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Among the finest anywhere, 91ÑÇɫ’s Faculties introduce students to a broad perspective of the world that results in original thought and theory. Our flexible cross-discipline programming, innovative course design, and diverse experiential learning provides students with an amazing variety of academic opportunities where learning and debate are not only valued; they are encouraged.

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photo of Fahad AhmadPolitics & PolicyCriminology (Toronto Metropolitan University)Critical Muslim Studies Critical Race Theories Ethnic Studies Neo-colonial, Post-Colonial, and Globalization Studies Policy Political Economy Resistance and Protest Surveillance Studies
photo of Ope AkanbiPolitics & PolicyProfessional Communication (Toronto Metropolitan University)Law and communication; regulation of digital work; privacy and the political economy of digital media.
Technology in PracticeThe Creative School (Toronto Metropolitan University)Applied Communication; Communications, Community, and Creativity; Education; Gaming; Privacy; Semiotics; Technology and New Media
photo of Gene AllenTechnology in PracticeJournalism (Toronto Metropolitan University)Media history; the history of journalism; the evolution of news; news agencies; news and national identity; the popularization of history in film and television.
photo of Laura AllenMedia & Culture; Technology in PracticeWriting (91ÑÇÉ«)Black communication and media studies; Communications, community and creativity; Digital humanities; Race, ethnicity and media; Rhetoric; Social media and society
photo of Shana AlmeidaTechnology in Practice; Politics & PolicyProfessional Communication (Toronto Metropolitan University)Empire; colonialism and communication policy; political communications;
race; ethnicity and media; representation; identity and culture.
photo of Nathalie AlvarezMedia & CultureSchool of Performance (Toronto Metropolitan University)Immersive performance in the public sphere; performance and scenario-based pedagogy; contemporary performance; Latina/o-Canadian theatre; performance activism; and performance theory.
photo of Sedef Arat-KoçPolitics & PolicyPolitics & Public Administration (Toronto Metropolitan University)Immigration policy and citizenship, especially as they affect immigrant women; transnational feminism; politics of imperialism; racialization and the politics of racism; and reconfiguration of social and political identities under neoliberal globalization.

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photo of Steve BaileyMedia & CultureHumanities (91ÑÇÉ«)Cinema; critical theory; cultural studies; philosophy of technology.
photo of Ben BarryMedia & CultureFashion (Toronto Metropolitan University)Fashion; women's studies; women's fashion; men's fashion; modelling; advertising; fashion advertising; marketing; fashion imagery; body image; policy; cross-cultural consumer attitudes.
photo of Tuna BaskoyPolitics & PolicyPolitics & Public Administration (Toronto Metropolitan University)Research methods; statistics and computer applications; comparative public policy and administration (especially competition/antitrust and telecommunication policies); theories of capitalist market competition; political economy of European integration; e-government; e-democracy.
photo of Ranu BasuGeography, Development Studies (91ÑÇÉ«)Urban Social and Political Geography; Anti-Imperialism and Postcolonial Geographies; Critical Geographies of Education; Urban Geographies of Migration and Displacement; Theories of Collective Action and Community Organization; Spatial Methodologies including Phronesis and Critical Geographic Information Systems (GIS); Canada, Cuba, India.
photo of Shannon BellPolitics & Policy; Technology in PracticePolitics (91ÑÇÉ«)Extremes in art (especially bio- and hybrid-art); shooting theory (videoing-imagining philosophical concept such as Heidegger's stillness, Husserl’s epoché, Bataille's waste, Weil's attention, Deleuze's deterritorialization, Virilio's vision machine and accident).
photo of Kelly BergstromCommunication & Media Studies (91ÑÇÉ«)Gender Issues; communications; game studies; feminist media studies; social media.
photo of Jody BerlandMedia & Culture; Technology in PracticeHumanities (91ÑÇÉ«)Cultural theory; Canadian communication theory; cultural studies of nature; science; technology and the environment; music and the media; space and place.
photo of Art BlakeMedia & Culture; Politics & Policy History (Toronto Metropolitan University)Archives and Collections; Cultural Studies; History; Identities (e.g., Class, Race, Ethnicity, Gender, Ability, Sexuality, etc.) and Identity Politics; Sexuality Studies; Transgender Studies, Transgender History
photo of Marusya BociurkiwMedia & CultureRTA School of Media (Toronto Metropolitan University)Canadian television; affect theory; nationalist discourses; community cable; media activism; sexuality & gender studies.
photo of Robert BowmanMedia & CultureMusic (91ÑÇÉ«)Popular music studies; history of popular music; writer; broadcaster; and performer in many musical genres.
photo of Jason BoydMedia & Culture; Technology in PracticeEnglish (Toronto Metropolitan University)Digital humanities; Game studies; LGBTQ communications and queer theory and media studies; New media; Sexuality, gender and media
photo of Jean BruceMedia & CultureCommunication and Design (Toronto Metropolitan University)Advertising; cinema; feminism; visual culture; television; melodrama; ethnography.
Media & Culture; Technology in PracticeWriting Department (91ÑÇÉ«)Critical Theory; Digital Humanities; Media arts; Research-creation and media practices
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Technology in PracticeTed Rogers School of Information Technology Management (Toronto Metropolitan University)Privacy; visual communication; cyber security; human-computer interaction, artificial intelligence; information privacy; social media and business analytics; data visualization
photo of Jennifer BurwellMedia & CultureEnglish (Toronto Metropolitan University)Cultural Studies; Disability Studies; Feminist Theory; Science and Technology Studies

