UNB Researchers
Dr. Robert MacKinnon
Dr. Robert MacKinnon holds a BA from Mount Allison University, an MA from Memorial University of Newfoundland, and a PhD from The University of British Columbia. He has taught Geography at Memorial University, The University of British Columbia, and University College of the Cariboo (now Thompson Rivers University) in Kamloops, BC.
Before taking up his appointment as Dean of Arts at UNB Saint John in August 2001, Dr. MacKinnon was Chair of the Department of Social and Environmental Studies at UCC in Kamloops, British Columbia (now Thompson Rivers University). He has also held the positions of Visiting Professor at The University of Bonn (1998-1999), and Visiting Teaching and Research Fellow at Obirin University in Tokyo (1995). He has been a contributor to regional, national and international meetings and his research has appeared in such journals and publications as National Geographic Magazine, Acadiensis, Canadian Historical Review, and The Historical Atlas of Canada.
Dr. David Creelman
Dr. David Creelman, Associate Professor, received his MA from UNB and his
Ph.D. from York University. He teaches in the fields of Canadian Literature
and Modern British Literature, and is also interested in literary theory and
children's literature. He has published articles on the Canadian writers Nancy
Bauer, Charles Bruce, Lesley Choyce, Ernest Buckler, Robertson Davies,
Susan Kerslake, Robert Kroetsch, Alistair MacLeod, and Thomas Raddall.
His book, Setting in the East: Maritime Realist Fiction, was published in
2003. His next large project is an exploration of how minority communities in
the Maritimes have been represented in English Canadian Literature.
Dr. David Methven
Dr. David Methven is a fish biologist and ecologist. His degrees are from Mount Allison University (B.Sc.) and Memorial University (M.Sc. 1983, Ph.D. 1997) where his dissertation examined variability in density of juvenile cod at multiple spatial and temporal scales during the stocks collapse in the early 1990s. In 2002 he left Memorial University to join the University of New Brunswick in Saint John as an assistant professor in the Department of Biology. He is author of more than 30 publications on biology, ecology and taxonomy of Atlantic fishes, serves on the Board of Directors of ACAP Saint John and is an associate member of the Canadian Rivers Institute at the University of New Brunswick. Research interests include questions on life history, taxonomy and structure of coastal fish assemblages in addition to conservation of species at risk and anthropogenic influences on fish assemblages.
Dr. Lee Jolliffe
Dr. Lee Jolliffe, Faculty of Business, Director of International Liaison Office.
Dr. Keith Dewar
Dr. Keith Dewar is a professor of tourism with research interest in China, natural heritage/parks management, weather and tourism, and culinary tourism. He is a member of the Travel and Tourism Research Association and has been teaching tourism, environmental management and ecology for 14 years at three different universities. Before joining academia he worked for 20 years in various positions with the Canadian Parks Service.
Dr. Greg Marquis
Dr. Greg Marquis (Ph.D. Queen's) is interested in the social history of crime, law enforcement, and the criminal justice system. His work has been published in Acadiensis, the University of New Brunswick Law Journal, Urban History Review, and Criminal Justice History. One of his most recent publications focuses on the impact of the American Civil War in Canada (In Armageddon's Shadow: The Civil War and Canada's Maritime Provinces Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1998, 2000). He currently is working on the history of alcohol control in 20th century Canada and on the topic of historical commemoration. He teaches courses in Canadian history. email: gmarquis@unbsj.ca
Dr. Elizabeth McGahan
Dr. Elizabeth W. McGahan is a historian and sessional lecturer at the University of New Brunswick (Saint John). Dr. McGahan holds degrees from Boston College, Queens College (City University of New York) and the University of New Brunswick. Her published works on the history of Saint John have appeared in scholarly journals and dictionaries, and the popular press. She is the author of The Port of Saint John, 1867-1927 (1982) and Whispers from the Past: Selections from the writings of New Brunswick women (1986). Dr. McGahan’s research has been funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Port of the Saint John, and the University of New Brunswick. Dr. McGahan served as President of the Canadian Association for Irish Studies (1993-1996) and the York-Sunbury Historical Society [New Brunswick] (1982-1985). She presently serves as Associate Editor of Historical Studies, the journal of the Canadian Catholic Historical Association, and also chairs the Advisory Board for H-Catholic, an International Catholic History Discussion List sponsored by the American Catholic Historical Association and the Canadian Catholic Historical Association. Dr. McGahan’s current research projects focus on aspects of urban history, education, and religion.
Dr. Paul-Émile Chiasson
Dr. Paul-Émile Chiasson completed his doctoral studies at the Université de Franche-Comté, Besançon, France. Prior to becoming Coordinator of French Second Language Programs for School District 8, Dr. Chiasson taught French as a second language (Immersion/Core) in the public school system for approximately 20 years. He has taught in the TESL program at UNBSJ since its’ inception and has published on topics related to ESL (English Second Language) and FSL (French Second Language) teaching.
Dr. Debra Lindsay
Dr. Debra Lindsay (Ph.D. Manitoba) studies the social and political aspects of 19th century North American science. Recent publications in this area include "Intimate Inmates: scientific wives and households in nineteenth century America."(Isis, 1998). She has served on the editorial board of the Manitoba Record Society, and was general editor of the society prior to joining UNB, Saint John. Current projects include a study of the transnational basis of late 19th and early 20th century U.S. science--focusing on paleontology done by Smithsonian scientist C.D. Walcott, the "discoverer" of the Burgess Shale Fossils in British Columbia. She teaches courses in US history. email: dlindsay@unbsj.ca