Faculty & staff

Office

General inquiries

Email: padm@uvic.ca
Phone: 250-721-8055

Courier or in-person address

University of Victoria
3800 Finnerty Road
HSD Building, Room a302
Victoria BC V8P 5C2
Canada

Mailing address

School of Public Administration
University of Victoria
PO Box 1700 STN CSC
Victoria BC V8W 2Y2
Canada

Faculty

Dr. Jill Anne Chouinard

Professor and director Public Administration

Office: HSD A320 jchouinard@uvic.ca

Area(s) of expertise:: Program evaluation, developing/adapting culturally responsive methodologies, evaluator engagement and community change, teaching evaluation, critiques of epistemology in evaluation/social sciences, ethics & collaborative practice, equity & community coalitions

Dr. Astrid Brousselle

Professor Public Administration

Office: HSD A342 astrid@uvic.ca

Area(s) of expertise:: Evaluation approaches and methods, planetary health, theory-based evaluation, ecological transition, public health, health system analysis, collaborative/participative/community-based approaches, qualitative methods

Dr. Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly

Professor & Graduate Advisor Public Administration

Office: HSD A350 spaadvisor@uvic.ca ebrunetj@uvic.ca

Area(s) of expertise:: Border studies: border disputes, border security, border management, management of cross border regions, European Union: regional and urban policies, immigration and border security policies, Canada-United States border policies

Dr. David Castle

Professor Public Administration

Office: By appointment only (dcastle@uvic.ca) dcastle@uvic.ca

Area(s) of expertise:: Science, technology and innovation policy, focused on open science, data governance, and biodiversity conservation

Dr. Heather Castleden

Status: On leave until July 2027

Professor, Impact Chair in Transformative Governance for Planetary Health Public Administration

Office: HSD A362 castleden@uvic.ca

Area(s) of expertise:: Transformative governance, planetary health, decolonizing energy, decolonizing the academy, climate change, climate justice, climate displacement, renewable energy water, social justice, environmental racism, health equity, Indigenous-settler relations, research ethics, relationality, accountability, Indigenous rights, critical methods, anti-colonial, anti-racist, participatory methods, qualitative inquiry, community-based participatory research

Dr. Helga Hallgrímsdóttir

Professor and deputy provost Public Administration

Office: HSD A366 hkbenedi@uvic.ca

Area(s) of expertise:: citizenship and citizen participation, governance and participatory governance, collective bargaining and dispute resolution in the public sector, social movements, protest and contentious politics, welfare states and social policy, gender and sexuality, work and social vulnerability, labour movements, labour and union politics

Dr. Tamara Krawchenko

Status: On leave until September 2026

Associate Professor Public Administration

tamarakrawchenko@uvic.ca

Area(s) of expertise:: Comparative public policy, regional development, sustainability transitions, industrial policy, research methods

Dr. Walter Lepore

Assistant professor Public Administration

Office: HSD A360 walepore@uvic.ca

Area(s) of expertise:: Organizational analysis and design, organizational performance assessment, program and policy monitoring and evaluation, strategic planning, transparency, accountability, corruption and conflict of interests in the public sector, public sector reforms, mixed methods research, experimental research designs, community-based participatory research, capacity development in participatory research, community-university research partnerships, community development

Dr. Evert Lindquist

Professor Public Administration

Office: HSD A334 evert@uvic.ca

Area(s) of expertise:: Public sector and public service reform, designing and implementing policy interventions, digital and collaborative governance, horizontal governance and administration to support policy interventions, organizing for policy and administrative innovation, role and influence of think tanks in policy networks, competing values in public sector leadership and reform

Dr. Richard Marcy

Associate professor Public Administration

Office: HSD A370 rtmarcy@uvic.ca

Area(s) of expertise:: Public and non-profit sector, leadership and management, cognition in organizations, social innovation, non-violent avant-gardes on the left and right, autism and employment