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photo of Rebecca CainesMedia & Culture; Technology in PracticeAMPD (91ÑÇÉ«)Accessibility; Communication, community and creativity; Creative, ICT and cultural industries; Digital humanities; Digital life; Media arts; Music studies; New media; Philosophy of technology; Youth, children and media culture; Performance studies
photo of Miranda CampbellMedia & Culture; Politics & PolicyCreative Industries (Toronto Metropolitan University)Children and youth; Communications, community and creativity; Creative, ICT and cultural industries; Education
photo of Elizabeth CaravellMedia & Culture
Technology in Practice
91ÑÇÉ«Digital humanities
Embodiment
Game studies
New media
Professional communications
Rhetoric
Visual communication
Visual culture
photo of John CaruanaMedia & CulturePhilosophy (Toronto Metropolitan University)Phenomenology; Frankfurt school; psychoanalysis; post-structuralism; European cinema; theories of the sacred.
photo ofMark CauchiMedia & CultureHumanities (91ÑÇÉ«)19th- and 20th-century continental philosophy and social theory; intersections of religious and secular thought and culture; theories of the secular and postsecular; intersections of philosophy and the arts (literature, visual art, and film).
photo ofDavid CecchettoMedia & Culture; Technology in PracticeHumanities (91ÑÇÉ«)Communication and media theory; Critical theory; Cultura studies; digital humanities; digital life; media arts; media ecology; media philosophy; musc studies; new media; philosophy of technology; sound studies.
photo of Eliza ChandlerMedia & Culture; Technology in PracticeDisability Studies (Toronto Metropolitan University)Accessibility; embodiment; representation; identity and culture; research-creation and media practices; visual culture.
photo of Sibo ChenMedia & Culture
Technology in Practice
Politics & Policy
School of Professional Communication (Toronto Metropolitan University)Communication and Media Theory; Environment, Science & Risk Communication; Environmental and Energy Communication; Environmental Studies; Global Media and International Communication; Journalism and News; Social Media and Society.
photo of David CiavattaMedia & CulturePhilosophy (Toronto Metropolitan University)Kant and 19th-century continental philosophy (especially Hegel and Marx); phenomenology and existentialism; social and political philosophy; philosophy of action.
photo of Dave ColangeloMedia & Culture; Technology in PracticeProfessional Communication (Toronto Metropolitan University)Communication and media theory; Communications, community and creativity; Cultural studies; Global media and international communication; Media activism and social movements; Media arts; Visual communication; Visual culture
photo of Rosemary CoombeMedia & Culture; Politics & PolicyAnthropology; Social Science (91ÑÇÉ«)Intellectual property; Indigenous peoples; cultural and biological diversity; publics; public domains and public sphere; human rights; cultural rights; postcolonial theory; theories of information; civil society; transnationalism; neoliberalism; informational capital.
photo of Natalie CoulterMedia & Culture; Politics & PolicyCommunication & Media Studies (91ÑÇÉ« Universiy)Communication and media theory; Children and youth; Communication ethics; Cultural studies; Digital humanities; Digital life; Feminism; Feminist scholarship; Gender studies; Media and communication history; Media arts; Sexuality, gender and media; Visual culture
photo of Stephane CoutureCommunication and Technology (91ÑÇÉ«)Digital Activism, Social Movements and the Internet, Hacker et Hacktivism, Francophone and Franco-Ontarians, Media, Internet Governance, Free and Open Source Software
photo of Wendy CukierTechnology in PracticeEntrepreneurship & Strategy (Toronto Metropolitan University)Technology strategy and decision making; regulation and policy; vertical market applications (especially government, policing, health, education, non-profits); technology enabled learning; government relations; advocacy and social marketing and the role of IT; critical theory and IT; gender; diversity and IT.

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photo of Michael DarrochMedia & Culture; Technology in PracticeCinema and Media Arts (91ÑÇÉ«)Communication and Media Theory; Libraries, Archives, and Documentation; Media and Communication History; Media Arts; Media Ecology; Research-Creation and Media Practices; Translation Studies; Visual Culture
photo of Raju DasMedia & Culture; Politics & PolicyEnvironmental & Urban Change (91ÑÇÉ«)Activism and academia; Children and youth; Media activism and social movements; Philosophy of technology; Policy; Political economy of communications; Work, labour and class in communication
photo of Patricio DavilaTechnology in Practice; Media & CultureCinema and Media Arts (91ÑÇÉ«)Critical visualization practice; material semiotics; research-creation; data visualization; new media; visual design; interactive installation; public participation.
photo of Charles DavisPolitics & Policy; Technology in PracticeCommunication and Design (Toronto Metropolitan University)IT; media, and creative industries; new firm formation; internationalization, and product and service innovation practices; innovation and industrial policy; consumer behaviour with respect to digital technologies and services; work practices and occupations in creative industries; management practices in media industries.
photo of Nancy Viva Davis HalifaxMedia & CultureHealth Policy & Management (91ÑÇÉ«)Disability; education healthcare; social exclusion; structural violence; homelessness; public and community spaces; and arts-based research.
photo of Desiree de JesusMedia & CultureCommunication & Media Studies (91ÑÇÉ«)Communications; children and youth; black cultural and feminist studies; videographic criticism; community-based research; decolonial approaches to cinema and media.
photo of Colleen DerkatchMedia & CultureEnglish (Toronto Metropolitan University)Critical theory; cultural studies; science and technology studies; rhetoric.
photo of Kevin Leslie DowlerMedia & CultureCommunication & Media Studies (91ÑÇÉ«)Cultural policy in Canada and Europe; art and the city; aesthetics and popular culture; history of communications.
photo of Susan DriverMedia & CultureCommunication & Media Studies (91ÑÇÉ«)Feminist and queer theory, youth culture, affect theory, posthumanism and new materialism.
photo of Louis-Étienne DuboisMedia & CultureCreative Industries (Toronto Metropolitan University)Collaborative and innovation processes; management practices in the creative industries; gaming and performance arts industries.

