Faculty
Our academic faculty comprises faculty members, crossed appointed faculty from around Carleton University, and retired professors, many of whom remain engaged contributors to the school. Please view their profiles to learn more about their backgrounds, research and teaching interests, and academic and practical contributions.
SPPA Faculty

Adegboyega Ojo
- Professor, Canada Research Chair in Governance and Artificial Intelligence — digital Government; artificial intelligence governance; data-intensive public sector innovation; policy analytics
- Adegboyega.Ojo@carleton.ca

Alexandra Mallett
- Associate Professor — sustainable energy and climate policy; emerging economies / developing countries; low carbon technology cooperation; innovation, science and technology policies
- alexandra.mallett@carleton.ca
- 613-520-2600 ext 2641

Amanda Clarke
- Associate Professor, Graduate Supervisor (MA in Public Policy and Administration) — public administration, digital government, data governance, civic technology
- amanda.clarke@carleton.ca

Anil Varughese
- Associate Professor, Graduate Supervisor (Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership) — Political Communication and Political Behavior; Governance and Democratic Deepening in Global South; Social Policy; South Asia
- anil.varughese@carleton.ca
- 613-520-2600 ext 2556

Anna Kopec
- Assistant Professor — public policy, inequality, comparative public policy, policy design, political participation
- anna.kopec@carleton.ca

Ardyn Nordstrom
- Assistant Professor — program and policy evaluation; development economics; education; cu_event_cost-benefit analysis; mixed-methods evaluation; machine learning
- ardyn.nordstrom@carleton.ca

Daniel Rosenbloom
- Assistant Professor and Rosamond Ivey Research Chair in Sustainability Transitions – governance of socio-technical transitions and net-zero pathways; climate policy and politics; Canadian energy political economy; science, technology, and innovation
- daniel.rosenbloom@carleton.ca
- 613-520-2600 ext 2638

Graeme Auld
- Professor — comparative and global environmental politics and policy; international political economy; transnational private governance and private regulation; corporate social responsibility; climate change; natural resource governance
- graeme.auld@carleton.ca
- 613-520-2600 ext 2259

James Meadowcroft
- Graduate Supervisor, Sustainable Energy — Low-carbon transition; environmental policy; sustainable development; energy policy; climate change; comparative environmental politics and policy
- james.meadowcroft@carleton.ca
- 613-520-2600 ext 2214

Jennifer Stewart
- Professor, Director of SPPA — health economics; labour economics
- jennifer.stewart@carleton.ca
- 613-520-2600 ext 2632

Jerald Sabin
- Assistant Professor — indigenous-settler intergovernmental relations; northern political development; comparative federalism; identity politics; public administration.
- jerald.sabin@carleton.ca
- 613-520-2600

Jessica Parish
- Assistant Professor — urban and local governance; gentrification; urban sustainability; environmental justice; housing; social reproduction; financialization; settler colonialism
- Jessica.Parish@carleton.ca
- 613-520-2600 ext 8936

José Galdo
- Professor — labour economics; development economics; applied econometrics; program evaluation
- jose.galdo@carleton.ca
- ext 2939

Katherine Minich
- Lecturer, Graduate Supervisor (Indigenous Policy and Administration) — policy processes, inuit governance, community-based research, environmental and social policy
- katherine.minich@carleton.ca
- ext 8148

Lisa Mills
- Associate Professor — maternal and reproductive health policy in the developing world, particularly Mexico; social policy in Mexico; the political economy of development; theories of development
- lisa.mills@carleton.ca
- 613-520-2600 ext 2635

Marc-André Gagnon
- Associate Professor — social and health policy; pharmaceutical policy; innovation policy; science and technology studies; political economy; history of economic thought
- ma.gagnon@carleton.ca
- 613-520-2600 ext 1690

Mehdi Ammi
- Associate Professor, Graduate Supervisor (PhD in Public Policy) — health economics; health policy; applied microeconomics
- mehdi.ammi@carleton.ca
- 613-520-2600 ext 3227

Mehmet Akif Demircioglu
- Associate Professor – public sector innovation and entrepreneurship, good governance, effective leadership, public management, comparative and international public administration, organization theory, organizational behavior
- Mehmet.Demircioglu@carleton.ca
- ext 2640

Nathan Grasse
- Associate Professor — nonprofit finance and financial management; governance and leadership; and strategic management
- nathan.grasse@carleton.ca
- 613-520-2600 ext 4177

Paloma Raggo
- Associate Professor, Director of Charity Insights Canada Project — international nonprofits; leadership; organizational accountability; global philanthropy; online teaching; and mixed-methods research
- paloma.raggo@carleton.ca
- 613-520-2600 ext 2555

Phil Ryan
- Associate Professor — multiculturalism; policy theory
- philip.ryan@carleton.ca
- 613-520-2600 ext 2580

Robert Shepherd
- Professor, Graduate Supervisor (Public Policy and Program Evaluation) — Canadian public management; comparative public management; audit and federal program evaluation; performance measurement and management; First Nations governance; ethics and accountability in government
- robertp.shepherd@carleton.ca
- 613-520-2600 ext 2257

Stephan Schott
- Professor — natural resource management; air quality control policy; northern development; common pool resources; experimental economics; energy policy and strategies
- stephan.schott@carleton.ca
- 613-520-2600 ext 2557

Susan Phillips
- Professor, (Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership) — comparative public policy for the third sector; philanthropy and nonprofits; public management
- susan.phillips@carleton.ca
- 613-520-2600 ext 2633

Vivian Hoffmann
- Associate Professor — agricultural cu_people_phone_ext; science, technology and innovation; health
- Vivian.Hoffmann@carleton.ca
- ext 2630
Cross Appointments
Retired Professors

Frances Abele
- Distinguished Research Professor, Chancellor’s Professor Emerita — circumpolar political economy, Aboriginal-Canada relations, northern development policy, public participation and democracy
- frances.abele@carleton.ca
- 613-520-2600 ext 2553

Richard Van Loon
- President Emeritus

Stanley L. Winer
- Emeritus Canada Research Chair in Public Policy
- stanley.winer@carleton.ca
- 613-520-2600 ext 2630
In Memoriam

Christopher Stoney
- Community engagement in neighbourhood urban planning; emergency management and preparedness; intergovernmental relations; regulation, procurement and accountability
- christopher.stoney@carleton.ca
- 613-520-2600 ext 2640