Associate Faculty
Associate Faculty are derived from several departments, faculties and colleges at Western University. Associate Faculty may serve as 2nd readers on MA and/or PhD theses provided they possess SGPS supervisory privileges granted through their home department.
Responsibilities connected to Associate Faculty membership may include teaching graduate courses; participating as thesis examiner; chairing MA thesis examinations.
Dan Bousfield
Research Areas
- the intersections of social movements
- protest and political economy with an emphasis on psychoanalysis, gender, technology, pedagogy and resistance
Publications
2019: "Crypto‐Coin Hierarchies: Social Contestation in Blockchain Networks." Global Networks: 291-307.
2018: "Racialized Hearts and Minds: Emotional Labor and Affective Leadership in the Teaching/Learning of IR' with Heather L. Johnson, and Jean Michel Montsion. International Studies Perspectives.
2018: "Faith, Fantasy and Crisis: Racialized Financial Discipline in Europe” in Kapoor, Ilan, ed. Psychoanalysis and the Global. U of Nebraska Press.
2017: “Towards a North American Energy Bloc: The Geopolitical implications of Market Preserving Federalism” in Ovadia, Jesse Salah, and Tim Di Muzio, eds. Energy, capitalism and world order: Toward a New Agenda in International Political Economy. Springer.
2017: "Revisiting Cyber-Diplomacy: Canada–China Relations Online." Globalizations 14.6: 1045-1059.
Constanza Burucúa
Research Areas
- Latin American Cinema
- Film, History and Historiography
- Women Filmmakers
- Film Festivals
Publications
“La presencia del cine latinoamericano en TIFF (1976-2016): datos en contexto”, in A. Rosas Mantecón and L. González (eds), Cines latinoamericanos en circulación: en busca del público perdido. Universidad Autónoma de Metropolitana & Juan Pablos Editor, Mexico: 2020, 137-156.
“Introduction: Forms of the Precarious in the Cinemas of the Americas”, in C. Burucúa and C. Sitnisky (eds.), The Precarious in the Cinemas of the Americas. New York, London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. 1-15.
“Showcasing the Precarious: Paraguayan Images in the Film Festival Circuit”, in C. Burucúa and C. Sitnisky (eds.), The Precarious in the Cinemas of the Americas. New York, London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. 247-265.
“Young women at the margins: discourses on exclusion in two films by Solveig Hoogesteijn”, in D. Shaw and D. Martin (eds.), Latin American Women Filmmakers: Production, Politics, Poetics. London: IB Tauris. 2017. 172-193.
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Charumbira, Ruramisai
Research Areas
- African feminist theory
- history and memory
- indigenous ways of knowing
- nature, spirits, and culture, empire and resistance
Publications
“On Transformative Inclusivity in the Memory Studies Association (MSA)” MSA December Newsletter: https://www.memorystudiesassociation.org/thoughts-on-transformative-inclusivity-in-the-msa/ December 2021.
“Historians and Nehanda of Zimbabwe in History and Memory.” In Boyd Cothran, Joan Judge, Adrian Schubert (Eds.), Women Warriors and National Heroes: Global Histories (39-54). Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.
Imagining a Nation: History and Memory in Making Zimbabwe. (Series: Reconsiderations in Southern African History). Charlottesville and London: University of Virginia Press, 2015.
Drachewych, Oleksa
Research Areas
- International communism
- Leninism & Stalinism
- Transnational anti-imperial or civil rights movements
- Modern international relations & international relations theory
- Historical memory and memory studies
- Genocide and atrocity
Publications
“The Comintern and the National and Colonial Question: The Roots of Soviet Anti-Imperialism and Anti-Racism Reconsidered,” Russian History 50, no. 3-4 (May 2024): 218-241.
“Broadening the Native Republic Thesis: De-siloing Comintern Histories,” Twentieth Century Communism 24 (2023): 110-131.
Co-edited with Ian McKay. Left Transnationalism: The Communist International and the National, Colonial, and Racial Questions. Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2020.
