Core Faculty

Core faculty are full-time, tenured or tenure track members of the department responsible for research, teaching, supervision, and university service.

 

Luke Ashworth
Luke Ashworth
Professor

Research Interests: History of international thought; international relations theory

Luke Ashworth's profile

T: (709) 864-4402 | E: lashworth[at]mun[dot]ca | O: SN 2045 |

Amanda Bittner
Amanda Bittner
Professor

Research Interests: Elections and voting; political psychology; women and politics

Amanda Bittner's profile | professional webpage

T: (709) 864-8186 | E: abittner[at]mun[dot]ca | O: SN 2038 |

Kelly Blidook
Kelly Blidook
Associate Professor

Research Interests: Political and legislative behaviour; political representation; public opinion; political institutions

Kelly Blidook's profile

T: (709) 864-8184 | E: kblidook[at]mun[dot]ca | O: SN 2042 |

Angela Carter
Angela Carter
Canada Research Chair in Equitable Energy Governance and Public Policy | Associate Professor

Research Interests: Environmental policy and policy; climate crisis; equitable transitions from oil dependence; international comparative and Canadian politics

Angela Carter's profile

T: (709) 864-8178 | E: avcarter[at]mun[dot]ca | O: SN2032 & IIC2005A |

Isabelle Côté
Isabelle Côté
Associate Professor

Research Interests: Ethnic conflict and civil wars; contentious politics; political demography; China and Southeast Asia; migration

Isabelle Côté's profile

T: (709) 864-8174 | E: icote[at]mun[dot]ca | O: SN 2044 |

Christina Doonan
Christina Doonan
Associate Professor | Joint Appointment with Gender Studies

Research Interests: Political theory; human rights and humanitarianism; gender and politics; public health; law and society

Christina Doonan's profile

T: (709) 864-7413 | E: cdoonan[at]mun[dot]ca | O: SN 2043 |

Sean Gray
Sean Gray
Assistant Professor & Undergraduate Program Director

Research Interests: Political theory; democratic theory; deliberation and civic engagement; ethics and public policy; law and social justice

Sean Gray's profile

T: (709) 864-8185 | E: swdgray[at]mun[dot]ca | O: SN2034 |

Sarah Martin
Sarah Martin
Associate Professor & Graduate Coordinator | Cross Appointment with Geography

Research Interests: Food politics; environmental politics; global governance

Sarah Martin's profile

T: (709) 864-8181 | E: smartin13[at]mun[dot]ca | O: SN 2046 |

Scott Matthews
Scott Matthews
Professor & Head

Research Interests: Elections; public opinion and voting behaviour; political psychology; political parties; parties and elections in the U.S. and Canada

Scott Matthews' profile

T: (709) 864-3093 | E: scott.matthews[at]mun[dot]ca | O: SN 2047 |

Dimitrios Panagos
Dimitrios Panagos
Associate Professor

Research Interests: Aboriginal politics; contemporary political theory; identity politics; resource management and governance

Dimitrios Panagos' profile

T: (709) 864-8175 | E: dpanagos[at]mun[dot]ca | O: SN 2039 |

Elizabeth Schwartz
Elizabeth Schwartz
Assistant Professor

Research Interests: Municipal politics; environmental policy; public policy; Canadian politics

Elizabeth Schwartz's profile

T: (709) 864-8303 | E: eschwartz[at]mun[dot]ca | O: SN 2040 |

Jennifer Selby
Jennifer Selby
Professor | Joint Appointment with Religious Studies

Research Interests: Politics and Religion (Islam in the North Atlantic world); Secularism; Gender

Jennifer Selby’s profile

T: (709) 864-4046 | E: jselby[at]mun[dot]ca | O: A5029 |

Barry Stephenson
Barry Stephenson
Associate Professor | Joint Appointment with Religious Studies

Research Interests: Politics and religion; ritual and performance theory

Barry Stephenson’s profile

T: (709) 864-8113 | E: bstephenson[at]mun[dot]ca | O: A5005 |

Russell Williams
Russell Williams
Associate Professor

Research Interests: Globalization; public policy

Russell Williams' profile

T: (709) 864-8189 | E: russellw[at]mun[dot]ca | O: SN 2035 |

Retired Faculty

Stephen Tomblin
Stephen Tomblin
Professor Emeritus

Research Interests: Comparative public policy; governance and knowledge construction

Stephen Tomblin's profile

T: (709) 864-8049 | E: stomblin[at]mun[dot]ca | O: A 3004 |

Steven Wolinetz
Professor Emeritus

Research Interests: Comparative and West European politics; political parties; social partnership; smaller democracies; Netherlands

Steven Wolinetz's profile

T: (709) 864-8179 | E: swolin[at]mun[dot]ca |