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Faculty & Staff

Faculty

Catherine Althaus-Kaefer

Catherine Althaus-Kaefer, PhD (Griffith)
Assistant Professor

Office: HSD A362
Phone: 250-721-8060
E-mail: calthaus@uvic.ca
Visit Catherine's web page

public policy processes | risk analysis and risk theory | public sector leadership | bioethics | religion and politics | comparative policy and public sector management
Herman Bakvis

Herman Bakvis, PhD (UBC)
Professor
Office: HSD A342
Phone: 250-721-8065
E-mail: hbakvis@uvic.ca
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intergovernmental relations | the policy process | government structure and organization | political parties and interest groups
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Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly, PhD (UWO)
Associate Professor and Co-Director, Local Government Institute

Office: HSD A350
Phone: 250-721-6418
E-mail: ebrunetj@uvic.ca
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local government and politics | crossborder regions | comparative urban politics
Bart Cunningham

Barton Cunningham, PhD (Southern California)
Professor
Office: HSD A356
Phone: 250-721-8059
E-mail: bcunning@uvic.ca
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organizational change | entrepreneurial decision-making | stress and motivation | human resource management | action research
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Lynda Gagné, PhD (UBC)
Assistant Professor
Office: HSD A344
Phone: 250-721-8063
E-mail: lgagne@uvic.ca
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child care policy | children outcomes | social programs | applied econometrics and microeconomics
David Good

David A. Good, PhD (California, Berkeley)
Professor and Director, Strategic Research
Office: HSD A326
Phone: 250-721-8058
E-mail: dgood@uvic.ca
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public sector reform | budgetary and policy-making process | social policy | program management
Budd Hall

Budd Hall, PhD (UCLA)
Professor and Director, Office of Community Based Research
Office: HSD A340
Phone: 250-721-8062
E-mail: bhall@uvic.ca
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community-based research | international community development | community-university engagement | social movements
John Langford

John Langford, PhD (McGill)
Professor
Office: HSD A354
Phone: 250-721-8057
E-mail: jlangfor@uvic.ca
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canadian politics and government | machinery of government | administrative ethics
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Evert A. Lindquist, PhD (California, Berkeley)
Professor and Director
Office: HSD A334
Phone: 250-721-8084
E-mail: evert@uvic.ca
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machinery of government and policy-making | policy communities and networks | the role of think tanks
Jim MacGregor

James N. MacGregor, PhD (UVic)
Professor
Office: HSD A360
Phone: 250-721-6435
E-mail: jmacgreg@uvic.ca
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organizational behaviour | human information processing | problem solving
Rich Marcy

Richard T. Marcy, PhD (Oklahoma)
Assistant Professor
Office: HSD A370
Phone: 250-721-8054
E-mail: rtmarcy@uvic.ca
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public sector leadership | leadership development | adaptation and cognition in organizations | management of meaning in organizations
Jim McDavid

James C. McDavid, PhD (Indiana)
Professor, Graduate Advisor and
Co-Director, Local Government Institute
Office: HSD A336
Phone: 250-472-4293
E-mail: jmcdavid@uvic.ca
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program evaluation | performance management | local government service delivery
Jerry McHale

M. Jerry McHale, Q.C.
Lam Chair in Law and Public Policy
Office: Faculty of Law
Phone: 250-721-7647
E-mail: mjmchale@uvic.ca
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mediation and dispute resolution | access to justice and justice reform| policy development and the legislative process
Tara Ney

Tara Ney, PhD (Southampton)
Assistant Professor and MADR Graduate Coordinator
Office: HSD A316
Phone: 250-721-8199
E-mail: tney@uvic.ca
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conflict-related impact of policy | discourse theory and conflict | war-affected children | family law policy | health-care policy processes | restorative justice
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Lynne Siemens, PhD (Hertfordshire, UK)
Assistant Professor and MACD Graduate Coordinator
Office: HSD A324
Phone: 250-721-8069
E-mail: siemensl@uvic.ca
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entrepreneurship and small business | rural economic development | government and business relations | organizational behaviour | academic team development
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Kim Speers, PhD (University of Alberta)
Senior Instructor
Office: HSD A354
Phone: 250-721-8057
E-mail: kspeers@uvic.ca
performance measurement and management | accountability framewords | change management| food politics| business and strategic planning in government

