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

Ryan Briggs

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

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

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

Candace Johnson

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

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

Craig Johnson

Professor, Department of Political Science

Office: MacKinnon Building, Room 514
Email: cjohns06@uoguelph.ca

Erin Nelson

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

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

Andrea Paras

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

Office: MacKinnon Building, Room 900D
Email: aparas@uoguelph.ca

Sharada Srinivasan

Associate Professor, Department of Sociology & Anthropology

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

Associated Faculty

Paula Barata

Professor, Department of Psychology

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

Dalal Daoud

Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science

Office: MacKinnon Building, Room 506
Email: ddaoud@uoguelph.ca

Myrna Dawson

Professor, Department of Sociology & Anthropology

Office: MacKinnon Building, Room 641
Email: mdawson@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

Karine Gagné

Associate Professor, Department of Sociology & Anthropology

Office: MacKinnon Building, Room 643
Email: gagnek@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

Spencer Henson

Professor, Food, Agriculture and Resource Economics

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

Kris Inwood

Professor, Department of Economics and Finance & Department of History

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

Adam Kochanski

Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science

Office: MacKinnon Building, Room 532
Email: adam.kochanski@uoguelph.ca

Lisa Kowalchuk

Associate Professor, Department of Sociology & Anthropology

Office: MacKinnon Building, Room 645
Email: lkowalch@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 and Chair, Department of Geography, Environment & Geomatics

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

Silvia Sarapura

Assistant Professor, School of Environmental Design and Rural Development

Office: Landscape Architecture, Room 145
Email: sarapura@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

Travis Steffens

Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology & Anthropology

Office: MacKinnon Building, Room 636
Email: tsteffen@uoguelph.ca

Deborah Stienstra

Professor, Department of Political Science

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