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Robert Case

Associate Professor, Social Development Studies

Research interests: Social welfare policy, community development, community organization, social movements, and activism

Doug Cowan

Professor, Religious Studies and Social Development Studies

Research interests: Popular culture; sociology of knowledge and propaganda theory; religion and social development; meaning-making through storytelling and gameplay; atheism, skepticism, and non-belief

Joint-Appointment: Religious Studies

Hsiao d'Ailly

Associate Professor, Social Development Studies

Research interests: Mathematics learning and teaching, educational psychology, motivation, cross-cultural studies, self-identity, immigrant adaptation.

Margaret F. (Meg) Gibson

Associate Professor, Social Development Studies and Social Work

Research interests: LGBTQ communities and sexuality studies; Disability studies; Parenting and families; Critical social work practice; Feminist research methods; History and philosophy of healthcare and social services

Joint-Appointment: School of Social Work

Craig Fortier

Associate Professor, Social Development Studies

Research interests: Settler colonialism; social movements, abolitionist and decolonizing social work; popular culture and radical change; trans-disciplinary social justice pedagogy; urban memorialization; accounting history; Indigenous & settler relationships, colonization/decolonization; Indigenous theory; migrant justice movements; nationalism and sovereignty; queer, trans*, and non-binary participation in sport; and baseball history.

Cross-Appointment: Gender and Social Justice Studies

Chris Hiller

Assistant Professor, Social Development Studies

Research interests: Settler colonialism; Indigenous-settler relations; education towards decolonization; critical pedagogy; alliance building and allyship; social movements; anti-colonial activism; conflict transformation and peacebuilding; qualitative research methods; narrative; anti-oppressive and anti-colonial social work

Kristina Llewellyn

Professor, Social Development Studies

(On sabbatical)


Research interests: Oral history and citizenship education; history and sociology of education; equity and restorative approaches to education; gender history; qualitative methods; teachers and teaching; feminist pedagogies; virtual reality and education.

Denise Marigold

Associate Professor, Chair of Social Development Studies

Research interests: Close relationships; social support; attachment; self-esteem; positive psychology

Crystena Parker-Shandal

Associate Professor, Social Development Studies

Research interests: Restorative justice in education, transformative justice, antiracist education, critical literacy, equity and inclusion, immigrants and refugees, K-12 schools; youth leadership; social justice; peacebuilding and dialogue

Sharon Roberts

Associate Professor, Social Development Studies

Research interests: Transition to adulthood; identity resolution; anthropomorphic identities (furry fandom, furries); youth  

Arshi Shaikh-Grande

Associate Professor, Social Development Studies

Research interests: Healing, wellbeing and wellness; diversity of worldviews; structural violence of colonization, patriarchy, and capitalism (neoliberalism); tantric path of inner awakening; matrilineal spirituality and matriarchal societies