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photo of Brandee EasterMedia & Culture; Technology in PracticeWriting (91ÑÇÉ«)Critical theory; Digital humanities; Feminism; Gender studies; Media arts; New media; Rhetoric; Science and technology studies
photo of Jake Okechukwu EffoduhTechnology in PracticeLincoln Alexander School of Law (Toronto Metropolitan University)Communication Policy & Technology; Critical African Studies; Development Communication; ICTs, Big data, and Society; International Development; Law; Postcolonialism; Privacy
photo of Reem El AsalehMedia & Culture Technology in PracticeMedia & Culture Technology in Practice (Toronto Metropolitan University)Accessibility Digital Technologies Technology and New Media Emerging Pre-Media Technologies; Digital Asset Management; Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibilities (EDIA) practices and Applications in graphic communications
photo of Bruce ElderMedia & Culture
Technology in Practice
Image Arts
(Toronto Metropolitan University)
Aesthetics; Communication and Media Theory; Critical Theory; Embodiment;
Film and Media Studies; Philosophy of Technology; Research-Creation and Media Practices; Visual Culture.
photo of Greg ElmerTechnology in Practice; Politics & PolicyProfessional Communication (Toronto Metropolitan University)Communication and media theory; Media activism and social movements; Political communications; Political economy of communications; Research-creation and media practices; Social media and society; Surveillance studies
photo of Barbara EvansTechnology in PracticeCinema & Media Arts (91ÑÇÉ«)Documentary; film; women; history; politics.

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photo of Seth FeldmanTechnology in PracticeFilm (91ÑÇÉ«)Film; radio.
photo of Deborah FelsTechnology in PracticeInformation Technology Management (Toronto Metropolitan University)Inclusive design; inclusive media; accessibility; human-computer interaction; digital media; people with disabilities; inclusive gaming; design for older people.
photo of Caitlin FisherMedia & Culture; Technology in PracticeCinema & Media Arts (91ÑÇÉ«)Augmented reality; digital storytelling; hypermedia fiction and documentary; feminist theory; archives and collecting; locative media.
photo of Jennifer FisherMedia & CultureVisual Art & Art History (91ÑÇÉ«)Contemporary art; curatorial practice; display culture; the aesthetics of the non-visual senses.
photo of Laura FisherMedia & CultureEnglish (Toronto Metropolitan University)Nineteenth - and twentieth-century American literature with focus on race, gender, and urban culture; social reform institutions and the production, mediation, and reception of American literature around the turn of the twentieth century; settlement houses and working girls’ clubs across New 91ÑÇÉ« City.
photo of Blake FitzpatrickTechnology in PracticeImage Arts (Toronto Metropolitan University)Photographic representation of the nuclear era; visual responses to contemporary militarism; disaster in contemporary landscape photography.
photo of Sarah FlickerPolitics & PolicyEnvironmental Studies (91ÑÇÉ«)Adolescent health; community based participatory research; HIV/AIDS; Community Development.
photo of Mary FogartyMedia & CultureDance (91ÑÇÉ«)Dance; music; popular culture.
photo of Estee FrescoMedia & Culture; Technology in PracticeCommunication & Media Studies (91ÑÇÉ«)Age, ageism and technology; Archives and collections; Embodiment; Indigenous media studies; Postcolonialism; Public relations, marketing and advertising; Representation, identity and culture
photo of May FriedmanMedia & Culture; Politics & PolicySocial Work (Toronto Metropolitan University)Embodiment; feminism; new media; women's studies; fat studies; motherhood studies.

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photo of Irene GammelMedia & CultureEnglish (Toronto Metropolitan University)Modernism; modern literature and culture; avant-garde; visual culture; life writing and auto/biography; Dada and Surrealism; New 91ÑÇÉ« Modern; theories of urban space; ecocriticism; curating; performance art; feminist theory; gender and sexuality theory; body theory; salon culture and theory; digital archiving; World War I; trauma narratives.
photo of David GauntlettMedia & Culture; Technology in PracticeCreative Industries (Toronto Metropolitan University)Creative processes; self-initiated everyday creativity; cultures of making and exchanging.
photo of Robert Gehl Media & CultureCommunications & Media Studies (91ÑÇÉ«)New media; Social media and society; Alternative social media
photo of Wendy Geniusz Media & CultureSociology (91ÑÇÉ«)Archives and collections; Cultural studies; Education; Empire, colonialism and communication; Linguistics; Race, ethnicity and media; Representation, identity and culture; Sociology
photo of Donald Gillies Media & Culture; Politics & PolicyImage Arts (Toronto Metropolitan University)The Toronto School of Communication; Marshall McLuhan; history of media and communications; history of telecommunications; the communications industry; communications policy; international communications and development; media ecology; media ecology in Gaelic culture.
photo of Jacqui GingrasMedia & CultureSociology (Toronto Metropolitan University)Activism and Academia; Social Justice Activism
photo of Rob GoodmanPolitics & PolicyPolitics & Public Administration (Toronto Metropolitan University)History; policy; rhetoric.
photo of Jay GouldingMedia & CultureEquity Studies (91ÑÇÉ«)Communication and media studies; Critical theory; Cultural studies; Intercultural communication; Media philosophy
photo of Anatoliy GruzdMedia & Culture; Technology in PracticeTed Rogers School of Management - Information Technology Management (Toronto Metropolitan University)ICTs; big data and society; new media; public relations, marketing and advertising; social media and society.