Dr. Astrid V. Pérez Piñán

Associate professor Public Administration

perezpin@uvic.ca

Area(s) of expertise:: Decolonial feminism, critical global development, diverse economies/economic development and wellbeing, politics of colonization and decolonization, reproductive justice, food sovereignty, Global South/Puerto Rico, Caribbean, Zambia

Dr. Katya Rhodes

Associate professor Public Administration

Office: HSD A314 krhodes@uvic.ca

Area(s) of expertise:: Climate policy, climate obstruction, political economy, energy economics

Dr. Lynne Siemens

Associate professor Public Administration

Office: HSD A324 siemensl@uvic.ca

Dr. Kim Speers

Associate Teaching Professor & Online Program Lead Public Administration

Office: HSD A354 spalead@uvic.ca kspeers@uvic.ca

Area(s) of expertise:: strategic planning and implementation, public engagement and communication, research methods, performance measurement, logic models, change management, local government, physician recruitment in municipalities, managing services in the public sector, project and program management, board governance, and policy analysis

Dr. Susanne Thiessen

Assistant professor Public Administration

sthiesse@uvic.ca

Dr. Sarah Wiebe

Status: On leave until July 2027

Associate Professor Public Administration

Office: HSD A346 swiebe@uvic.ca

Area(s) of expertise:: Environmental justice, public engagement, critical policy studies, climate emergencies and displacement, states of emergency, interpretive research and arts-based methods, community development, Indigenous community engagement and governance

Staff

Aileen Chong
Assistant to the director
aileenc@uvic.ca
250-721-8056

Kimberley Cook
Academic Administrative officer
kimberleycook@uvic.ca
250-472-4196

Marlowe Morrison
Programs manager
marlowem@uvic.ca
250-721-8067

Darian Sernoski
Programs assistant, MPA programs, PhD
paservice@uvic.ca
250-721-6448

Stephen Leckie
Programs assistant, MACD/Evaluation/Undergraduate
paservice1@uvic.ca
250-721-8074

Andrée-Anne Leroy
Co-operative education coordinator
spaco@uvic.ca
250-721-8064

Shaivya Arya

Co-operative Education Assistant

250-721-8061

spacoop@uvic.ca

Adjunct professors

Hassan Arif, adjunct professor
arif.h9@gmail.com
Expertise: sociology of law, urban development, environmental sociology
FGS associate member: co-supervisor

Michael Atkinson, adjunct professor
michael.atkinson@usask.ca
matkinson@uvic.ca
Expertise: contemporary governance, public administration public policy, political corruption and political ethics, K-12 education policy, fiscal rules and governance
FGS associate member: co-supervisor

Herman Bakvis, adjunct professor
hbakvis@uvic.ca
Expertise: federalism, comparative public policy, party and election financing, minority government, coalition government: implications for governance, policy and intergovernmental relations, governance challenges
FGS associate member: co-supervisor

Maria Barnes, adjunct assistant professor
mpbwmc@gmail.com
Expertise: public sector management
FGS associate member: co-supervisor

Tracy Byrne, adjunct assistant professor
tracy.byrne@insideoutresearch.ca
Expertise: social and health policy and practice

Bart Cunningham, adjunct professor
bcunning@uvic.ca
Expertise: Human resource management issues, leadership, organizational behaviour and change, creativity and insight problem solving
FGS Associate member: co-supervisor, committee member

Sean Darling, adjunct assistant professor
sddarlin@uvic.ca
Expertise: program, project and investment management; small business growth and regulatory reform; policy development, implementation and evaluation of strategic policy initiatives
FGS associate member: co-supervisor

Mason Ducharme, adjunct assistant professor
masonducharme1@gmail.com
Expertise: Indigenous governance and self-government; executive leadership and retention; human resources and organizational development; Indigenous law and policy; First Nations—Federal fiscal relations; community-based research; workshop facilitation and participatory methods; strategic planning, and governance modernization
FGS associate member: co-supervisor only