The Communist International, Anti-Imperialism and Racial Equality in British Dominions. London: Routledge, 2018. (Paperback, 2020)
Grzyb, Amanda
Research Areas
- Participatory, Decolonial, and Community-Based Research
- Comparative Genocide Studies
- Social Movements
- Co-Creation with Survivors of State Violence
- Deconstruction
Publications
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Ginger Hegedus
Research Areas
- Islamic Philosophy
- Medieval Thought
- Jewish Thought
Publications
“Where is Paradise? Eschatology in Early Medieval Judaic and Islamic Thought,” in Dionysius XXV, December 2007, Dalhousie University Press, 153-176.
“The Finitude of the World and the End of Human Knowledge: The Reformulation of the Philoponean Proofs in medieval Jewish thought,” in Migrating Texts, W. Sweet (ed.), Ottawa University Press.
The Book of Beliefs and Convictions of Saadya Gaon al-Fayyumi (Kitab al-amanat wa-‘1-I`tiqadat). Translation from Judeo-Arabic into Hungarian (Paris-Budapest: L’Harmattan, 2005), pp 288
David Howe
Research Areas
- the social impact of sport and physical activity for those with intellectual and developmental disabilities, with emphasis on social inclusion, health and mobility
- ethics of Paralympism, using sport and physical activity to empower marginalised populations
Publications
Howe, P.D. (2022) ‘Cultural Politics, Disability Sport and Physical Activity Research’ in Powis, B., Brighton, J. and Howe, P. D. (eds.) Theory, Method, Practice: Disability Sport and Physical Activity Cultures London: Routledge.
Silva, C.F. and Howe, P. D. (2022) Dis/ability Sport for “All:” The Ultimate dream In Goodwin, D. and Connolly, M Hubris in Adapted Physical Activity: Reflexivity as a Moral Imperative for Change. London: Routledge
Howe, P. D., & Silva, C. F. (2022). ‘Technology, Disability and High-Performance Sport: A Socio-Cultural Reading’. In Tzankova, V and Filimowicz, M. (eds.) Interactive Sports Technologies: performance, participation and safety (pp. 168-181). London: Routledge.
Susan M. Knabe
Contact information
Email: sknabe@uwo.ca
Department
Associate Professor, Women's Studies and Feminist Research
Associate Professer, Associate Dean UGRD, Faculty of Information and Media Studies
Research Areas
- Critical Theory and Cultural Studies;
- Sexuality, Gender and Popular Culture;
- Feminist Theory; Queer Theory;
- Representation, Subjectivity and Embodiment, particularly in response to AIDS and the Holocaust;
- AIDS and Cultural Production;
- Sexuality and Citizenship (focus on race, class and ethnicity);
- Medicalization and the Media; Media and Resistance
Publications
"Suffer the Children: National Crisis, Affective Collectivity and the Sexualized Child." Canadian Review of American Studies 42.1 (2012): 82-104
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"Testimony, Healthism and the Production of Surplus Value: The People vs. Cancer and the Spectacle of Survival." Future of Testimony Conference, 2011
Erica Lawson
Contact information
Email: elawso3@uwo.ca
Department
Associate Professor, Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies
Research Areas
- motherhood studies;
- grief, bereavement, and maternal activism;
- critical race studies, Black feminist studies;
- gender and post-conflict reconstruction (with a focus on Liberia)
Publications
Lawson, E.S. “Black Maternal Grief and Grievance against the Liberal State.” In M. Caputi and P. Moynagh (eds). Research Handbook on Feminist Political Thought. Elgar Edward Press (forthcoming 2024).
Lawson, E.S. (2023). “Black Women’s Mothering Practices in the Canadian Racial State: Reflections on Maternal Sufferation in the Afterlife of Slavery.” Journal of Canadian Studies, 57(1):1-19. https://doi.org/10.3138/jcs-2022-0011
Lawson, E.S. (2022) “Black Canadian Feminist Thought.” In Reading Sociology, 4th edition. J. Jean-Pierre; V. Watts; C.E. James; P. Albanese; X. Chen; and M. Graydon (eds.). Oxford University Press, pp. 78-81.
Lawson, E.S., F.W. Anfaara, V.K. Flomo, C.K. Garlo, and O. Osman. (2020). The Intensification of Liberian Women’s Social Reproductive Labor in the Coronavirus Pandemic: Regenerative Possibilities.” Feminist Studies, 46(3): 674-683.
