Department of Political Science
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Gerard Boychuk
Areas of specialization
American and Canadian Politics
Comparative-Historial Political Development (Canada & US)
Comparative Social Policy
Angela Carter
Areas of specialization
Environmental policy/politics
Political economy
Comparative politics
Canadian politics
Alana Cattapan
Areas of Specialization
Gender and public policy Reproductive justice Public engagement Community-engaged research Health policy and biotechnology Canadian politicsAndrew Cooper
Areas of specialization
Conventional & unconventional forms of international diplomacy;
National perspectives on global governance and rising powers, middle powers, small states;
Canadian & comparative foreign policy;
International political economy
Anna Drake
Areas of specialization
Contemporary Political Theory
Democratic Theory, Deliberative Democracy
Rights, Justice, and Activism
Feminist Theory
Justice & Gender
Anna Esselment
Areas of specialization
Intergovernmental relations,
Campaigns and elections,
Canadian institutions,
Canadian politics,
Provincial politics,
Political parties,
Political marketing
Jasmin Habib
Areas of specialization
Refugees, Diasporas and Exiles Settler-Colonialism, Postcolonialism, Anti-Racism Nonviolence, Peace, Feminist and Social Justice Movements Ethnography and Autoethnography Israel/Palestine Culture and PoliticsEric Helleiner
Dr. Helleiner's CV Areas of specialization
International political economy,
International money and finance,
History of political economy
Daniel Henstra
Areas of specialization:
public administration
public policy
local government
federalism and multilevel governance
Jingjing Huo
Areas of specialization
Political economy,
Political parties,
Research methods
Veronica Kitchen
Areas of specialization
Security studies (critical security studies, feminist security studies) National security Counter-terrorism International Relations Canada-US relationsAlexander Lanoszka
Areas of Specialization
International security
Alliance politics
Theories of war
European security
Emmett Macfarlane
Areas of specialization
Canadian Politics,
Public Policy,
The Supreme Court of Canada,
The Charter of Rights and Freedoms,
Parliament,
Constitutional Law
Bessma Momani
Areas of specialization
International financial institutions,
Middle East Politics and Economics,
International Affairs,
Diversity and Populism
Mariam Mufti
Areas of specialization
Politics of South Asia, hybrid regimes, democratization, party politics, comparative politicsJohn Ravenhill
Areas of Specialization
International Political Economy,
Production and Trade,
Regionalism,
Economics and Security
Horatiu Rus
Areas of specialization
International trade,
Environmental & natural resource economics,
International development,
Political economy
Hongying Wang
Areas of specialization
Chinese politics,
International relations,
Political economy
David Welch
Areas of specialization
International relations,
International security
Heather Whiteside
Areas of Specialization
Political Economy
Public Policy
Rowland Keshena Robinson
Areas of Specialization
Native American and Native Canadian Politics Native Identity Decolonization Settler Colonialism Critical Native, Structuralist, Postmodern, Marxist, & Decolonial TheoryBackground
BA in Anthropology (2010 Waterloo) | MA in Public Issues Anthropology (2011 Waterloo) | PhD in Sociology (2020 Waterloo)