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, Coordinator, MAIS Program, 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, Senior Policy Advisor, Department of National Defence
- Dr. Pamela Courtenay-Hall, Philosophy Department, UPEI
- Dr. Tyler DesRoches, School of Sustainability/Department of Philosophy, Arizona State University
- Dr. Don Desserud, Faculty of Arts, UPEI
- Dr. Carla DiGiorgio, Sessional Instructor, UPEI
- Dr. Rachel Dodds, Hospitality and Tourism Management, Toronto Metropolitan University
- Dr. Adam Fenech, Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation, UPEI
- Dr. Ryan Gibson, Libro Professor in Regional Economic Development, University of Guelph
- Dr. Susan Graham, Faculty of Business, UPEI
- Dr. Dave Groman, Pathology and Microbiology, AVC, UPEI
- Dr. Lynda Harling Stalker, Sociology Department, St. Francis Xavier University
- Dr. Matthew Hatvany, Geography Department, 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, Senior Archaeologist, L'nuey
- Dr. Mark Lapping, Planning and Public Policy, University of Southern Maine
- Dr. Richard Lemm, English Department, UPEI
- Dr. Ed MacDonald, History Department, UPEI
- Dr. Alan MacEachern, History Department, Western University
- Dr. Joshua MacFadyen, ACLC Program/Canada Research Chair in Geospatial Humanities
- Dr. Colleen MacQuarrie, Psychology Department, UPEI
- Dr. John McIntyre, English Department, UPEI
- Dr. Peter McKenna, Political Science Department
- Dr. Jean Mitchell, Sociology and Anthropology Department, UPEI
- Dr. Kaija Belfry Munroe, Politikos Research
- Dr. Palanisamy Nagarajan, Emeritus Professor, Economics Department, UPEI
- Dr. Irene Novaczek, Independent scholar
- 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, Biology Department, UPEI