D. (York) 
Durham Campus room 164, ext. 5030, aoconnor@trentu.ca
Research Interests:  Sociology of culture and mass media, subcultures, art and culture in small cities, global media studies, community media In Latin America. 

Colleen O'Manique

Associate Professor, Politics, B.A. (Carleton), M.A., Ph.D. (York)
Lady Eaton College S109, ext. 7966, comanique@trentu.ca 
Research Interests: Global political economy of health, with a specific focus on the gender dimensions of the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Sub-Saharan Africa. Current research examines the ways in which HIV/AIDS is becoming securitized in various parts of the global South. Other research and academic interests encompass debates about global human rights and citizenship, feminist epistemology, and gender and science.

Karleen Pendleton Jimenez

Associate Professor, Education, B.A. (UC Berkeley), M.F.A. (San Diego State), Ph.D. (York) 
Otonabee College 151, ext. 7728, kpendletonjimenez@trentu.ca
Research Interests: gender, sexuality, ethnicity and narrative in the Canadian context

Stephanie Rutherford 

Associate Professor, School of the Environment, B.A., (Toronto), M.A. (Guelph) Ph.D. (York) 
Environment Sciences Centre A112, ext. 7187, srutherford@trentu.ca 
Research interests: Cultural politics of nature, environmental humanities, animal geographies, environmental justice

Paula Sherman (Omamiwinini)

Professor, Indigenous Studies, B.A. (Eastern Connecticut), M.A (University of Connecticut), PH.D. (Trent) 
paulasherman@trentu.ca 
Research Interests:  Indigenous historical consciousness and identities, Atlantic World and colonial encounters, International Indigenous peoples, and Indigenous women.

Mark Skinner 

Professor & CRC in Rural Aging, Health & Social Care, School of the Enviroment, B.A. (Wilfrid Laurier), M.A. (Guelph), Ph.D. (Queen's) 
Enviromental Sciences Centre B315, ext. 7946, markskinner@trentu.ca
Research interests: Rural aging; Rural health care; Rural community sustainability; Voluntarism and the voluntary sector; Community-based research.

Deborah White

Professor, Sociology, BA (Ryerson), MA (Toronto), PhD (Carleton)
Otonabee College 231, est. 7865, deborahwhite2@trentu.ca
Research Interests: The institutional responses to sexual violence, particularly medico-legal interventions and the role and nature of forensic evidence and experts in criminal justice systems, science and technology studies (STS), critical research on technologies of rape and sexual assault, specifically anti-rape technologies.

Adjunct Faculty

Adjunct faculty are available to Frost Centre students as supervision & comprehensive committee members and as mentors.

Kristy Allain BA (Trent), MA (Queen's), PhD (Trent/Carleton)
Associate Professor, Sociology, & Canada Research Chair in Physical Culture & Social Life, St. Thomas University
kallain@stu.ca
Research Interests: gender, aging, Canadian national identity, winter sports

Lisa Boucher BA (Western), MA (Guelph), PhD (York)
Assistant Professor, Gender & Social Justice, Trent University
lisaboucher@trentu.ca
Research Interests: social movements, gender-based violence and anti-violence activism, gender and public policy, and the Canadian non-profit sector.

Ken S. Coates, BA (UBC), MA (Manitoba), PhD (UBC)
Canada Research Chair and Distinguished Professor, Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Saskatchewan
ken.coates@usask.ca
Research interests: Northern Canadian history, Circumpolar innovation, Indigenous engagement in the natural resource economy, post-secondary education

James Cullingham M.A (UofT), Ph.D (York)
Tamarackproductions.com
jamescullingham5@gmail.com
Research Interests: Indigenous history & Indigenous - newcomer relations in Canada. Mexico, France and Algeria. Documentary film and journalism

Michael Eamon BA (Université d’Ottawa), MA (Queen’s & Cambridge), PhD (Queen’s)
Principal, Catharine Parr Traill College
michaeleamon@trentu.ca
Research Interests: print culture, enlightenment, cultural and intellectual history

Karen Everett, PhD (Trent/Carleton)
Senior Research Associate with the Canada Research Chair on Comparative Aboriginal Condition, Université Laval
karen.everett.1@ulaval.ca
Research interests: Arctic security, governance, economy, and social inequality

Matthew Hayes BA (Trent), MA (Simon Fraser), PhD (Trent/Carleton)
Instructor, University Studies, Northern Lakes College
hayesm@northernlakescollege.ca
www.theonlymatthewhayes.com
Research interests: conspiracy theory, UFOs and the supernatural, pseudoscience and unorthodox science, Cold War and postwar Canadian history, trust in government authority/expertise, documentary film, Atlantic Canada

Peter Kikkert BA & MA (Waterloo), PhD (Western)
Assistant Professor, Public Policy & Governance, St. Francis Xavier University
pkikkert@stfx.ca
Research Interests: safety, security, sovereignty, and governance issues in the polar regions

James Onusko B.A. (Calgary), M.A. (Athabasca), Ph.D. (Trent/Carleton)
Instructor, University Studies, Northern Lakes College
jonusko@trentu.ca
Research Interests: childhood history; children's literature; urban studies; Canadian history

Laura Peers MA (Winnipeg), PhD (McMaster)
lpeers@trentu.ca
www.laurapeers.com
Research interests:museum-Indigenous relations, museum anthropology, visual anthropology, historic material culture, North America

Robin Quantick MEd (Queen’s), PhD(Trent)
rquantick@trentu.ca
Research Interests: aboriginal Incarceration, negotiation

Alex Souchen MA (Ottawa), PhD (Western)
alexsouchen@trentu.ca
alexsouchen.wordpress.com
Research Interests: historian specializing in warfare, society, and the environment

Katie Tremblay BMus (Windsor), BEd (Windsor), MA (UofT), PhD (UofT-OISE)
Assistant Professor, School of Education, Trent University
katietremblay@trentu.ca
Research Interests: Music and art education, Indigenous education, Curriculum and Pedagogy

Professors Emeritus

Julia Harrison, B.A. (Saskatchewan), M.A. (Calgary), D.PHIL (Oxford)
Research Interests: Tourists and the tourist experience; representation issues in museums; the relationships between museums and Aboriginal peoples; and aspects of the culture or research and educational institutions.

John S. Milloy, B.A. (St. Patrick’s), M.A. (Carleton), Ph.D. (Oxford) 
Research Interests: Plains Cree history, government policy and Canadian residential schools.

Robert Paehlke, B.A. (Lehigh), M.A. (New School For Social Research), Ph.D. (British Columbia), Professor Emeritus
Research Interests: Canadian and comparative environmental policy; the integration of economic, social and environmental policy; and the history of the environmental movement.

Bryan D. Palmer, B.A. (University Of Western Ontario), M.A., Ph.D. (State University Of New York At Binghamton) 
Research Interests: Canadian Labour and Social History; North American radicalism; history and theory.

Jim Struthers, M.A. (Carleton), Ph.D. (Toronto) 
Research Interests: Canadian social policy; aging and long-term care; social citizenship and welfare state formation.

John Wadland, B.A. (McMaster), M.A. (Waterloo), PH.D. (York), Professor Emeritus 
Research Interests: Bioregionalism; landscape theory; art history; environmental history.

Keith Walden, M.A., Ph.D. (Queen’s) 
Research Interests: Modern Canadian social, cultural and intellectual history; special interest in the development of consumer culture and the historical meaning of symbols, myths, and rituals.