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Full-time Children, Childhood & Youth Program Faculty

Kabita Chakraborty, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Humanities
227 Founders College
Telephone: (416)736-2100 x 66915
E-mail: kabitac@yorku.ca

Cheryl Cowdy, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Humanities, Children, Childhood and Youth Program
204 Vanier College
Telephone: (416)736-2100 x 77021
E-mail: ccowdy@yorku.ca

Peter E. Cumming, Ph.D. (Emeritus)
Associate Professor
Department of Humanities
Academic Website
E-mail: cummingp@yorku.ca

Cheryl L. Van Daalen-Smith, Ph.D.
Associate Dean, Academic, Faculty of Graduate Studies; Associate Professor
Nursing; Women’s Studies; Humanities;
230T York Lanes
Telephone: (416) 736-2100 x 66957
Academic Website
E-mail: cvandaal@yorku.ca

Andrea Emberly, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Humanities
236 Vanier College
Telephone: (416) 736-2100 x 77094
E-mail: aemberly@yorku.ca

Alison Halsall, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Humanities, Coordinator, Children, Childhood and Youth Program
234 Vanier College
Telephone: (416) 736-2100 x 33944
E-mail: ccycoor@yorku.ca

Roger Fisher, Ph.D
Associate Professor
Department of Humanities
Email: rfisher@yorku.ca

Abigail Shabtay, Ph.D
Assistant Professor
Department of Humanities
Email: ashabtay@yorku.ca

Profile photo of professor Shabtay as a child
Profile photo of professor Shabtay

Anuppiriya Sriskandarajah, Ph.D
Associate Professor
Department of Humanities
235 Vanier College
(416) 736-2100 ext. 66988
Email: sriskana@yorku.ca

Ann Marie Murnaghan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Humanities
Email: amfm@yorku.ca

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Ann Marie Murnaghan

Gurbir Jolly

Sessional Assistant Professor
Email: gsjolly@yorku.ca

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Kael Reid

Assistant Professor
Department of Humanities
Email: kaelreid@yorku.ca

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Post-Doctoral Children, Childhood & Youth Program Appointment

Tariq Habibyar
Email: tariqhab@yorku.ca

Contract Children, Childhood & Youth Program Faculty