Faculty of Arts

Our Faculty

Chair

Dr. David HillInterim Chair – Environment, Culture, and Society
Dr. David HillInterim Chair – Environment, Culture, and Society

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....

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Anthropology

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 McCutcheonAssociate Professor

Geography & Environmental Studies

Dr. Darryl Carlyle-MosesProfessor

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 HillInterim Chair – Environment, Culture, and Society
Dr. David HillInterim Chair – Environment, Culture, and Society

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....

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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...

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Dr. Robin WestlandAssistant Teaching Professor

University Instructors & Sessionals

David SanderSessional Instructor
Ken WhiteheadSessional Instructor

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...

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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,...

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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...

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Dr. Monica Sanchez-FloresAssociate Professor

Dr. Monica Sanchez-Flores (she/her) is an Associate 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...

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Dr. Jennifer ShawAssistant Teaching Professor

Jennifer 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...

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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...

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University Instructors & Sessionals

Dr. Momotaj BegumUniversity Instructor

Police and Justice Studies University Instructors & Sessionals

Brian CassellSessional Instructor
Gregory DucharmeSessional Instructor
Glen FehrSessional Instructor
Robert ShanksSessional Instructor