Lawson, E.S. (2020). “Anti-Black Racism on the Sidelines: The Limits of ‘Listening Sessions’ to Address Institutional Racism at Canadian Universities.” Committing Sociology Symposium: Canadian Review of Sociology, 57(3): 491-494. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/cars.12296
Lawson, E.S., and V. K. Flomo (2020). “Motherwork and Gender Justice in Peace Huts: A Feminist View from the Liberian Context.” Third World Quarterly, 41(11): 1863-1880. https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2020.1793663.
WG Pearson
Contact information
Email: wpearson@uwo.ca
Departments
Associate Professor; Chair, Women's Studies and Feminist Research
Research Areas
- Gender and sexuality studies, including queer theory, feminist theory and critical race theory;
- Cultural studies;
- Indigenous film and media;
- contemporary queer Canadian culture, including Canadian cinema, Canadian popular culture, and Canadian literature;
- science fiction and
sf history
Publications
Pearson, Wendy and Susan Knabe. Zero Patience. Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press, 2011.
Reverse Shots: Indigenous Film and Media in an International Context. Ed. Wendy Gay Pearson and Susan Knabe. Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2014.
Michael Raine
Research Areas
- World Cinema, especially Japanese cinema
- Subtitling as an historical practice and an aesthetic problem
- Developing "digital humanities" tools for teaching and research in film studies
Publications
2021 Co-editor (with Marcos Centeno), Developments in the Japanese Documentary Mode (MDPI)
2020 "The Japanese Musical" in Alastair Philips and Fujiki Hideaki (Eds.) The Japanese Cinema Book (BFI)
Riveros-Barrera, Gus
Research Areas
- Critical Theories of Space in Education
- Space, Place, and Educational Opportunity
- Education Policy and Politics
Publications
Riveros, A. & Nyereyemhuka, N. (2023). Exploring the significance of ‘place’ for culturally sensitive research, In E. Samier, & S. E. Elkaleh (Eds.) Culturally Sensitive Research Methods for Educational Administration and Leadership: International Perspectives on Theory and Practice. Routledge
Riveros, A., & Nyereyemhuka, N. (2020). Conceptualizing space in educational administration and leadership research: Towards a spatial justice perspective. International Journal of Leadership in Education: Theory and Practice, 24(4), 666-679
Riveros, A. (2018). Thinking relationally about the school leader. In S. Eacott (Ed.) Beyond leadership - A relational approach to organizational theory in education. Singapore: Springer
Lucas Savino
Contact information
Email: lsavino2@uwo.ca
Department
Associate Professor, Centre for Global Studies, Huron University College
Research Areas
- Indigenous Self-Determination
- Decolonization and Decoloniality
- Modern State Formation and Capitalism
Anne Schuurman
Contact information
Email: anne.schuurman@uwo.ca
Department
Associate Professor, Chair, Undergraduate Studies in English and Writing Studies
GSWS (Affiliate)
Research Areas
- medieval Christian theology
- economic theology
- medieval English literature; literary theory
- rhetoric
- poetics
Publications
An Epistle of Noble Poetrye. Ed. Richard Moll, Anne Schuurman, and Emily Pez. Heidelberg: Winter-Verlag, 2022.
“Demonic Ambiguity: Debt in the Friar-Summoner Sequence.” Money, Commerce, and Economics in Late Medieval English Literature. Ed. Craig Bertolet and Robert Epstein.
The New Middle Ages. New York: Palgave-Macmillan, 2018. 77-91.
“Materials of Wonder: Miraculous Objects and Poetic Form in St Erkenwald.” Studies in the Age of Chaucer 39 (2017): 275-296.
“Pity and Poetics in Chaucer’s Legend of Good Women.” PMLA 103.5 (2015): 1-32.
Christine Sprengler
Research Areas
- cinematic installation art
- new media art and the relationships between cinema and the visual arts
- Cultural memory and nostalgia in visual culture
- representations of history in contemporary (British and American) cinema and television
Publications
Sprengler, C., “Paratextual Encounters of Four Kinds: Blade Runner and Cinematic Memory,” Journal of Cinema and Media Studies 60.2 (formerly Cinema Journal), 2021.
