Faculty & staff

Faculty

• Dr. Scott Watson

  Associate professor and chair Political Science

  Office: DTB A316 sdwatson@uvic.ca

• Dr. Kelly Aguirre

  Assistant professor Political Science

  Office: DTB A343 kaguirre@uvic.ca

• Dr. Michelle Bonner

  Professor Political Science

  Office: DTB A338 mbonner@uvic.ca 250-853-3561

• Dr. Marlea Clarke

  Associate professor Political Science

  Office: DTB A344 mjclarke@uvic.ca

• Dr. Claire Cutler

  Professor Political Science

  Office: DTB A352 ccutler@uvic.ca

• Dr. Rita Dhamoon

  Associate professor Political Science

  Office: DTB A339 dhamoonr@uvic.ca

• Dr. Avigail Eisenberg

  Professor Political Science

  Office: DTB A354 avigaile@uvic.ca

• Dr. Simon Glezos

  Associate professor Political Science

  Office: DTB A310 sglezos@uvic.ca

• Dr. Will Greaves

  Associate professor Political Science

  Office: DTB A341 wgreaves@uvic.ca 250-472-5466

• Dr. Lois Harder

  Professor & dean, Faculty of Social Sciences Political Science

  Office: BEC 468 loisharder@uvic.ca

• Dr. Matt James

  Associate professor Political Science

  Office: DTB A340 mattjame@uvic.ca

• Dr. Jamie Lawson

  Associate professor Political Science

  Office: DTB A346 lawsonj@uvic.ca 250-721-7496

• Dr. Justin Leifso

  Assistant professor Political Science

  Office: DTB A342 leifso@uvic.ca

• Dr. Mara Marin

  Assistant professor Political Science

  Office: DTB A336 maramarin@uvic.ca

• Dr. Oliver Schmidtke

  Professor Political Science

  Office: DTB A345 ofs@uvic.ca

• Dr. Sarah E. Sharma

  Assistant professor Political Science

  Office: DTB A351 sesharma@uvic.ca

• Dr. Amy Verdun

  Professor, FRSC; undergraduate director Political Science

  Office: DTB A337 averdun@uvic.ca 250-721-7491

• Dr. Andrew Wender

  Associate teaching professor; undergraduate advisor; director, Religion, Culture and Society Program Political Science

  Office: DTB A306 amwender@uvic.ca 250-853-3580

• Dr. Feng Xu

  Associate professor; graduate director Political Science

  Office: DTB A347 fengxu@uvic.ca

Cross-listed & adjunct professors

Cross-listed faculty

Dr. Jeff Corntassel, cross-listed associate professor 
Indigenous Studies Program
Global Indigenous rights; Indigenous political mobilization/self-determination movements

Dr. Colin MacLeod, cross-listed professor
Philosophy
Contemporary political philosophy; ethics; philosophy of law

Dr. Laura Parisi, cross-listed associate professor
Gender Studies
Globalization and resistance; gender and international human rights; gender and international development

Dr. Michael Prince, cross-listed Lansdowne professor
Studies in policies and practices; trends in social policy; federal-provincial relations; Aboriginal governance; policy making in disability politics; policy issues

Dr. Heidi Kiiwetinepinesiik Stark, cross-listed associate professor
Indigenous Governance program
Indigenous comparative politics; Indigenous diplomacy and treaty relations; Indigenous law and governance; US/Canadian Indigenous law and policy

Adjunct professors

Dr. George Abbott, adjunct professor
BC and Canadian politics

Dr. Michael Asch, adjunct professor
Socio-cultural anthropology; North America; political and legal anthropology

Dr. Reg Whitaker, adjunct professor
Canadian politics; Canadian security issues

Sessional instructors spring 2024

Dr. Michael Carpenter - POLI 240
carpentm@uvic.ca

Dr. Simon Carroll - POLI 456
scarroll@uvic.ca

Dr. Joe Fletcher - POLI 323
josephf@chass.utoronto.ca

Dr. Taylor Green - POLI 369
taylorjgreen@uvic.ca

Husnain Iqbal - POLI 349
iqbal@uvic.ca

Neil Montgomery - POLI 300B
neilmontgomery3@gmail.com

Dr. Smith Oduro-Marfo - POLI 373
marfo.oduro@gmail.com

Emeriti

Learn more about our emeritus faculty.

Staff

Rosemary Barlow, administrative officer
250-853-3567 poliao@uvic.ca

Joanne Denton, chair's assistant
250-721-6637 polisec@uvic.ca

Rachel Richmond, graduate secretary
250-721-7486 poligrad@uvic.ca