Faculty of Arts

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Chair

Dr. Monica Sanchez-FloresChair - Environment, Culture, and Society

Dr. Monica Sanchez-Flores (she/her) is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at TRU. She has a PhD in Sociology and MSc in Social and Political Theory, both from the University of Edinburgh. She earned her BA in Public Administration at El Colegio de Mexico, Mexico...

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Anthropology

Dr. Lisa CookeAssociate Professor

My research and teaching interests revolve around Indigenous-Settler relations, contemporary colonial cultural forms, and the anthropology of space and place. I approach the investigation of Indigenous-Settler relations ethnographically through those moments where complexes of cultural values, and historical and contemporary power relations come together...

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Dr. Karl HutchingsAssociate Professor (Archaeology)

Dr. Hutchings's primary research interests include lithic technology (including fracture mechanics and use-wear analysis), Paleoindians, the Middle-Upper Paleolithic transition, ancient technologies, experimental archaeology, archaeological theory, and the development of middle-range approaches for stone tool analysis.

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Dr. Humayun KabirAssistant Teaching Professor
Dr. Richard McCutcheonDean

Geography & Environmental Studies

Dr. Darryl Carlyle-MosesAssociate Professor

My research goals are to better understand the influence ecosystem processes and climate have on the movement and storage of water within vegetated ecosystems, including urban forests.

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Dr. David HillProfessor

Approach your studies with an open mind and a respect for the knowledge of those who are teaching you. The world is changing rapidly, and you will never know beforehand what you will need to understand in the future. Courses and programs are well...

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Crystal HuscroftAssociate Teaching Professor

Inspiring students and giving them the tools to explore how our Earth system operates so that they can make a positive difference in the world.

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Dr. Michael MehtaProfessor

Dr. Mehta was Dean of the Faculty of Arts at Thompson Rivers University, Principal of Richardson College for the Environment at the University of Winnipeg, Executive Director of the Population Research Laboratory at the University of Alberta, and Chair of a program on the...

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Dr. Robin WestlandAssistant Teaching Professor

University Instructors & Sessionals

Sociology

Daniel DorogiAssistant Teaching Professor
Dr. Kriston D’AmuroAssistant Teaching Professor
Dr. Jiyoung Lee-AnAssistant Teaching Professor

I am a critical race feminist sociologist and interdisciplinary scholar and my teaching interests are migration, feminism, critical race theories, transnationalism, activism, social justice, decolonial feminist theories, critical multiculturalism, Canadian Studies, Korean studies, and comparative studies.

I understand teaching, research and activism to be integrated...

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Ron McGivernAssociate Teaching Professor
Dr. Lindsey McKayAssistant Teaching Professor

Dr. Lindsey McKay is a feminist political economist of health, medicine, and care work. Equity is a central theme in her research and approach to teaching. Current areas of social justice research include parental leave inequality, critical organ donation, and, trust and policy during pandemics.

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Dr. Michael MehtaProfessor

Dr. Mehta was Dean of the Faculty of Arts at Thompson Rivers University, Principal of Richardson College for the Environment at the University of Winnipeg, Executive Director of the Population Research Laboratory at the University of Alberta, and Chair of a program on the...

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Dr. Monica Sanchez-FloresChair - Environment, Culture, and Society

Dr. Monica Sanchez-Flores (she/her) is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at TRU. She has a PhD in Sociology and MSc in Social and Political Theory, both from the University of Edinburgh. She earned her BA in Public Administration at El Colegio de Mexico, Mexico...

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Dr. Jennifer ShawAssistant Teaching Professor

Jenny Shaw (she/her/hers) is a cultural anthropologist, multimodal ethnographer, and creative facilitator. She completed her PhD in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Simon Fraser University in 2018. Her teaching is transdisciplinary, bridging anthropology with sociology and political studies. She offers a particular...

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Dr. Rochelle StevensonAssociate Professor

ASK QUESTIONS! If you don't know, if you're unsure, ask! Whether in class, during office hours, online, in an email-ask! I would much rather have a ton of questions than have even one student say, 'I wasn't sure, but didn't want to ask.' What...

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University Instructors & Sessionals

Dr. Momotaj BegumSessional Instructor

Police and Justice Studies University Instructors & Sessionals

Brian CassellUniversity Instructor
Gregory DucharmeSessional Instructor