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photo of Ratiba Hadj-MoussaMedia & CultureSociology (91ÑÇÉ«)Activism and academia; Anthropology; Archives and collections; Communication and media theory; Cinema; Comics and graphic novels; Critical theory; Cultural studies; Digital humanities; Documentary; Empire, colonialism and communication; Feminism; Feminist scholarship; Gender studies; Global media and international communication; History; Intersectional knowledge practices; Media activism and social movements; Media history; Media philosophy; Political communications; Postcolonialism; Race, ethnicity and media; Representation, identity and culture; Semiotics; Sexuality, gender and media; Social media and society; Visual culture; Women's studies; Youth, children and media culture
photo of Jan HadlawTechnology in Practice; Media & CultureDesign (91ÑÇÉ«)Communication and media history; cultural history of telephony; the design and representation of technology; technologies and the social imaginaries of time and space; media and everyday life; advertising and consumer society; modern design and Canadian nationalism.
photo of Alison HarveyMedia & Culture; Technology in PracticeCommunication (91ÑÇÉ«)Feminism; Feminist scholarship; Game studies; Gender studies; New media; Political economy of communications; Representation, identity and culture; Science and technology studies; Sexuality, gender and media; Social media and society; Women's studies; Work, labour and class in communication
photo of Mark HaywardTechnology in Practice; Media & CultureCommunication & Media Studies (91ÑÇÉ«)Archives and collections; Communication and media theory; Cultural studies; History; Media History; Media materialities and infrastructure studies; Media philosophy; Race, ethnicity and media
photo of Robert HeynenMedia & CultureCommunication & Media Studies (91ÑÇÉ«)Surveillance studies; visual culture; media history (esp. photography and film); Marxist cultural theory; critical theories of race and gender; aesthetics and politics.
photo of Ted HiebertMedia & Culture
Technology in Practice
Image Arts
(Toronto Metropolitan University)
Aesthetics
Communications, Community, and Creativity
Critical Theory
Visual Communication
Visual Culture
Art, Interdisciplinary Studies
photo of Shelley HornsteinMedia & CultureVisual Art & Art History (91ÑÇÉ«)Architecture; place; urban culture; 19th and 20th century cultures; contemporary visual culture.
photo of Anna HudsonMedia & CultureVisual Art & Art History (91ÑÇÉ«)Postcolonial art of the Americas; contemporary art of the Arctic; museology; the art market and the business of culture; sex and gender in the representation of beauty and the social order; humanism in 20th century Canadian art.

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photo of Susan IngramMedia & CultureHumanities (91ÑÇÉ«)European film; fashion; biography and autobiography; comparative literature; translation studies.

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photo of Jenna JacobsonMedia & Culture; Technology in PracticeRetail Management (Toronto Metropolitan University)New media; privacy; social media; influencers; gender; branding.
photo of Lorraine Janzen KooistraMedia & CultureEnglish (Toronto Metropolitan University)Archives and collections; cultural studies; digital humanities; gender studies; visual culture.
photo of Craig JennexMedia & CultureEnglish (Toronto Metropolitan University)Cultural Studies; Feminist Theory; Music Studies; Popular Culture; Queer Theory; Resistance and Protest; Sexuality Studies; Women’s and Gender Studies
photo of Eva JewellMedia & Culture Politics & PolicySociology (Toronto Metropolitan University)Decolonial Theory Feminism Feminist Scholarship Feminist Theory Indigenous Studies Indigenous Theories/Practices Sociology Women’s and Gender Studies

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photo of Carolyn KaneMedia & CultureProfessional Communication (Toronto Metropolitan University)Media and communication history; Media arts; Media ecology; Media history; Media philosophy; Philosophy of technology; Science and technology studies; Visual communication
photo of Andreas KitzmannMedia & CultureHumanities (91ÑÇÉ«)Culture and technology; new media and society; digital culture; critical theory; cultural studies.
photo of Mustafa KoçPolitics & PolicySociology (Toronto Metropolitan University)Food studies; food writing; food on the web; food and films; cook books and national cuisines; ethnic and diasporic food cultures and identity; policy studies; food and agricultural policy; immigration policy; cultural studies; globalization and impacts of restructuring; global population movements and diasporas.
photo of Ruth Koleszar-GreenMedia & CultureSocial Work (91ÑÇÉ«)Onkwehonwe (the Mohawk word for "original people") knowledges; approaches and world views; Indigenous education and social issues that impact Indigenous communities; anti-racist education; income security reform.
Media & CultureEnglish (Toronto Metropolitan University)Film and Media Studies
Sexuality, Gender, and Media
Women’s and Gender Studies
Work, Labour, and Class in Communication
creative writing; community arts education

