MAIS Faculty Members
All of the faculty members listed below have been approved by UPEI’s Board of Governors to serve as supervisors or co-supervisors of graduate students in the Island Studies program. Please check with them or consult their websites where available to learn of their research areas and discuss the possibility of undertaking a Master’s thesis in a complementary area.
- Dr. Nino Antadze, Environmental Studies Program, UPEI
- Dr. Michael Arfken, Psychology Department, UPEI
- Dr. Godfrey Baldacchino, Island Studies Teaching Fellow, UPEI, and University of Malta
- Dr. Nand C. Bardouille, Manager of the Diplomatic Academy of the Caribbean
- Dr. Kate Bevan-Baker, School of Irish Studies, Concordia University
- Dr. Ann Braithwaite, Diversity and Social Justice Studies, UPEI
- Dr. Laurie Brinklow, Co-ordinator, Institute of Island Studies, UPEI
- Dr. Tim Carroll, Faculty of Business, UPEI
- Dr. Lisa Chilton, History Department, UPEI
- Dr. Annabel Cohen, Psychology Department, UPEI
- Dr. Doreley Coll, Modern Languages Department, UPEI
- Dr. Jeff Collins, Trade and Economics Policy Advisor, Province of PEI
- Dr. Pamela Courtenay-Hall, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, UPEI
- Dr. Tyler DesRoches, Associate Professor, Sustainability and Human Well-Being, and Associate Professor, Philosophy, Arizona State University
- Dr. Don Desserud, Faculty of Arts, UPEI
- Dr. Rachel Dodds, Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Ryerson University
- Dr. Adam Fenech, Director, UPEI Climate Lab
- Dr. Michael Fox, Geography and Environment Department, Mount Allison University
- Dr. Ryan Gibson, Associate Professor (Libro Professor in Regional Economic Development), University of Guelph
- Dr. Susan Graham, School of Business
- Dr. Dave Groman, Pathology and Microbiology, AVC, UPEI
- Dr. Matthew Hall, School of Sustainable Design Engineering, UPEI
- Dr. Lynda Harling Stalker, Sociology Department, St. Francis Xavier University
- Dr. Matthew Hatvany, Department of Geography, Laval University
- Dr. Andrew Jennings, Institute for Northern Studies, University of the Highlands and Islands, Scotland
- Dr. George Jia, Economics Department, UPEI
- Dr. Udo Krautwurst, Sociology & Anthropology Department, UPEI
- Dr. Helen Kristmanson, Director, Aboriginal Affairs and Archaeology, PEI
- Dr. Mark Lapping, Planning and Public Policy, University of Southern Maine
- Dr. Richard Lemm, Department of English, UPEI
- Dr. Carlo Lavoie, Modern Languages Department, UPEI
- Dr. Ed MacDonald, Department of History, UPEI
- Dr. Alan MacEachern, Department of History, Western University
- Dr. Joshua MacFadyen, Associate Professor, ACLC Program, and Canada Research Chair in Geospatial Humanities
- Dr. Brent MacLaine, English Department, UPEI
- Dr. Colleen MacQuarrie, Psychology Department, UPEI
- Dr. John McIntyre, English Department, UPEI
- Dr. Peter McKenna, Political Science Department
- Dr. Jean Mitchell, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, UPEI
- Dr. Kaija Belfry Munroe, Politikos Research
- Dr. Palanisamy Nagarajan, Emeritus Professor, Economics Department, UPEI
- Dr. Irene Novaczek, Director, Institute of Island Studies, UPEI
- Dr. William O’Grady, Linguistics Department, University of Hawai’i at Manoa
- Dr. Carolyn Peach-Brown, Director of the Environmental Studies Program, UPEI
- Dr. James Randall, Emeritus and Graduate Faculty, Island Studies, UPEI
- Dr. Marina Silva-Opps, Biology Department, UPEI
- Dr. Kelly Vodden, Geography Department, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Grenfell Campus
- Dr. Michael van den Heuvel, Canada Research Chair in Watershed Ecological Integrity, Department of Biology, UPEI
