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Faculty and Staff

Staff

Taylor Marks
IES Program Administrator

Taylor is your first stop for questions about program progression, administrative questions about your degree, and placements. However, all advising questions can be directed to iesadvisor@wlu.ca and they will be addressed by Taylor or the Program Coordinator, as appropriate. 

Faculty located in the Faculty of Education

Half of the credits in your IES degree program come from the Faculty of Education, and are coded as INED courses. Only IES-affiliated Education faculty are listed here.

Avis Beek
Assistant Professor

Ardavan Eizadirad
Assistant Professor

Cathy Miyata
Assistant Professor

Jill Watson
Instructor

Katherine Brown
Instructor

Rebecca Stroud
Instructor

Sohaila Isaqzai
Instructor

Steve Sider
Professor

Faculty located in the Faculty of Arts

The other half of the credits in your IES degree program come from the Department of Global Studies, in the Faculty of Arts. All GS faculty are listed here, since any GS course could be part of your IES degree.

Ehaab Abdou
Assistant Professor
Academic Advisor for Global Studies
Social Entrepreneurship Program Coordinator

Joanne Benham-Rennick
Associate Professor

Gavin Brockett
Associate Professor

Paula Butler
Instructor 

Sean Campbell
Instructor

Christopher Cutting
Instructor

Tom Deligiannis
Instructor

Timothy Donais
Associate Professor

John Boye Ejobowah
Associate Professor

Sheri Lynn Gibbings
Adjunct Professor

Alex Latta
Associate Professor
Program Coordinator for International Education Studies

Sara Matthews
Associate Professor

Bina Mehta
Instructor

Edmund Pries
Associate Professor

Tanya Richardson
Associate Professor

Theresa Romkey
Instructor

Alicia Sliwinski
Associate Professor

Stephen Svenson
Instructor

Alexandra Szflarska
Instructor

Ali Zaidi
Associate Professor
Chair, Department of Global Studies