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Office

The Department of Political Science general office is in David Turpin Building (DTB) A316. We're open Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Faculty

Cross-listed & adjunct professors

Cross-listed faculty

Dr. Jeff Corntassel, Cross-Listed Associate Professor 
Indigenous Studies Program
Global Indigenous rights; Indigenous political mobilization/self-determination movements

Dr. Laura Parisi, Cross-Listed Associate Professor
Gender Studies
Globalization and resistance; gender and international human rights; gender and international development

Adjunct professors

Dr. George Abbott, Adjunct Professor
BC and Canadian politics

Dr. Michael Asch, Adjunct Professor
Socio-cultural anthropology; North America; political and legal anthropology

Dr. Sarah Sharma, Adjunct Assistant Professor
International relations; political economy

Dr. Reg Whitaker, Adjunct Professor
Canadian politics; Canadian security issues

Sessional instructors Fall 2024

Dr. Michael Carpenter - POLI 103, 319, 433

Dr. Simon Carroll - POLI 300A, 306

Dr. Sean Darling - POLI 364
sean.darling@gov.bc.ca

Dr. Jennifer Hall - POLI 351
jkhall@uvic.ca

Mehdi Hashemi - POLI 348
mhashemi@uvic.ca

Fazila Mat - POLI 319
fmat@uvic.ca 

Staff

Rosemary Barlow, Administrative Officer
250-853-3567

Joanne Denton, Chair's Assistant
250-721-6637

Rachel Richmond, Graduate Secretary
250-721-7486