Faculty | Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies

Faculty

Dr. Joe Sawada

Dr. Joe Sawada

“Combinatorial algorithms, networks and graph theory, Gray codes, complexity and data structures. He is also a co-founder of a leading Web 2.0 business: FreshBooks”
 
 

Dr. Janis Randall Simpson

Dr. Janis Randall Simpson

“My research interests include assessment of nutritional status in children. A major research project has been the development of NutriSTEP, a nutrition risk screening questionnaire for preschoolers.”
 
 

Dr. Glen Pyle

Dr. Glen Pyle

“Our research group is interested in the causative mechanisms of heart failure, and novel treatment options. We are currently investigating how hormones regulate heart function including underlying intracellular signalling pathways, and the therapeutic potential of several hormones and signalling molecules in failing hearts.”
 
 

Alexia Prescod

Alexia Prescod

“I am dedicated to seek out practicum experiences that support the competency development of the MAN students. Additionally, I am interested in exploring if simulated learning exercises could accelerate competency attainment.”
 

Dr. Deborah Powell

Dr. Deborah Powell

“My research focuses mainly on personnel selection, with an emphasis on finding valid and fair methods of hiring the best employees. Most recently, I have investigated employment interviews as a promising approach to measuring personality in job applicants. My research also looks at personality testing and integrity testing in selection contexts.”
 
 

Dr. Omid A. Payrow Shabani

Dr. Omid A. Payrow Shabani

“Social and political philosophy, Critical Theory, German Idealism, contemporary continental philosophy, and ethics. Currently, I am working on the relation between religion and democracy. As a result of increasing role and significance of religious voices, many political philosophers are rethinking some of the basic principles of liberal democracy like separation of Church and state and the idea of public reason.”
 
 

Dr. Sandra Parmegiani

Dr. Sandra Parmegiani

“European novel and culture from the eighteenth to the twentieth century. Italian literature. History of Publishing in Modern Europe. Modern English-Italian Literary Relations.”
 
 

Professor Cecelia Paine

Professor Cecelia Paine

“While at Guelph, Professor Paine has conducted research on heritage cemeteries and the design of early mental asylums in Ontario and the United States. Most recently she was principal investigator on a study documenting the works of Stanley Thompson, Canada’s foremost “Golden Age” golf course architect. Professor Paine’s other research interests include design of walkable communities in support of human health and cross-cultural design practice. ”
 
 

Professor Jonathan Newman

Professor Jonathan Newman

“I have many and varied interests in the general field of ecology. My current research focuses on two related issues: predicting the biological impacts of climate change; and the ecological effects of endophytic fungi.”
 
 

Dr. Robin Milhausen

Dr. Robin Milhausen

“Robin Milhausen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition. Robin studies human sexuality and couple relationships using quantitative and qualitative research methods. Her program of research includes gender and sexuality; sexual desire and arousal; sexual pleasure and sexual problems; and sexual health behaviours.”