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Carol Dauda

Professor Dauda received her PhD at the University of Toronto in 1999. Dauda’s previous research focused on comparative developing countries and she conducted research in Africa in the late 1990s on the effect of decentralization programs and the reform of local government institutions on...

Troy Riddell

Professor Riddell received his BA and MA from the University of Calgary and Ph.D. from McGill University.

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Candace Johnson

Prior to joining the University of Guelph in 2003, Professor Johnson has taught at Brock University in St. Catharine’s Ontario and at the American University in Washington, DC. Professor Johnson has published in the areas of health care and social policy, the philosophical and...

Ian Spears

Professor Spears teaches courses in international relations and the politics of developing areas (specifically Africa), however, his research interests have focused largely on problems and prospects for conflict and conflict resolution in African states. His earlier research concerned the...

Tim Mau

Professor Mau completed a D.Phil. at St Antony’s College, Oxford University where he was both a Commonwealth and SSHRC Doctoral Scholar. Prior to attending Oxford, he completed the Guelph-McMaster Collaborative M.A. in Public Policy and Administration and an Honours B.A. in Political...

Dennis Baker

Professor Baker is a graduate of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Calgary. His research focuses on the separation of powers, particularly the relationship between the courts and the representative branches. His book...

Judith McKenzie

Professor McKenzie is currently working on the second edition of her book, Environmental Politics in Canada with Oxford University Press. I hope to complete it by the end of summer 2011. Prior to gaining my PhD, I worked as an urban planner for approximately 10 years in the Ottawa area and...

Craig Johnson

Professor Johnson received his PhD from the London School of Economics in 2000. His research and professional interests centre upon the governance of social policies aimed at reducing risk and vulnerability to chronic poverty, forced displacement and long-term environmental change...

Byron Sheldrick

Professor Sheldrick studied Political Science at Carleton University before going to law school at the University of Toronto. He then returned to the study of Political Science, completing his MA and PhD at York University in Toronto. He previously taught in the Law department at...

Julie Simmons

Professor Simmons received an MA and a PhD, both in political science and with a specialization in public policy, from the University of Toronto; and a BA (Hons) in Political Science with International Relations from the University of British Columbia.

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Maureen Mancuso

Professor Mancuso's principal thrust of her research agenda has been the areas of political ethics, corruption, and scandal.

As I readily acknowledge, it seems to be a field that never suffers a shortage of new case studies. My principal methodological technique has been...

Janine A. Clark

Professor Clark received her PhD in Political Science from the University of Toronto, her MA in Political Science from Carleton University and her Bachelor of Environmental Studies in Geography from the University of Waterloo.

Tamara A. Small

Professor Small’s (PhD, Queen’s University) research is focused on the use of digital technologies by Canadian political elites. In addition to conducting research on e-campaigning in the last five Canadian federal elections, she has published work on Twitter, blogging by Canadian...

Theresa Lee

Professor Lee received her B. A. (High Distinction) from the University of Toronto, majoring in Political Science, with a minor in Philosophy. She completed graduate studies at Princeton University, receiving both M. A. and Ph. D. degrees in Politics and Program in Political Philosophy. She...

David MacDonald

I have a PhD is in International Relations from the London School of Economics. I am an Associate Professor in the department. From 1999 to 2002 I was Assistant Visiting Professor at the Ecole Superieure de Commerce de Paris (ESCP EUROPE). From 2002 to 2007 I was a Lecturer, then Senior...

Adam Sneyd

Professor Sneyd’s recently published book analyzes how globalization might be altering the factors that have entrenched poverty across Africa south of the Sahara. He is interested in learning more about how new ideas and practices associated with corporate social...

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Graduate Studies

Welcome (Masters and Doctoral Students)

The Graduate Program in Political Science offers a dynamic and engaging environment for Masters and Doctoral study.

The department has a wide range of research interests including; comparative politics, public policy, governance, international development, international relations, environmental policy, health policy, peace and conflict studies, constitutionalism, federalism, human rights, gender and identity and law.

In addition to these thematic interests, the department offers a regional specialization on Africa, Asia, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, the former Soviet Union, Latin America, the United States and Canada.

The department takes pride in its professor to student ratio, meaning that students benefit from smaller classes. Every year, the department accepts approximatly 12 to 15 students in the MA program, and 3-4 students into the PhD program, providing guaranteed funding for both cohorts.

The department has an excellent record for placing its students in competitive Doctoral programs , including the University of Toronto, the University of British Columbia and the Norman Paterson School of Internations Affairs, as well as federal Parliamentrary and Ontario Legistaltive Internship programs in the volunteer sector.

If you would like to find out more about our MA and Doctoral programs, please send us an e-mail at polsmail@uoguelph.ca.