Faculty

GIDS faculty are involved in research on topics including global health, food security, foreign aid and climate change. Select a faculty member below to see their current research topics and publications.

Affiliated Faculty

Andrea Paras

Director, Guelph Institute of Development Studies
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science

Office: MacKinnon Building, Room 516
Email: aparas@uoguelph.ca

Erin Nelson

Graduate Program Coordinator, Guelph Institute of Development Studies
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology

Office: MacKinnon Building, Room 615
Email: enelson@uoguelph.ca

Ryan Briggs

Associate Professor, Guelph Institute of Development Studies and Department of Political Science

Office: MacKinnon Building, Room 904
Email: rbriggs@uoguelph.ca

Ataharul Chowdhury

Associate Professor, School of Environmental Design and Rural Development

Office: Landscape Architecture, Room 121
Email: ataharul.chowdhury@uoguelph.ca

Karine Gagné

Associate Professor, Department of Sociology & Anthropology

Office: MacKinnon Building, Room 643
Email: gagnek@uoguelph.ca

Spencer Henson

Chair, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Guelph Institute of Development Studies
Professor, Food, Agriculture and Resource Economics

Office: MacKinnon Building, Room 805
Email: shenson@uoguelph.ca

Carmen Jacqueline Ho

Assistant Professor, Guelph Institute of Development Studies and Department of Political Science

Office: MacKinnon Building, Room 545
Email: carmen.ho@uoguelph.ca

Jasmin Hristov

Assistant Professor, Guelph Institute of Development Studies and Department of Sociology and Anthropology

Office: MacKinnon Building, Room 805
Email: jhristov@uoguelph.ca

Craig Johnson

Professor, Department of Political Science

Office: MacKinnon Building, Room 905
Email: cjohns06@uoguelph.ca

Kate Parizeau

Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Environment & Geomatics

Office: Hutt Building, Room 343
Email: kate.parizeau@uoguelph.ca

Silvia Sarapura

Assistant Professor, School of Environmental Design and Rural Development

Office: Landscape Architecture, Room 145
Email: sarapura@uoguelph.ca

Associated Faculty

Paula Barata

Professor, Department of Psychology

Office: Mackinnon Extension, Room 3017
Email: pbarata@uoguelph.ca 

Cate Dewey

Professor, Department of Population Medicine

Office: University Centre, Room 414A
Email: cdewey@uoguelph.ca

Jordi Díez

Professor, Department of Political Science

Office: MCKN 539
Email: jdiez@uoguelph.ca

Elizabeth Finnis

Associate Professor, Department of Sociology & Anthropology

Office: MacKinnon Building, Room 626
Email: efinnis@uoguelph.ca

Paulina García-Del Moral

Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology & Anthropology

Office: MacKinnon Building, Room 632
Email: pgarciad@uoguelph.ca

Rosario Gómez

Associate Professor, School of Languages and Literatures

Office: MacKinnon Building, Room 279
Email: rogomez@uoguelph.ca

Noella Gray

Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Environment & Geomatics

Office: Hutt Building, Room 121
Email: grayn@uoguelph.ca

Roberta Hawkins

Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Environment & Geomatics

Office: Hutt Building, Room 345
Email: rhawkins@uoguelph.ca

Kris Inwood

Professor, Department of Economics and Finance & Department of History

Office: MacKinnon Building, Room 716
Email: kinwood@uoguelph.ca

Candace Johnson

Professor, Department of Political Science

Office: MacKinnon Building, Room 511
Email: cajohnso@uoguelph.ca

Tad McIlwraith

Associate Professor, Department of Sociology & Anthropology

Office: MacKinnon Building, Room 616
Email: tad.mcilwraith@uoguelph.ca

Heather Murphy

Associate Professor, Department of Pathobiology

Office: Pathobiology and Animal Health Lab 4800
Email: heather.murphy@uoguelph.ca

Manish Raizada

Professor, Department of Plant Agriculture

Office: Crop Science Building, 406 CRSC
Email: raizada@uoguelph.ca

Robin Roth

Professor, Associate Chair, Graduate Coordinator, Department of Geography, Environment & Geomatics

Office: Hutt Building, Room 122
Email: robin.roth@uoguelph.ca

Adam Sneyd

Associate Professor, Department of Political Science

Office: MacKinnon Building, Room 536
Email: asneyd@uoguelph.ca

Ian Spears

Associate Professor, Department of Political Science

Office: MacKinnon Building, Room 535
Email: ispears@uoguelph.ca

Sharada Srinivasan

Associate Professor, Department of Sociology & Anthropology

Office: MacKinnon Building, Room 602
Email: sharada@uoguelph.ca

Deborah Stienstra

Professor, Department of Political Science

Office: MacKinnon Building, Room 503
Email: deborah.stienstra@uoguelph.ca