Meet Our Faculty

Meet the faculty who inspire, innovate, and lead. Through their teaching, research, and service, our faculty members make a lasting impact on students, communities, and their fields of expertise

Faculty Spotlights

Explore our faculty profiles and stories to discover the people behind our Faculty’s success. Learn about their diverse backgrounds, research interests, teaching passions, and the unique contributions they make to advancing knowledge, inspiring students, and strengthening our community.

Katey Kyle

Lecturer, Geography

Katey Kyle

Lecturer, Geography

Geoffrey Sigalet

Assistant Professor, Political Science

Geoffrey Sigalet

Assistant Professor, Political Science

Ilya Parkins

Professor, Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies

Ilya Parkins

Professor, Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies

Tim Paulson

Assistant Professor, History

Tim Paulson

Assistant Professor, History

Margaret Carlyle

Assistant Professor, History

Margaret Carlyle

Assistant Professor, History

Jeannette Armstrong

Professor, Indigenous Studies

Jeannette Armstrong

Professor, Indigenous Studies

Ben Nilson

Associate Professor, History

Ben Nilson

Associate Professor, History

Susan Holtzman

Associate Professor, Psychology

Susan Holtzman

Associate Professor, Psychology

Manfred Elfstrom

Associate Professor, International Relations

Manfred Elfstrom

Associate Professor, International Relations

Onyx Sloan Morgan

Assistant Professor, Community, Culture and Global Studies

Onyx Sloan Morgan

Assistant Professor, Community, Culture and Global Studies

Leanne ten Brinke

Associate Professor, Psychology

Leanne ten Brinke

Associate Professor, Psychology

Jonathan Cinnamon

Associate Professor, Geography

Jonathan Cinnamon

Associate Professor, Geography

Gabrielle Legault

Assistant Professor, Indigenous Studies

Gabrielle Legault

Assistant Professor, Indigenous Studies

Tareq Yousef

Assistant Professor of Teaching

Tareq Yousef

Assistant Professor of Teaching

John Cho

Assistant Professor, Anthropology

John Cho

Assistant Professor, Anthropology

Lauren Human

Associate Professor, Psychology

Lauren Human

Associate Professor, Psychology

Colin Osmond

Assistant Professor, History

Colin Osmond

Assistant Professor, History

Zach Walsh

Professor, Psychology

Zach Walsh

Professor, Psychology

Deana Simonetto

Assistant Professor, Sociology

Deana Simonetto

Assistant Professor, Sociology

Wendy Wong

Professor, Political Science

Wendy Wong

Professor, Political Science

Julien Picault

Professor, Economics

Julien Picault

Professor, Economics

Sarah Kraeutner

Assistant Professor, Psychology

Sarah Kraeutner

Assistant Professor, Psychology

Christine Schreyer

Professor, Anthropology

Christine Schreyer

Professor, Anthropology

Chris Wilson

Lecturer, Psychology

Chris Wilson

Lecturer, Psychology

Jessica Lougheed

Assistant Professor, Psychology

Jessica Lougheed

Assistant Professor, Psychology

Shawn Wilson

Professor, Indigenous Studies

Shawn Wilson

Professor, Indigenous Studies

ACADEMIC Departments

The Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences is organized into four departments that are responsible for the programs offered by our faculty.

Community, Culture and Global Studies

Anthropology | Gender and Women’s Studies | Geography | Indigenous Studies | Interior Salish Languages
The Department of Community, Culture and Global Studies offers undergraduate courses and degrees in Anthropology, Gender and Women’s Studies, Geography, Indigenous Studies and Interior Salish Languages.

Community, Culture and Global Studies

Anthropology | Gender and Women’s Studies | Geography | Indigenous Studies | Interior Salish Languages
Philosophy, political science, and economics are the key disciplines for understanding our complex, globalized world. From managing resources to making policy to driving change, these disciplines create the critical thinkers our world needs.

Economics, Philosophy and Political Science

Economics | International Relations | Philosophy | Political Science | Philosophy, Politics and Economics
Philosophy, political science, and economics are the key disciplines for understanding our complex, globalized world. From managing resources to making policy to driving change, these disciplines create the critical thinkers our world needs.

Economics, Philosophy and Political Science

Economics | International Relations | Philosophy | Political Science | Philosophy, Politics and Economics

History and Sociology

History l Sociology

History and Sociology

History l Sociology
From well-being, to moral development in children, to the possibilities for cannabis in mental health, see what UBC psychology researchers and students are exploring.

Psychology

Psychology
From well-being, to moral development in children, to the possibilities for cannabis in mental health, see what UBC psychology researchers and students are exploring.

Psychology

Psychology