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photo of Richard LachmanMedia & Culture; Technology in PracticeDigital Media (Toronto Metropolitan University)Convergent media; digital documentary; collaborative work, and new forms of storytelling; interactive art; animation; virtual environments; digital culture.
photo of Ganaele LangloisTechnology in PracticeCommunication & Media Studies (91ÑÇÉ«)Critical theory; digital life; philosophy of technology; science and technology studies; semiotics.
photo of Robert E. LathamPolitics & PolicyPolitical Science (91ÑÇÉ«)Politics of environmental knowledge and large-scale monitoring systems; security and IT; technologies of border surveillance; critical theories of sovereignty; transnational relations; migration; multiculturalism and international communication politics; human security; global governance.
photo of Nathaniel LaywineMedia & CultureCommunication & Media Studies (91ÑÇÉ«)Communication and media theory; Critical theory; Cultural studies; Education; Global media and international communication;
Intercultural communication; Media activism and social movements; Media materialities and infrastructure studies; Public relations, marketing and advertising; Representation, identity and culture
photo of Anne-Marie Lee-LoyPolitics & PolicyEnglish (Toronto Metropolitan University)Postcolonial studies; representations of minority diasporic populations in relation to the construction of cultural identities; postcolonial identities; diaspora; transnationalism; Chinese Caribbean experience; Caribbean Studies; Asians in the Americas; Yellow Peril discourse; hemispheric Asian American studies; overseas Chinese.
photo of Bruno LessardMedia & Culture; Technology in PracticeImage Arts (Toronto Metropolitan University)Asian Studies; Cinema; Critical Theory; Documentary; Film and Media Studies; Game Studies; Music, Audio, Radio, and Sound; Research-Creation and Media Practices
photo of Laura LevinMedia & Culture; Technology in PracticeTheatre (91ÑÇÉ«)Embodiment; gender studies; new media; visual culture; performance Studies.
photo of Muyang LiMedia & CultureSociology (91ÑÇÉ«)Cultural studies; ICT's, big data and society; Media, cultural and ICT policy, law and regulation; New media; Political communications, Social media and society; Sociology
photo of William Kenneth LittleMedia & CultureAnthropology (91ÑÇÉ«)Analysis of society as spectacle; visual culture; popular cultural performance in both Euro-North American and post-colonial cultures; circus and the politics and poetics of spectacle.
photo of Brenda LongfellowMedia & Culture; Technology in PracticeCinema & Media Arts (91ÑÇÉ«)Feminist film theory; gender and national identity; women and cinema; film-making; women and culture, environmentalism, globalization.

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photo of Anne MacLennan

Media & Culture; Technology in Practice; Politics & PolicyCommunication & Media Studies (91ÑÇÉ«)Archives and collections; Audience studies and media ethnographies; Communication and media theory; Communication ethics; Communications, community and creativity; Cultural studies; Empire, colonialism and communication; Feminist scholarship; Health communication; History; Intercultural communication; Journalism and news; Media activism and social movements; Media and communication history; Media history; Music studies; Policy; Political communications; Public relations, marketing and advertising; Race, ethnicity and media; Representation, identity and culture; Research-creation and media practices; Semiotics; Visual communication; Visual culture; Women's studies; Work, labour and class in communication; Communications , Canadian Studies, Media, Popular culture, Broadcasting, media history, radio, sound, audio identity, audience/community, advertising, consumption, social welfare, poverty, labour and methodology
photo of Janine MarchessaultMedia & Culture; Technology in PracticeCinema & Media Arts (91ÑÇÉ«)Cities and cinema; stereoscopic 3D cinema; future cinema architectures; feminist/post-colonial media; social media and activism; Marshall McLuhan and the Explorations Group; World Fairs; film festivals and utopias; micro-cinemas; curatorial studies; process philosophy; theories of spectatorship; phenomenology and affect; experimental cinema.
photo of Jean MasonTechnology in Practice; Media & CultureCommunication Theory (Toronto Metropolitan University)Health communication, writing media and technologies, and personal narrative.
photo of Alison Matthews DavidMedia & CultureFashion (Toronto Metropolitan University)History of fashion; material culture.
photo of Alexandra MazalekMedia & Culture; Technology in PracticeRTA School of Media (Toronto Metropolitan University)Design and application of emerging physical sensing and digital media technologies to areas such as narrative expression, abstract thinking, and scientific modeling, as well as the study and use of embodied cognition as a framework for tangible and embodied interaction design.
photo of Patricia MazepaPolitics & PolicyCommunication & Media Studies (91ÑÇÉ«)Critical political economy of communication (commodification, structuration, spatialization, hegemony, ideology); Canadian media history; social movement media.
photo of John McCulloughTechnology in PracticeCinema & Media Arts (91ÑÇÉ«)North American film and television; media labour and globalization; representation of spatial, class and racial relations.
photo of Casey MecijaMedia & Culture; Politics & PolicyCommunication & Media Studies (91ÑÇÉ«)Sound Studies; Diaspora Studies; Performance Studies; Gender and Sexuality Studies; Filipinx Studies; Transnational Feminisms.
photo of Catherine MiddletonPolitics & PolicyInformation Technology Management (Toronto Metropolitan University)Age, Ageism, and Technology; Communication Policy & Technology; Digital Divide; Digital Technologies; ICTs, Big Data, and Society; Media Materialities and Infrastructure Studies; Media, Cultural and ICT Policy, Law, and Regulation; Telecommunications
photo of Ravindra MohabeerMedia & Culture Technology in Practice Politics & PolicyJournalism (Toronto Metropolitan University)Audience Studies and Media Ethnographies Communication and Media Theory Cultural Studies Digital Life Media Ecology Media Education Research Representation, Identity, and Culture Social Invisibility, Presence Studies, Ideas of Nation, Visual methodology, DIY media
photo of Colin MooersPolitics & PolicyPolitics and Public Administration (Toronto Metropolitan University)The political economy of capitalism; political theory; social movements; theories of citizenship; and the public sphere.
photo of Paul MooreMedia & CultureSociology (Toronto Metropolitan University)Research methodologies; cultural and social theories; media history; historiography; history of technology; material culture; governmentality & social regulation; publics and counterpublics; regional and mass market consumption; popular screen cultures & practices; popular print cultures & practices; ephemera; collecting; the archive and nostalgia; film industries in Canada; film exhibition and screen practices; the newspaper & its supplements.
photo of Gabrielle MoserMedia & CultureEducation (91ÑÇÉ«)Aesthetics; Archives and Collections; Education; Empire, Colonialism, and Communication; Feminist Theory; Libraries, Archives, and Documentation; Research-Creation and Media Practices; Visual Culture
photo of Jessica MudryPolitics & Poicy; Technology in PracticeProfessional Communication (Toronto Metropolitan University)Communication Across the Curriculum; Environment, Science & Risk Communication; Food Communication; Food Studies; Health Communication; Professional Communications; Rhetoric, Rhetorical Theory and Criticism; Science and Technology Studies
photo of Stephen MuzzattiMedia & Culture; Politics & PolicySociology (Toronto Metropolitan University)Critical Theory; Cultural Studies; Political Economy; Animals, Crime and Transgression, Death, Motorcycles