Lindsay Tedds

Lindsay Tedds, PhD (McMaster)
Assistant Professor
Office: HSD A346
Phone: 250-721-8068
E-mail: ltedds@uvic.ca
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applied microeconometrics/econometrics | applied public economics | economics of taxation | tax non-compliance | underground economy | time use
Thea Vakil

Thea Vakil, PhD (UVic)
Associate Professor and Associate Director of the School
Office: HSD A314
Phone: 250-721-6442
E-mail: tvakil@uvic.ca
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design and maintenance of organizations | structure of government and the non-profit sector | principles of public administration
Rebecca Warburton

Rebecca N. Warburton, PhD (London, UK)
Associate Professor
Office: HSD A364
Phone: 250-721-8066
E-mail: rnwarbur@uvic.ca
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health economics | economic methods for policy analysis | economic evaluation | health technology assessment

Adjunct

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Colin Bennett, PhD (Illinois)
Adjunct Professor

E-mail: cjb@uvic.ca




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Michelle Brady, PhD (U of Alberta)
Adjunct Assistant Professor

E-mail: mabrady@uvic.ca
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gender and social policy | income support and employment programs for single parents | research methods and evaluation | political and social thought
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Oliver Brandes, LLB (UVic)
Adjunct Professor
E-mail: omb@uvic.ca




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Leslie Brown, PhD (UVic)
Adjunct Professor

E-mail: lbrown@uvic.ca




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Tracy Byrne, PhD (University of Glasgow)
Adjunct Assistant Professor

E-mail: Tracy.Byrne@insideoutresearch.ca




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Barry Carin, PhD (Brown)
Adjunct Associate Professor
Associate Director, Centre for Global Studies, UVic
E-mail: bcarin@uvic.ca
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Ryan Compton, PhD (Washington University in St. Louis)
Adjunct Associate Professor

E-mail: Compton@cc.umanitoba.ca




Lyn Davis

Lyn Davis, PhD (Florida State University)
Adjunct Associate Professor
E-mail: lyndavis@uvic.ca
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research methodologies | scholarship of teaching and learning | housing | lesbian social justice | non-profit organizational development
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John Fryer, MA (Pittsburgh)
Adjunct Professor

E-mail: jfryer@uvic.ca
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Allison Habkirk, MA, MPA, MPIBC
Adjunct Assistant Professor

E-mail: ahabkirk@uvic.ca

Courses taught:

  • ADMN 423: Local Government in BC
  • ADMN 446: Local Government Land Use Planning
  • ADMN 465: Local Government Policy
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Yvonne Harrison, PhD (UVic)
Adjunct Assistant Professor

Email: yharriso@seattleu.edu




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Cosmo Howard, PhD (Australian National University)
Adjunct Associate Professor

Email: howardc@uvic.ca




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Laurie Jackson, PhD (UVic)
Adjunct Professor

Email: jacksola@uvic.ca

Courses taught:

  • ADMN 420: The Public Policy Process
  • ADMN 470: Contemporary Topics in Administration: Government, Business and Non-profit Sector Relations
  • ADMN 470: Contemporary Topics in Administration: Stakeholder Analysis
  • ADMN 477/577: Strategic Planning and Implementation
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Harvey Lazar, PhD (London School of Economics)
Adjunct Professor

Email: hlazar@uvic.ca




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Michelle LeBaron, MA (SFU), LLB (UBC)
Adjunct Professor

Email: lebaron@law.ubc.ca

Courses taught:

  • DR 502: Conflict, Culture and Diversity
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Sabine Lehr, PhD (UVic)
Adjunct Professor

Email: sabine@uvic.ca


Courses taught:

  • CD 501 : Anchoring a Change Agenda: Foundations
  • CD 506: Enterprise Development for Community Development
  • ADMN 502a: Research Design: Critical appraisal of information
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Sharon Manson Singer, PhD (Brandeis University)
Adjunct Associate Professor

Email: smansonsinger@gmail.com




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John Mayne, PhD (Northwestern University)
Adjunct Associate Professor

