Faculty
Dr. Tina Block- History Program Coordinator My research interests include the history of religion, gender, and family in postwar North America. Much of my research has focused on the regional context of the Pacific Northwest, and I am particularly interested in understanding the place of religion in the construction of British Columbia identity. I also seek to examine and explain the history of women's religious (and irreligious) lives, and the meanings and consequences of atheism in Cold War era Canada.
Dr. Anne Gagnon- History Major Program Advisor Born in Quebec and raised in the Peace River District of Alberta, Dr. Gagnon's interests in immigration and ethnicity, the Prairie West, Quebec, and women are closely linked to her identity and experiences as a Franco-Albertan. She has published articles on the history of Franco-Albertan girls and women in Historical Studies in Education/Revue d'histoire de l'education and in Prairie Forum.
Her current research interests are in onomastics, specifically child-naming practices and modernization in Franco-Albertan communities, 1890s to the 1950s.
Dr. Michael GormanInterests include history of the American South, the Civil War, 20th-century popular culture and American political history. Research interests also include 19th-century Southern history and American culture from 1930-1960.
Dr. Anne St. John-Stark Interests include British, American and European social history, religious history, history of popular belief, history of science and technology; Sixteenth through Eighteenth century studies; United States history, especially folk and religious history, political history; History of civilian and military responses during war; History of emotions, mental illness, PTSD; Intellectual history Europe and Britain: millenarism, apocalyptic thought, catastrophe awareness and responses.