Faculty Expertise

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Contact	Areas of Expertise
Daniel Brandes Assistant Professor of Humanities; Director, Foundation Year Program	Contemporary political theory Post-Kantian continental philosophy Modern Jewish thought Jewish philosophy from Maimonides to Levinas Hannah Arendt
Sarah Clift Vice-President, Associate Professor, Contemporary Studies	Philosophies of memory Philosophies and practices of translation Trauma theory Modern social and political thought Remembrance and public space The politics of public apologies Contemporary philosophy (deconstruction; existential philosophy; phenomenology)
Tim Currie Assistant Professor of Journalism	Social media Online comments Corrections
Pauline Dakin Assistant Professor of Journalism	Podcasting Audio journalism Science/health reporting
Mélanie Frappier Associate Professor of Humanities	History of medicine Modern science Engineering ethics (fluent in French)
Kyle Fraser Associate Professor of Humanities; Director, History of Science and Technology Program	Ancient philosophy and science Ancient religions History of magic and the occult History of alchemy History of astrology and divination
Samuel Gillis Hogan Faculty Fellow in the Humanities, Foundation Year Program	History of magic and occult philosophy History of medieval and early modern necromancy (spirit summoning rituals) History of chiromancy, divination, and astrology Premodern conceptions of fairies
Dorota Glowacka Professor, Contemporary Studies	Holocaust and genocide studies Gender and genocide Holocaust literature and art Polish-Jewish relations after the Holocaust Gender studies and feminist theory Continental philosophy
Dean Jobb Professor, Writing & Publishing	Writing/researching creative nonfiction Media law Defamation and publication bans Press freedom and media history
Stephen Kimber Inglis Professor, MFA Cohort Director	Long-form narratives The role of fact in fiction and nonfiction Historical fiction Nova Scotia politics
Simon Kow Professor of Humanities	Early modern political thought Encounters between East Asian and Western thought and culture Global history of maritime piracy The Enlightenment
Kathryn Morris Assistant Professor of Humanities; Director, Early Modern Studies Program	Early modern witchcraft The vampire (early modern to contemporary) Early modern science Early modern science fiction
Peter O’Brien Assistant Professor, Latin Literature	Latin Ancient Greek Classical literature Mythology Roman History
Trina Roache Assistant Professor, Journalism	Indigenous issues Decolonization and reconciliation in journalism Visual storytelling Documentary Mi’kmaw history and contemporary society
Stephen Snobelen Professor of Humanities	Isaac Newton Early modern science The popularisation of science 18c – present The relationship between science & religion History of communication technologies Science fiction film Apocalyptic, prophetic and millenarian thought
Ian Stewart Associate Professor of Humanities	History of ancient, medieval and early modern science and philosophy History and philosophy of climate change science Contemporary issues in environmental management Social-ecological systems theory
David Swick Associate Professor of Journalism	Journalism ethics Long-form narratives
Terra Tailleur Assistant Professor, Multimedia	Digital news Online writing and production Journalism ethics, verification and fact-checking Multimedia Work-integrated learning
Kelly Toughill Associate Professor of Journalism	Journalism business models Numeracy
Gillian Turnbull Director, Writing & Publishing	Popular, folk, country music Gender and pop music Writing, creative nonfiction/fiction
Fred Vallance-Jones Associate Professor of Journalism	Investigative journalism Data / public records Government openness Freedom of information

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