Meet our contract faculty who bring their experience to York as professionals within their industries, visiting professors from other institutions or as top scholars in their fields. Find out more about their professional experience, research activities and areas of academic interest.
Carol Bigwood
PhD: Philosophy, York University MA: English Literature, Waterloo University BA: English Literature and Philosophy, Laurentian University Long Service Teaching Appointment, Humanities/Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies Areas of interest: Gender and …
Brenda L. Blondeau
Brenda completed her M.A. in Women’s Studies (York University) and has completed all components except the dissertation of her Ph.D. in Gender, Feminist and Women’s Studies (York University). She has …
Julie Dowsett
Dr. Julie E. Dowsett holds a B.A. in Political Science and Women’s Studies from Western University, and a M.A. and Ph.D. in Politics from York University. She won the 2013-2014 …
Krista Hunt
Teaching Areas: gender and international relations; violence against women; women and politics. Office: 206 Founders College
Kristine Klement
Kristine Klement holds a Ph.D. in Social and Political Thought from York University. Kristine’s teaching philosophy is grounded in critical and intersectional feminist pedagogies which inspires her approach to Introduction to …
Michelle Mohabeer
Dr. Michelle Mohabeer is a multi award-winning filmmaker/media artist, film scholar and writer. Her latest queer ethnographic documentary, Queer Coolie-tudes (2019) had its Canadian premiere at the 28th Inside Out …
Zoë Newman
Zoë Newman’s research investigates places where constructions of gender, race, and sexuality shape each other and meet up with ideas about citizenship, neoliberalism and public space. I teach both in …
Katherine (Kato) Perdue
Kato holds a PhD in History, Sexuality and Gender Studies from York University, where she did her undergraduate work. She has taught History of Women in Canada, Queer Cultures, and …
Lisa Sandlos
Dr. Lisa Sandlos has been a faculty member at York University since 1998, teaching in the Department of Dance, the School of Kinesiology and Health Sciences, the School of Gender, …
Reese Simpkins
Reese Simpkins is Contract Faculty in the School of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies and the Department of Social Science, where he teaches in the Law and Society Program. He …