People
Department
of Political Science
Hagey Hall
University of Waterloo
200 University Ave. W.
Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1
Canada
Phone (519) 888-4567 x 32100
Fax (519) 746-5622
Name |
Position |
Contact |
Chair |
HH 316 ext. 32900 |
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Trish Van Berkel |
Administrative Assistant |
HH 315 ext. 32100 |
Associate Chair, Undergraduate Studies |
HH 312 ext. 32418 |
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Karen Walo |
Undergraduate Program Assistant |
HH 313 ext. 33396 |
Associate Chair, Graduate Studies |
HH 348 ext. 38359 |
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April Wettig |
Graduate Program Assistant |
HH 314 ext. 32415 |
Faculty
Name |
Position |
Areas of specialization |
Contact |
Research Professor; Associate Chair, Graduate Studies |
International development and business; The practices of global ethics; The political economy of global poverty; Comparative ethics; Max Weber |
HH 348 ext. 38359 |
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Professor; Chair |
Global social governance; Comparative public policy; Public administration |
HH 316 ext. 32900 |
Professor; Director of Global Governance Programs |
CIGI Chair in Globalization & Public Policy Public Policy; Globalization studies |
HH 306 ext. 38893 |
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Professor |
Conventional and un-conventional forms of International diplomacy; National perspectives on global governance and rising powers/middle powers/small states; Canadian and comparative foreign policy; International political economy |
HH 305 ext. 36568 |
Assistant Professor |
Intergovernmental relations; Campaigns and elections; Canadian institutions; Canadian politics; Provincial politics; Political parties; Political marketing |
HH 304 ext. 32190 |
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Associate Professor |
Diaspora, Refugees and Migration; Cultural Theory; Ethnography and Ethnographic Writing; Indigenous Practices and Relations; Israel/Palestine conflict |
HH 355 ext. 31360 |
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Professor |
CIGI Chair in International Political Economy International political economy; International money and finance; North-South economic relations; History of political economy |
HH 309 ext. 33955 |
Assistant Professor; Director of Master of Public Service Program |
Public administration; Public policy; Local government; Federalism and multilevel governance; Emergency management; Climate change adaptation |
HH 303 ext. 36829 |
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Professor |
CIGI Chair in Governance in the Americas Global Governance; Comparative Politics; Latin America |
HH 354 ext. 38892 |
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Associate Professor |
Government-business relations; Governments and economic development; Canada-Japan relations; International trade; National innovation policies; Japanese economic development |
HH 350 ext. 38397 |
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Assistant Professor |
Political economy; Political parties (advanced industrialized countries); Methods of political analysis |
HH 349 ext. 38396 |
John Jaworsky |
Assistant Professor |
Politics in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe; Politics of nationalism and ethnicity; Comparative public administration |
HH 307 ext. 36566 |
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Assistant Professor |
International relations; Security studies |
HH 312 ext.32418 |
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Associate Professor |
Politics of international organizations; International Monetary Fund; Middle East Politics |
HH 302 ext. 32823 |
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Associate Professor; |
Political causes of human misery; Methodology of social sciences |
HH 310 ext. 36569 |
Richard Nutbrown |
Assistant Professor |
Classical and modern political philosophy; Philosophy of the social sciences; Hegel-Marx |
HH 316 ext. 36567 |
Assistant Professor |
Political theory; International relations; specifically international ethics |
HH 311 ext. 33642 |
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Assistant Professor |
International trade; Environmental and natural resource economics; International development; Political economy |
HH 203 ext. 38338 |
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Visiting Associate Professor |
Chinese politics; International relations; Political economy |
HH 301 Ext. 32143 |
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Professor; Director of Balsillie School of International Affairs |
CIGI Chair in Global Security International relations; International security |
BSIA 220 226-772-3077 |
Sessionals (Spring 2012)
Name |
Areas of specialization |
Contact |
Brent Needham |
Canadian Politics; Political Economy of Technological Change |
Hagey Hall 340 |
Kathleen Nolan |
Hagey Hall 340 |