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photo of Nima NaghibiMedia & CultureEnglish (Toronto Metropolitan University)Postcolonial and diasporic theories; human rights; memory; trauma; life narratives/memoir.
photo of Jeff NagyMedia & CultureCommunication & Media Studies (91ÑÇÉ«)Communication and media theory; Critical theory; History; ICTs, big data and society; Media history; New media; Science and technology studies; Social media and society; Surveillance studies; Disability Theory
photo of Nicole NeversonMedia & CultureSociology (Toronto Metropolitan University)Representation of subjectivities in the mass media; socio-cultural aspects of sport and gender; use of force technologies and policing; the social construction of 'risk' and risk narratives; alternative media perspectives of Canadian Caribbean disaspora.
photo of Emilia NielsenMedia & CultureSocial Science; Health & Society Program (91ÑÇÉ«)Accessibility; Activism and academia; Comics and graphic novels; Communications, community and creativity; Critical theory; Cultural studies; Embodiment; Feminist scholarship; Gender studies; Health communication; Intersectional knowledge practices; 2SLGTBQIA+ communications and queer theory and media studies; Representation, identity and culture; Research-creation and media practices; Sexuality, gender and media; Visual culture

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photo of Jonathan ObarPolitics & PolicyCommunication & Media Studies (91ÑÇÉ«)Information policy; communication policy; big data and privacy; network neutrality and digital activism.
photo of Mona OikawaPolitics & PolicyEquity Studies (91ÑÇÉ«)Sociology; gender issues; critical race studies; cultural studies.
photo of Tokunbo OjoMedia & Culture; Politics & PolicyCommunication & Media Studies (91ÑÇÉ«)Political economy; journalism studies; global media; ICT4D; media industries.
photo of Andrew O'MalleyMedia & CultureEnglish (Toronto Metropolitan University)Children's literature and culture; popular culture; historical popular culture; comics and graphic novels; eighteenth century; robinsonades.
photo of Dana OsborneMedia & CultureLanguages, Literatures and Cultures (Toronto Metropolitan University)Anthropology; History; Linguistics; Popular Culture; Postcolonialism; Semiotics; Multilingualism, Bilingualism, Codeswitching, Codemixing,; Philippines

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photo of Ruth PanofskyMedia & CultureEnglish (Toronto Metropolitan University)Archives and collections; copyright; feminism; history; women's studies.
photo of Sarah Parsons Media & CultureArt History and Visual Culture (91ÑÇÉ«)Archives and collections; Empire, colonialism and communication; Gender studies; History; Media arts; Media history; Privacy; Surveillance studies; Visual culture
photo of Jamin PelkeyMedia & CultureLanguages, Literatures and Cultures (Toronto Metropolitan University)Aesthetics; Anthropology; Comparative Literature; Cultural Studies; Embodiment
Linguistics; Semiotics
photo of Nalini PersramMedia & CultureSocial Science (91ÑÇÉ«)Cinema; critical theory; documentary; political economy; postcolonialism.
photo of Lila PineTechnology in Practice; Media & CultureRTA School of Media (Toronto Metropolitan University)Storytelling and new media; media and communication.
photo of Elizabeth PodnieksMedia & CultureEnglish (Toronto Metropolitan University)Life writing; modernism; Women's studies; mothering; popular culture; celebrity culture; scholarly editing; digital humanities.
photo of Chris PowellMedia & CultureSociology (Toronto Metropolitan University)Critical Race Theories; Critical Theory; Decolonial Theory; Feminist Theory; Intersectionality; Resistance and Protest; Socialist Studies; Sociology
photo of Izabella Pruska-OldenhofTechnology in PracticeImage Arts
(Toronto Metropolitan University)
Archives and Collections; Cultural Studies; Embodiment; Film and Media Studies; Media Arts; Media Ecology; Philosophy of Technology; Research-Creation and Media Practices