Email: John.Mayne@rogers.com




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Gordon McIntosh, PhD (UVic)
Adjunct Assistant Professor

Email: gamcintosh@shaw.com




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Heather McRae, PhD (SFU)
Adjunct Assistant Professor

Email: hmcrae@uvcs.uvic.ca




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Catherine Morris, JD (Alberta), LLM (UBC)
Adjunct Professor

Email: cmorris@lampion.bc.ca




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Victor Murray, PhD (Cornell)
Adjunct Professor

E-mail: vmurray@uvic.ca
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Interests: Management of Non-profit and Voluntary Sector Organizations

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Diana M. Smith, BSc (Alberta), MPA (Carleton)
Adjunct Assistant Professor

E-mail: diana@ecosolcan.com
Visit Diana's web page

Courses taught:

  • ADMN 409: Leading and Managing in the Non-Profit Sector
  • CD 509: Developing Capacities to Lead and Manage in the Non-profit Sector
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Gordon Smith, BA (McGill), PhD (MIT)
Adjunct Professor
Executive Director, Centre for Global Studies, UVic
E-mail: gssmith@uvic.ca
Visit Gordon's web page

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Jo-Anne Stoltz, PhD (UVic)
Adjunct Professor

E-mail: jstoltz@uvic.ca

Courses taught:

  • DR 512: Reflective Practice
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Dale Wall, MPA (UVic)
Adjunct Associate Professor

E-mail: dwall2010@gmail.com




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Sam Weller, CA, MBA
Adjunct Assistant Professor

E-mail: sam.weller@shaw.ca


Courses taught:

  • ADMN 421: Financial Management
  • ADMN 448: Local Government Finance

Emeritus

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Robert L. Bish, PhD (Indiana)
Professor Emeritus
E-mail: rbish@uvic.ca
Visit Bob's web page



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James Cutt, PhD (Toronto)
Professor Emeritus
E-mail: jcutt@uvic.ca




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A. Rodney Dobell, PhD (MIT)
Professor Emeritus
E-mail: rdobell@uvic.ca
Visit Rod's web page



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Hartmut J. Will, PhD (Illinois)
Professor Emeritus
E-mail: hwill@uvic.ca
Visit Hart's web page

Interests: Accounting, auditing, and modern information systems; protection and security of information systems contents; epistemology and cognitive science.

Sessional Instructors

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Ken Armour
Email: karmour@uvic.ca


Courses taught:

  • ADMN 504: Public Sector Governance
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Elsie Chan, MA
E-mail: esfchan@uvic.ca


Courses taught:

  • ADMN 310: Public Sector Economics
  • ADMN 314: Public Sector Research and Analysis
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Derek Cockburn, CGA
Email: dcockbur@uvic.ca


Courses taught:

  • ADMN 512: Financial Management, Accountability and Performance Measurement
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Greg Conner, MPA
E-mail: greg.conner@hpadvancedsolutions.com


Courses taught:

  • ADMN 431: Public Sector Human Resources and Labour Relations
  • ADMN 530/ 530A/ 530B: Increasing Organizational Effectiveness: Working with Consultants
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Michael Costello, MA
E-mail: mcost@uvic.ca


Courses taught:

  • ADMN 509: Public Sector Economics
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Lisa Cowan
E-mail: lcowan@uvic.ca


Courses taught:

  • ADMN 551: Co-instructor, Administrative Law and Federalism
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Susan Doyle, MA
E-mail: sdoyle@uvic.ca


Courses taught:

  • ADMN 516: Writing in the Public Sector
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Dianne Flood
E-mail: dianef@uvic.ca


Courses taught:

  • ADMN 551: Co-instructor, Administrative Law and Federalism
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Allison Habkirk, MA, MPA, MPIBC
E-mail: ahabkirk@uvic.ca


Courses taught:

  • ADMN 423: Local Government in BC
  • ADMN 446: Local Government Land Use Planning
  • ADMN 465: Local Government Policy
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Bo Hansen, BA, MA, MPA
E-mail: bhansen@uvic.ca


Courses taught:

  • ADMN 420: Public Policy Process
  • ADMN 537: Program Evaluation and Performance Measurement
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Laurie Jackson, PhD (UVic)
E-mail: lauriejackson000@yahoo.ca


