Faculty Members

Please feel free to contact faculty members to discuss areas of interest and research.

Dr. John Valk- MPhil Program Director; Professor of Worldview Studies, Renaissance College (UNB); Research Areas: Worldviews, worldviews and education, policy studies and religion.

Dr. Linda Eyre- Assistant Dean of Interdisciplinary Studies (School of Graduate Studies). Professor, Faculty of Education.

Dr. Ted Needham- Professor, Forestry and Environmental Management

Dr. Linda Neilson- Professor, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts.

Dr. Thomas Mengel- Integrator and Professor Renaissance College (UNB)

Dr. Ian Methven- Director, Centre for Property Studies (UNB)

Dr. Cynthia Stacey - Dean of Renaissance College (UNB); Research Areas: Community health and sustainability, especially regarding community engagement, mobilization and capacity building related to nature-based recreation and tourism.

Other UNB Faculty Resources

  • Dr. Paul Howe: Department of Political Science- Research Areas: Democracy, democratic institutions and citizen engagement.
  • Dr. Don Floyd: Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management- Research Areas: Governance of natural resources and environmental conflict management.
  • Dr. Taylor Gray: Honorary Research Associate, Renaissance College (UNB)- Research Areas: Corporate governance; corporate social and environmental accountability; public policy; stakeholder engagement.
  • Dr. Susan O'Donnell: Department of Sociology. Adjunct Professor- Research Areas: social, political and critical understanding of information and communication technologies (ICT), technology and First Nations, social movements and democratic engagement on the Internet.
  • Dr. Deborah Stienstra: Adjunct Professor. Professor in Disability Studies at the University of Manitoba and Nancy's Chair in Women's Studies at Mount Saint Vincent University. Research Area: Disability Studies.
  • Dr. Melanie Wiber: Department of Anthropology- Research Areas: Economic and legal anthropology, gender, fisheries, property theory, and legal pluralism.
  • Dr. Doug Willms: Faculty of Education- Canadian Research Institute for Social Policy (CRISP)- Research Areas: Large-scale assessment, school effectiveness, literacy/literacy development, human development.