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photo of Osmund RahmanMedia & Culture; Politics & PolicyFashion (Toronto Metropolitan University)Age, Ageism, and Technology; Asian Studies; Environmental Studies; Fashion; Game Studies; International, Intercultural, and Cross-cultural Communication; Popular Culture; Representation, Identity, and Culture
photo of Rai ReeceMedia & CultureSociology (Toronto Metropolitan University)Canadian Black feminism; critical race theory; anti-Black racism; punishment and misogynoir; critical feminist criminology; community-based ethnography; prison health; equity as social praxis; and abolition and activism.
photo of Markus ReisenleitnerMedia & CultureHumanities (91ÑÇÉ«)Communication and media theory; Cinema; Communication ethics; Copyright; Creative, ICT and cultural industries; Critical theory; Cultural studies; Digital humanities; Empire, colonialism and communication; Fashion; History; ICTs, big data and society; Media history; Media materialities and infrastructure studies; New media; Postcolonialism; Representation, identity and culture; Visual communication; Visual culture
photo of Joe RecuperoMedia & CultureRTA School of Media (Sport Media)(Toronto Metropolitan University)Cinema; Documentary; Gender Studies; 2SLGBTQI+ Communications and Queer Theory and Media Studies; Media, Communication, and Sport; Popular Culture; Queer Theory; Sexuality, Gender, and Media.
photo of Danielle RobinsonDanielle RobinsonMedia & CultureDance (91ÑÇÉ«)Dance ethnography; cultural studies; dance history; critical race theory; social dance reconstruction; multicultural dance education; popular dance practices; African diaspora within the Americas; Latin American dance cultures.
photo of Shirley RoburnPolitics & PolicyCommunication & Media Studies (91ÑÇÉ«)Indigenous sovereignty movements; activism; traditional knowledge; climate change policy; oral tradition; research methodology; documentary films.
photo of Wade RowlandPolitics and Policy; Technology in PracticeCommunication & Media Studies (91ÑÇÉ«)Communication; ethics; critical realism; technology.

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photo of Leslie SandersMedia & CultureHumanities (91ÑÇÉ«)African American and black Canadian literature and culture; literatures of the African diaspora.
photo of Catriona Mortimer-SandilandsMedia & CultureEnvironmental Studies (91ÑÇÉ«)Environmental humanities and ecocriticism; queer, multispecies & feminist ecologies; critical plant studies; public humanities and cultures; creative writing practice; biopolitics.
photo of Carmen SchifellitePolitics & PolicySociology (Toronto Metropolitan University)Science and technology studies; popular culture; sociology of knowledge; graduate methodologies.
photo of Catherine SchryerMedia & CultureProfessional Communication (Toronto Metropolitan University)Socializing students in medicine, optometry, and Social Work.
photo of Megan ScribeMedia & Culture; Politics & PolicySociology (Toronto Metropolitan Univeristy)Indigenous Studies; Indigenous; Theories/Practices; Queer Theory; Women’s and Gender Studies
photo of Alan SearsMedia & CultureSociology (Toronto Metropolitan University)Sexuality; theory; social movements; work; education.
photo of Yukari SekoMedia & Culture; Politics & PolicyProfessional Communication (Toronto Metropolitan University)Critical Theory; Disability Studies; Education Food Communication; Food Studies; Health Communication; Religion and Communication
photo of Mitu SenguptaPolitics & PolicyPolitics & Public Administration (Toronto Metropolitan University)Indian market liberalization and development; labour and migration; the politics of sporting and cultural events. More recent work focuses on human rights and development; global justice; and development ethics.
photo of Abigail ShabtayMedia & Culture; Politics & Policy; Technology in PracticeHumanities (91ÑÇÉ«)Children and youth; Education; Performing arts
photo of Khatereh SheibaniKhatereh SheibaniMedia & CultureLanguages, Literatures & Linguistics (91ÑÇÉ«)Audience studies and media ethnographies; Cinema; Cultural studies; Empire, colonialism and communication; Fashion; Feminism; History; Intercultural communication; Linguistics; Media and communication history; Media arts; Media history; New media; Postcolonialism; Race, ethnicity and media; Sexuality, gender and media; Social media and society; Visual communication; Visual culture; Women's studies
photo of John ShigaPolitics & PolicyProfessional Communication (Toronto Metropolitan University)Communication and media theory; Empire, colonialism and communication; Environmental and energy communication; Media history; Media materialities and infrastructure studies; Media philosophy; Research-creation and media practices; Science and technology studies
photo of Rich ShivenerMedia & CultureWriting Department (91ÑÇÉ«)Digital media; Rhetoric; Affect theory; Social media; Qualitative research; Digital communication
photo of Jeremy ShternPolitics & PolicyCreative Industries (Toronto Metropolitan University)Internet governance; media policy; communication rights; globalization and communication; political economy of social media advertising; emerging media; creative labour; and research methods.
photo of Hyacinth SimpsonMedia & CultureEnglish (Toronto Metropolitan University)Caribbean and postcolonial literatures; migration, diaspora, and transnational studies; short fiction studies; orality.
photo of Yvonne SingerYvonne SingerMedia & CultureVisual Art & Art History (91ÑÇÉ«)Memory; history; identity; perception; psychoanalysis.
photo of Rianka SinghCommunication & Media Studies (91ÑÇÉ«)Communications; media; feminist media studies; platform studies; race and technology.
photo of Sava Saheli SinghEducation (91ÑÇÉ«)Education, technology, surveillance, speculative futures, critical digital literacy, labour, abolition, and research creation
photo of David SkinnerPolitics & PolicyCommunication & Media Studies (91ÑÇÉ«)Political economy of communication; media and communications policy; alternative and community media; media democracy.
photo of Donna SmithPolitics & PolicyRetail Management (Toronto Metropolitan University)Social media research; consumer behaviour; retailer-vendor strategic partnerships in the context of Commitment-Trust.
photo of Karen SoldaticMedia & Culture; Technology in Practice; Politics & PolicyCanada Excellence Research Chair - Health Equity & Community Wellbeing (Toronto Metropolitan University)Disability Studies; Embodiment; Gender Studies; Health Communication; ICTs, Big Data, and Society
Intersectionality; Policy; Sociology
photo of Afsoon SoudiMedia & Culture; Technology in PracticeRTA School of Media (Toronto Metropolitan University)Environment, Science & Risk Communication; Environmental and Energy Communication; ICTs, Big Data ad Society; Media Audiences; Media Sector Development; Science and Technology Studies; Technology and New Media; Information retrieval and society, recommender systems

