Faculty

The Faculty and Staff in Political Science are active scholars, devoted teachers, and knowledgeable support staff offering students individual attention. Select their names to learn more about them.

FULL-TIME FACULTY and STAFF

Roy Amore

Professor
Ph.D., Columbia University

Email: amore@uwindsor.ca / Phone: 519-253-3000 ext 2405 / Office: Chrysler Hall North 1132

Research interests: Comparative Asian politics; engaged Buddhism; world religions and politics

Stephen Brooks

Professor
Ph.D., Carleton University

Email: brooks3@uwindsor.ca / Phone: 519-253-3000 ext 2352 / Office: Chrysler Hall North 1138

Research interests: Canadian politics; American politics; Canada-U.S. relations; public and cultural diplomacy

Geoffrey D. Callaghan

Assistant Professor
Ph.D., McMaster University

Email: geoffcal@uwindsor.ca / Phone: 519-253-3000 ext. 2359 / Office: Chrysler Hall North 1140

Research Interests: Constitutional Law; Judicial Process; Political Theory; Democratic-Institutions Theory

Cheryl N. Collier

Professor
Co-Director, Health Research Centre for the Study of Violence Against Women
Ph.D., University of Toronto

Dr. Collier is currently serving as the Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Email: ccollier@uwindsor.ca

Research interests: Women, gender and politics; comparative and Canadian public policy; federalism and provincial politics; social movements; social policy

Jamey Essex

Professor
Ph.D., Syracuse University

Email: jessex@uwindsor.ca / Phone: 519-253-3000 ext 2358 / Office: Chrysler Hall North 1139

Research interests: Political geography and geopolitics; globalization and development; agriculture and food; international political economy

Gregory Feldman

Professor
PhD., Syracuse University, Anthropology

Email: gfeldman@uwindsor.ca / Phone: 519-253-3000 ext. 2364 / Office: Chrysler Hall North 1150

Research Interests: Anthropology with critical perspectives on sovereignty, action, migration, security and technocracy. His geographic interests are in Europe, North America, and Africa

Anna Lanoszka

Professor
Ph.D., Dalhousie University

Email: alanos@uwindsor.ca / Phone: 519-253-3000 ext 2355 / Office: Chrysler Hall North 1160

Research Interests: International trade; development; theories of IPE; economic policy-making; democratization and liberalization processes

Elena Maltseva

Associate Professor

Undergraduate Chair
Ph.D., University of Toronto

Email: maltseva@uwindsor.ca / Phone: 519-253-3000 ext 2175 / Office: Chrysler Hall North 1158

Research interests: Comparative politics; comparative public policy; political behavior and democratic politics

Lydia Miljan

Professor
Department Head, Political Science
Ph.D., University of Calgary

Email: lmiljan@uwindsor.ca / Phone: 519-253-3000 ext 2361 / Office: Chrysler Hall North 1147

Research interests: Public policy; politics and the media; research methodology; political behaviour and elections

Tom Najem

Professor
Ph.D., Durham University

Email: tnajem@uwindsor.ca / Phone: 519-253-3000 ext 5020 / Office: Chrysler Hall North 1142

Research interests: International relations; comparative politics of the developing world; Middle East politics

Jesse Salah Ovadia

Associate Professor
Ph.D., York University

Email: jesse.ovadia@uwindsor.ca / Twitter: @js_ovadia / Phone: 519-253-3000 ext 2353 / Office: Chrysler Hall North 1136

Research interests: International and comparative political economy; African politics; development theory; oil and resource politics

Emmanuelle Richez

Associate Professor
Ph.D., McGill University

Email: emmanuelle.richez@uwindsor.ca / Twitter: @emmarichez / Phone: 519-253-3000 ext 2395 / Office: Chrysler Hall North 1144

Research interests: Canadian and Québec politics; judicial and constitutional politics; cultural diversity management policies and nationalism

Andrew Richter

Associate Professor
Ph.D., York University

Email: arichter@uwindsor.ca / Phone: 519-253-3000 ext 2354 / Office: Chrysler Hall North 1148

Research interests: International relations and strategic studies; defence studies; weapons proliferation; Canadian foreign policy

John Sutcliffe

(On Leave as of July 1, 2024)

Professor

Graduate Chair
Ph.D., Cambridge University

Email: sutclif@uwindsor.ca / Phone: 519-253-3000 ext 2360 / Office: Chrysler Hall North 1155

Research interests: European and comparative politics; international relations

Ommar Abbasi

Email: OmmarHayat.Abbasi@uwindsor.ca / Phone: 519-253-3000 ext 2412 / Office: Chrysler Hall North 1140

Esentsei Staats-Pangowish

Email: esentsei.staatspangowish@uwindsor.ca/ Phone: 519-253-3000/ Office: Chrysler Hall North Room 1154

Research interests: Indigenous law, Aboriginal law, Indigenous traditional governance structures, & Indigenous art and the colonial state of Canada law.

Adjunct Professor

Rebecca Major

Associate Professor - Political Science - Adjunct University of Windsor
Ph.D., University of Saskatchewan

Associate Professor - NVD Research Chair
Indigenous Governance Degree - Yukon University

Research interests: Canadian Indigenous policy and change, Indigenous women in politics, public policy

PROFESSORS EMERITI

William P. Anderson, Professor, Cross-Border Institute (CBI), Ph.D., Boston University

James H. Wittebols, Ph.D., Washington State University

Joan P. Boase, Ph.D., York University, faculty since 1988

E. Donald Briggs, briggs@uwindsor.ca, Ph.D., University of London, faculty since 1963

Terence A. Keenleyside, Ph.D., University of London, faculty since 1971

Robert Krause, rkrause@uwindsor.ca, M.A., University of Windsor, faculty since 1970

Walter Soderlund, akajake@uwindsor.ca, Ph.D., University of Michigan, faculty since 1968

Ihor Stebelsky, stebels@uwindsor.ca, Ph.D., University of Washington, faculty since 1968

Ronald Wagenberg, Ph.D., University of London, faculty since 1963