Courses taught:

  • ADMN 420: The Public Policy Process
  • ADMN 470: Contemporary Topics in Administration: Governemtn, Business and Non-profit Sector Relations
  • ADMN 470: Contemporary Topics in Administration: Stakeholder Analysis
  • ADMN 477/577: Strategic Planning and Implementation
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Theresa McKeown


Courses taught:

  • ADMN 516: Writing in the Public Sector
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Raj Mehta, MA
E-mail: rmehta@uvic.ca


Courses taught:

  • ADMN 316: Written Communications in the Public and Non-Profit Sectors
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Ines Piccinino
E-mail: inezp@uvic.ca


Courses taught:

  • ADMN 509: Public Sector Economics
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Ross Porter, MPA
E-mail: rporter@uvic.ca


Courses taught:

  • ADMN 507: Public Sector Leadership: Teams, Self and Organization
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Jim Soles
Email: jimsoles@shaw.ca


Courses taught:

  • ADMN 504: Public Sector Governance
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Kathryn Stuart, BA, LLB, MA
E-mail: kstuart@sms.bc.ca


Courses taught:

  • ADMN 452: Local Government Law
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Brian Vatne
Email: brvatne@gmail.com


Courses taught:

  • ADMN 437: Program Evaluation and Performance Measurement
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William Warburton, PhD


Courses taught:

  • ADMN 502B: Statistical Analysis
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Sam Weller, CA, MBA
E-mail: sam.weller@shaw.ca


Courses taught:

  • ADMN 421: Financial Management
  • ADMN 448: Local Government Finance

Staff

Christine Corr

Christine Corr
Co-op Assistant

Office: HSD-A302
Phone: 250-721-8061
E-mail: spacoop@uvic.ca

Contact for information on the Co-op program.



Tara Da Silva

Tara Da Silva
Administrative Assistant

Office: HSD-A302
Phone: 250-721-8074
E-mail: macd@uvic.ca or gradcert@uvic.ca

Contact for inquiries on the Master of Arts in Community Development (MACD) and Graduate Certificate programs.

Silvia Dulc

Silvia Dulc
Acting Academic Administrative Officer

Office: HSD-A312
Phone: 250-472-4196
E-mail: paadmin@uvic.ca



Jennifer Guest

Jennifer Guest
CPSS Project Assistant

Office: HSD-A379
Phone: 250-472-4585
E-mail: jsguest@uvic.ca

Contact for inquiries regarding Centre for Public Sector Studies training projects and events.

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Bonnie Keleher
Administrative Assistant

Office: HSD-A302
Phone: 250-721-6446
E-mail: madr@uvic.ca or spadipl@uvic.ca

Contact for inquiries on the Master of Arts in Dispute Resolution (MADR), the Diploma in Public Sector Management, the Diploma in Local Government Management and Undergraduate Professional Specialization Certificate programs.

Heather Kirkham

Heather A. Kirkham, BA (Lethbridge)
Program Manager, Undergraduate and MADR Programs

Office: HSD A306
Phone: 250-721-8067
E-mail: hkirkham@uvic.ca




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Judy Selina
Graduate Administrative Assistant

Office: HSD-A302
Phone: 250-721-6448
E-mail: jselina@uvic.ca

Contact for information on policies and procedures concerning Master of Public Administration and PhD programs.

Barb Svec

Barbara Svec, MPA (UVic)
Co-operative Education Coordinator

Office: HSD A366
Phone: 250-721-8064
E-mail: bsvec@uvic.ca



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Wendy Swan
Program Manager, MACD
Office: HSD-A320
Phone: 250-721-8082
E-mail: cdadmin@uvic.ca



Thea Vakil

Thea Vakil
Executive Director, Centre for Public Sector Studies

Office: HSD-A314
Phone: 250-721-6442
E-mail: tvakil@uvic.ca



Belle Young

Belle Young
Departmental Secretary, and Administrative Assistant to the Director

Office: HSD-A302
Phone: 250-721-8056
E-mail: youngb@uvic.ca

Contact for general inquiries regarding the School of Public Administration.

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