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| Veronica Rubio Vega | Political economy of emerging markets and its implications for the reconstitution of the post-2007 global financial architecture |
Hagey Hall 340 |
| Peter Woolstencroft | Canadian Politics |
Hagey Hall 340 |
Sessionals (Winter 2012)
Name |
Areas of specialization |
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Sandra Burt |
Gender issues; Interest groups and public policy; Canadian politics |
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| Science policy; Environmental Governance; Canadian foreign policy | l2edwards@uwaterloo.ca | |
Tanya Korovkin |
Politics of developing areas, Latin American politics and development |
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| Whitney Lackenbauer | Northern sovereignty and security; Native-Newcomer relations; civil-military relations in modern Canada | whitney.lackenbauer@uwaterloo.ca |
| Anton Malkin | Political economy of money & finance (focusing on China & other emerging countries) | amalkin@balsillieschool.ca |
| East Asian international relations and strategic studies; Maritime security; Energy security; Nationalism and territorial disputes | ||
Rebecca Nabert-Chubb |
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Brent Needham |
Canadian Politics; Political Economy of Technological Change | bneedhamuhb@hotmail.com |
Kathleen Nolan |
Cross Appointed Faculty
Name |
Position | Home Department | Areas of Specialization |
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| Associate Professor, Renison College, East Asian Studies | Regional integration and institution-building in East Asia; China’s foreign relations and foreign policy; Cross-Taiwan Straits relations; Political security and economic issues in East Asia |
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| Professor, Environment and Resource Studies | CIGI Chair in Global Environmental Governance Global environmental politics and governance; Environment and development; Trade and environment /agriculture; Global politics of waste; Agricultural biotechnology and implications for developing countries; Transnational corporations and environment |
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| Director & Undergraduate Advisor of PACS program; Director of the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies | Peace and Conflict Studies |
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| Associate Professor, Conrad Grebel College, Peace and Conflict Studies | |||
| Professor, Renison College, East Asian Studies | Japanese Politics and Diplomacy; Modern and Contemporary International Relations of the Asia-Pacific Region; Japanese-Russian/Soviet Relations; East Asian Regional Conflicts and Multilateralism |
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| Associate Professor, Environment and Resource Studies | Governance and healthy resilient communities; Sustainable cities and information technology; Local public policy and administration; Political silos; Social-ecological systems |
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| Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Philosophy | Ethical and political theory; Applied ethics |
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| Professor, Environment and Resource Studies | Managing energy use sustainably and effectively; Ontario residential energy consumption; Renewable energy in Canada and the US; Solar energy |
Emeriti
Name |
Position |
Areas of specialization |
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Sandra Burt
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Professor Emerita; Adjunct Professor |
Gender issues; Interest groups and public policy; Canadian politics |
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Alan Cairns |
Professor Emeritus (University of British Columbia); Adjunct Professor |
Canadian Politics |
HH 308 ext. 35470 |
Ashok Kapur |
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Adjunct Professor |
Nuclear proliferation, South Asian international relations and politics, Regional security in Asia-Pacific region |
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John E. Kersell |
Professor Emeritus |
Public Administration, Micro-State governance, MPS |
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Tanya Korovkin
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Professor Emerita; Adjunct Professor |
Politics of developing areas, Latin American politics and development |
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Professor Emeritus; Adjunct Professor |
Ontario provincial politics, Canadian municipal government and politics, Australian government and politics, Public policy for the arts and culture |
rwilliam@uwaterloo.ca |
R. Peter Woolstencroft
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Professor Emeritus; Adjunct Professor |
Canadian politics (national and provincial), Comparative federalism, Politics of education, Political geography |
Undergraduate Student Lounge: HH 341
Graduate
Student Office: HH 346
Department of Political Science
University of Waterloo
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