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photo of Nick TaylorMedia & Culture; Technology in PracticeCommunication & Media Studies (91ÑÇÉ«)Audience studies and media ethnographies; Communication and media theory; Cultural studies; Education; Embodiment; Feminism; Game studies; Gender studies; Media and communication history; Science and technology studies; Social media and society; Surveillance studies
Media & Culture; Technology in PracticeSocial Science (91ÑÇÉ«)Environmental and energy communication, Media activism and social movements, Media ecology, Climate change communication; tourism media and communication
photo of Philippe TheophanidisMedia & Culture; Technology in Practice; Politics & PolicyGlobal Communication & Culture (91ÑÇÉ«)Communication and media theory; Critical theory; Media philosophy; Philosophy of technology; Visual culture
photo of Sophie ThomasMedia & CultureEnglish (Toronto Metropolitan University)Archives and collections; cultural studies; visual culture; material culture, literature.
photo of Cheryl ThompsonMedia & CultureCreative Industries (Toronto Metropolitan University)Archives and collections; Black communication and media studies; Communications, community and creativity; History; Music studies; Representation, identity and culture; Visual culture; Theatre and performance
photo of Matthew TiessenMedia & Culture; Technology in PracticeSchool of Professional Communication (Toronto Metropolitan University)Digital humanities; embodiment; philosophy of technology; visual communication; finance; power, propaganda.
photo of Temenuga TrifonovaTechnology in PracticeCinema & Media Arts (91ÑÇÉ«)European cinema; screenwriting; film theory; philosophy of film; film remakes and sequels; film adaptations; film criticism; contemporary American cinema; psychopathology and film; migrant and diasporic cinema; film/video production; creative writing; photography; aesthetic theory; 20th century American literature; existentialism.
photo of Elizabeth (Betty) TrottMedia & CulturePhilosophy (Toronto Metropolitan University)Canadian philosophy; philosophy of education; philosophy of art and design; multiculturalism; metaphysics; culture.
photo of Monique TschofenMedia & Culture; Technology in PracticeEnglish (Toronto Metropolitan University)Communication and Media Theory; Digital Humanities; Feminism; Media Philosophy; Research-Creation and Media Practices; Visual Culture
photo of Natasha TusikovSocial Science (91ÑÇÉ«)Information Technologies, Crime, Law and Technology, Private Security Industry, Regulatory Theory, Criminology

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photo of Livy VisanoMedia & Culture; Politics & PolicyEquity Studies (91ÑÇÉ«)Ontology; critical legal studies; social justice; human rights; youth; critical criminology and ethnographies.
photo of Leah VoskoPolitics & PolicyPolitical Science (91ÑÇÉ«)Gender studies; political economy; policy; labour studies; citizenship & migration.

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photo of Kimberly WahlMedia & CultureFashion (Toronto Metropolitan University)Intersections between academic feminism and the histories and theories of fashion; visual culture and the body; fashioning feminism: women, clothing, art and power in late nineteenth and early twentieth-century British culture.
photo of Charlie Wall-AndrewsMedia & Culture; Politics & PolicyCreative Industries (Toronto Metropolitan University)Communications, community and creativity; gender studies; music studies; policy; representation, identity and culture
photo of Stéphanie Walsh MatthewsMedia & CultureLanguages, Literatures & Cultures (Toronto Metropolitan University)Language; postcolonialism; postmodernity; post-war cultural theories; semiotics; French Caribbean literature; translation; Franco-Canadian literature and culture; magical realism.
Media & Culture; Politics & PolicyGeography and Environmental Studies (Toronto Metropolitan University)Indigenous geographies; queer theory; anti-colonial praxis; decolonial methodologies; Nishnaabeg Law; gender-based violence
photo of Wendy Siuyi WongTechnology in PracticeDesign (91ÑÇÉ«)Design culture; Chinese graphic design history; poster design; Chinese comics art history.

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photo of Hongbing YuMedia & CultureLanguages, Literatures, and Cultures (Toronto Metropolitan Univeristy)Critical theory; Cultural studies; Education; History; Intercultural communication; Linguistics; Representation, identity and culture; Semiotics

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photo of Frauke ZellerMedia & CultureProfessional Communication (Toronto Metropolitan University)Human-Computer Interaction/Human-Robot Interaction; digital communication, and method development for digital research analyses.
photo of Joyce ZemansPolitics and PolicyVisual Art & Art History (91ÑÇÉ«)Twentieth century Canadian art with a special focus on the art of women; cultural policy (Canadian and comparative); curatorial practice and arts administration.
photo of Tracy Ying ZhangMedia & Culture; Technology in Practice; Politics & PolicyCommunications & Media Studies (91ÑÇÉ«)Cultural studies; Embodiment; Feminist scholarship; Global media and international communication; Media materialities and infrastructure studies; Political communications; Political economy of communications; Race, ethnicity and media; Research-creation and media practices; Work, labour and class in communication
photo of Zhixi ZhuangMedia & Culture; Politics & Policy
School of Urban and Regional Planning (Toronto Metropolitan University)Critical Race Theories; Ethnic Studies; Intersectionality; Policy; Visual Communication
photo of Michael ZrydMedia & CultureCinema & Media Arts (91ÑÇÉ«)Experimental / avant-garde cinema; documentary film theory; history of cinema and media studies; American populism in film and media; Buffy the Vampire Slayer; Hollis Frampton; Su Friedrich; Philip Hoffman; Ruth Ozeki.
photo of Detlev ZwickMedia & Culture; Politics & PolicySchulich School of Business (91ÑÇÉ«)Marketing practices in the context of the Attention Economy; strategic innovation of new marketing forms.

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