Malcolm Gaston,adjunct assistant professor
malkie@shaw.ca
Expertise: role and value of financial and performance audits to accountability and performance assessment in the public sector, the importance of strong governance and oversight through boards, sustainability reporting, ethics and AI in audit
FGS associate member: co-supervision only

Budd Hall, adjunct professor
bhall@uvic.ca
Expertise: community-based participatory research, social responsibility of higher education, knowledge democracy, social movement learning and the UN Sustainable Development Goals
FGS associate member: co-supervisor

Jennifer Hall, adjunct assistant professor
jjhall0405@gmail.com
Expertise: program and policy development, local government project planning and implementation
FGS associate member: co-supervisor

Yvonne Harrison, adjunct assistant professor
yharrison@uvic.ca
Expertise: non-profit leadership, evaluation
FGS associate member: co-supervisor

Newman Lam, adjunct professor
nmklan@gmail.com
Expertise: economic development strategies, performance measurement civil service reform, public budgeting, public pension, information theory and systems

Robert Lapper, adjunct professor
rlapper@uvic.ca
Expertise: Law and social policy, access to justice, legal ethics and professionalism, dispute resolution, and resolving complex issues related to governments and Indigenous peoples
FGS Associate member: co-supervisor, committee member

Nikki Macdonald, adjunct assistant professor
nikkimac65@gmail.com
Expertise: ocean policy, transboundary governance, public policy and decision-making, narrative analysis, governance, Canadian politics
FGS associate member: co-supervisor

Jim MacGregor, adjunct professor
jmacgreg@uvic.ca
Expertise: organizational behavior, human information processing, information retrieval, problem solving
FGS associate member: co-supervisor

Jim McDavid, adjunct professor
jmcdavid@uvic.ca
Expertise: program evaluation, performance measurement and performance management, local government
FGS associate member: co-supervisor

Victor (Vic) Murray, adjunct professor
vmurray@uvic.ca
Expertise: non-profit leadership, evaluation
FGS associate member: co-supervisor

Robert Newell, adjunct assistant professor
rob.1newell@royalroads.ca
Expertise: community climate action; integrated planning
FGS associate member: co-supervisor

Tara Ney, adjunct associate professor
tney@uvic.ca
Expertise: collaborative decision-making processes, systems, and governance; redress processes, social healing and trauma; discursive approaches to policy analysis
FGS associate member: co-supervisor

Terry Poucette, adjunct assistant professor
terry.poucette@ucalgary.ca
Expertise: traditional Indigenous governance and practices in contemporary Indigenous governance, role of indigenous women in self-governance, decolonization and nation rebuilding, First Nations’ economic development
FGS associate member: co-supervisor

Carol-Anne Rolf, adjunct assistant professor
crolf@uvic.ca
Expertise: Public policy analysis and legislation development, policy and legislation supporting public accountability and transparency, public decision-making institutions

Rajesh Tandon, adjunct assistant professor
rtandon142@gmail.com
Expertise: democratic governance, civic engagement, civil society, governance and management of NGOs, participatory research and people-centered development

Sam Weller, adjunct assistant professor
sam.weller@shaw.ca
Expertise: public financial management (esp. local government)

Veda Weselake, adjunct assistant professor
veda@ncf.ca
Expertise: Metis history and culture; Metis identity, rights and governance; Crown-First Nations relations; dispute resolution and peacebuilding; treaties and other agreements involving Indigenous peoples

Julie Williams, adjunct professor
jlw@uvic.ca
Expertise: law reform, administrative justice sector initiatives, dispute resolution processes, access to justice and environmental law and policy
FGS associate member: co-supervision only

Okenge Yuma Morisho, adjunct professor
okenge@hotmail.com
Expertise: public sector management, leadership and strategy. Federal and provincial policy development and implementation
FGS associate member: co-supervision only

Mark Zacharias, adjunct assistant professor
mark.a.zacharias@gmail.com
Expertise: Climate, energy, and natural resource policy, international marine law and policy, public policy
FGS associate member: co-supervision only