Sprengler, C. “Midcentury Metamodern: Returning Home in the 21st Century Nostalgia Film,” in Matthew Leggatt, ed. Was it Yesterday? Nostalgia in Contemporary Film and Television, SUNY Press, 2021.
Sprengler, C. “Chamber Made Opera’s Phobia (2003) and Jean Curran’s The Vertigo Project (2018): The Sounds and Sights of Vertigo’s Afterlife in Art,” in Vertigo 60, eds. Sidney Gottlieb and Donal Martin, John Libbey, 2019.
Sprengler, C. “Cinematic Periodization and Time’s Percolations: Grease, The Fifties, and Now,” in Peter Kramer and Oliver Gruner, eds. Grease, Anthem Press, 2019.
Sprengler, C. “Cinema and the Visual Arts.” In Oxford Bibliographies in Cinema and Media Studies. Ed. Krin Gabbard. New York: Oxford University Press, 2012; updated 2019.
Kate Stanley
Research Areas
- 19th-21st C American literature
- Education Studies and Pedagogy
- Environmental Humanities
- Aesthetics
- Pragmatism
Publications
“Postsecular Style,” American Literary History, 33.1 (Spring 2021): 191-205
“Unrarified Air: Alfred Stieglitz and the Modernism of Equivalence,” Modernism/modernity 26.1 (January 2019): 185-212.
“Through Emerson’s Eye: The Practice of Perception in Proust,” American Literary History 28.3 (Fall 2016): 455-483.
“Henry James’s Syntax of Surprise,” Henry James Review 34.1 (Winter 2013): 16-32.
“The Pedagogical Potential of the Eco-Epic,” Modernism/modernity Print+ (May 13, 2021) https://modernismmodernity.org/forums/posts/stanley-pedagogical-potential-eco-epic
Responses to Syndicate Symposium on Practices of Surprise, Syndicate (January - February 2021) https://syndicate.network/symposia/literature/practices-of-surprise-in-american-literature-after-emerson/
“Getting Acquainted with Wallace Stevens,” Los Angeles Review of Books (April 17 2019) https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/getting-acquainted-with-wallace-stevens
Luke Stark
Contact information
Email: cstark23@uwo.ca
Department
Research Areas
- History and philosophy of technology
- Science and technology studies (STS)
- Digital media studies
- Human norms, ethics and values in the design of digital technologies
- Social and cultural impacts of artificial intelligence (AI) systems
- Theories of emotion and affect
- Technologies and the psychological/behavioural sciences
Publications
Fish, Benjamin and Luke Stark. “It’s Not Fairness, and It’s Not Fair: The Failure of Distributional Equality and the Promise of Relational Equality in Complete-Information Hiring Games.” 2nd ACM conference on Equity and Access in Algorithms, Mechanisms, and Optimization (EAAMO'22), October 2022
Stark, Luke. “Apologos: A Lightweight Design Method for Sociotechnical Inquiry.” Journal of Social Computing 2, no. 4 (2021): 297-308. doi:10.23919/JSC.2021.0028.
Fish, Benjamin and Luke Stark. “Reflexive Design for Fairness and Other Human Values in Formal Models.” AIES '21: Proceedings of the 2021 AAAI/ACM Conference on AI, Ethics, and Society (July 2021): 89–99. doi.org/ 10.1145/3461702.3462518 (arxiv preprint here).
Stark, Luke and Jesse Hoey. “The Ethics of Emotion in Artificial Intelligence Systems.” FAccT '21: Proceedings of the 2021 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (March 2021): 782-793. doi.org/10.1145/3442188.3445939.
Stark, Luke, Daniel M. Greene, and Anna Lauren Hoffmann. “Critical Perspectives on Governance Mechanisms for AI/ML Systems.” In The Cultural Life of Machine Learning, edited by Jonathan Roberge and Michael Castelle, 257-280. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021.
Stark, Luke, “The Emotive Politics of Digital Mood Tracking,” New Media and Society 22(11) (2020), 2039-2057. doi:10.1177/1461444820924624
Stark, Luke, “Here Come the “Computer People”: Anthropomorphosis, Command, and Control in Early Personal Computing,” IEEE Annals in the History of Computing 42(4) (Oct.-Dec. 2020), 53-70. doi.org/10.1109/MAHC.2020.3022964
