Dr. Rita Deverell, Nancy's Chair in Women's Studies Email: msvu.ca Phone: 457-6257 Office: ISW 4 Dr. Deverell's Research Interests include: - Media and the four designated groups: women, visible minorities, Aboriginal, and persons with disabilities.
- Arts and Cultural policy, media regulation.
- The Cold War in Canada and the USA.
- Finding Authentic Voice.
Her Arts/Communications Practice includes: Acting, TV Production/Direction,Script writing, theatre and TV,TV show runner, Broadcast and print journalism, Media Management, Vocal coaching
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Dr. Tammy Findlay, Canadian Studies Email: msvu.ca Phone: 457-5402 Office: Seton 324 Dr. Findlay’s research interests are in the areas of Canadian
politics, gender and politics, gender and public policy, social policy,
community engagement, multilevel governance, and representation. She is
currently working on two projects related to democratic governance,
social capital, and child care policy in Canada, and is completing a
book on women’s representation in the Ontario public service. Findlay
values interdisciplinary and community-based research that fosters
social change, and has been involved in a variety of university and
community service.
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Dr. Charles Edmunds, Mathematics Email: msvu.ca
Phone: 457-6260
Office: EV379 Research Interests: Combinatorial Group Theory Most of his research has been in the area of combinatorial group theory. Specifically he has worked in equations in groups collaborating, much of the time, with Prof. Leo P. Comerford, Jr. of Eastern Illinios University in Charleston, Illinois. |
Ingrid Jenkner, Director, MSVU Art Gallery, Seton 209 Email: msvu.ca Ingrid Jenkner (B.A. Toronto; M.A. London, Courtauld Institute) has been Director/Curator of Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery, Halifax, since 1994. She was previously Curator at Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina and at Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph. At MSVU Art Gallery Jenkner is responsible for designing, funding and realizing a program of twelve exhibitions per year, with related publications and public programs. In addition to her curatorial appointments, she has taught art history and theory at the universities of Guelph and Regina. She occasionally teaches a third-year media arts seminar at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, and regularly teaches the Cultural Studies course “Art and Censorship”at Mount Saint Vincent University. |
Dr. Larry Steele, Chair, Modern Languages Department Email: msvu.ca Phone: 457-6113 Office: Seton 322 Larry Steele's work is about Francophone songs, poems, novels and plays. He is also interested in the the game of chess as a metaphore in literature. He has been co-hosting "Trois Beaux Canards" a radio show on Francophone music and culture on Halifax' CKDU 88.1 FM for over 15 years. |
Dr. Randi Warne, BA (Winnipeg), MA, PhD (Toronto), Email: msvu.ca Phone: 457-6280 Office: Seton 326 Dr. Warne regularly teaches the core courses in Cultural Studies at the first and second year levels (CULS 1101 & CULS 2201), as well as third year courses that may count as the Cultural Studies senior seminar (CULS 3301). She is one of the co-founders of Cultural Studies at MSVU, and served the program as Coordinator for the past 8 years. Some academic interests: politics of representation; material culture; transmission and transformation of ideologies. Some courses: RELS 2201 Evil (cheesy movies, moral discord, monsters); CULS 2201 “Myth” America (history and self-creation as sacred entity. the American hero, the myth of redemptive violence); RELS/PHIL 3380 Special Topics: Advanced Evil (Transgression – vampires, zombies, sexual anarchy); CULS 1101 Intro (Advertising, Art, Disney, media): RELS 3306 Religion and Pop Culture (megachurches, the Simpsons, Christmas kitsch, cyberpagans). Some themes: politics of naming; subversive power of cultural practices; agency and responsibility. “Who gets to eat, who gets to talk, and who gets to decide?” Numerous publications (see Google). |