Our Team

Institute Directors and Staff

Julie C. Garlen

Director and Full Professor

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Paul Mkandaŵire

Acting Associate Director | Graduate Program Advisor | Associate Professor |

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Femi Ajidahun

Institute Administrator

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Georgina Cole

Undergraduate Administrator

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Shannon Helm

Acting Undergraduate Administrator

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Faith Stadnyk

Graduate Programs Administrator

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• Undergraduate advising available at iis@carleton.ca
• Graduate advising available at IISGrad@CUNET.carleton.ca
• Childhood and Youth Studies Librarian, Martha Attridge Bufton
• Indigenous Studies Librarian, Jamila Hastick
• Human Rights and Social Justice Librarian, Julie Lavigne

Major Programs

Child Studies (CHST) Faculty

Leila Angod

Assistant Professor

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Alexandra Arraiz Matute

Assistant Professor | Undergraduate Advisor, Childhood & Youth Studies (2024/25)

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Mayurika Chakravorty

Assistant Professor

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Julie C. Garlen

Director and Full Professor

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Stefania Maggi

Associate Professor

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Xuan Thuy Nguyen

Associate Professor

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Monica Eileen Patterson

Associate Professor

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Julia Sinclair-Palm

Associate Professor

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Indigenous Studies Faculty

Jake Chakasim

Assistant Professor

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Shenella Charles

Lecturer

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Kahente Horn-Miller

Associate Professor

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Andrés C. López

Assistant Professor | Undergraduate Advisor, Indigenous Studies (2024/25)

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Carmen Robertson

Full Professor/Canada Research Chair

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Julie Tomiak

Associate Professor

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Omeasoo Wahpasiw

Assistant Professor

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Human Rights and Social Justice (HUMR) Faculty

Patrizia Gentile

Associate Director and Full Professor (On Sabbatical June 30th, 2025)

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Dan Irving

Associate Professor

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Egla Martinez Salazar

Associate Professor (On Sabbatical June 30th, 2025)

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Paul Mkandaŵire

Acting Associate Director | Graduate Program Advisor | Associate Professor |

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Evelyn Namakula Mayanja

Assistant Professor | Undergraduate Advisor (Human Rights & Social Justice)

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Shazia Sadaf

Assistant Professor

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Rebecca Schein

Associate Professor

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Affiliated Faculty – Human Rights and Social Justice

Azar Masoumi

Associate Professor of Sociology, Affiliated with Human Rights and Social Justice

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Adam Barrows

Full Professor of English, Affilliated faculty with Human Rights and Social Justice

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Audra A. Diptée

Associate Professor of History, Affilliated with Human Rights and Social Justice & Latin American and Caribbean Studies

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David Hugill

Associate Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies, Affilliated with Human Rights and Social Justice

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Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba

Assistant Professor of African Studies, Affiliated with Human Rights and Social Justice

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Nduka Otiono

Director and Associate Professor of African Studies, Affiliated with Human Rights and Social Justice

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Carieta Thomas

Assistant Professor of Sociology, Affiliated with Human Rights and Social Justice

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Brenda Vellino

Associate Professor of English, Affilliated faculty with Human Rights and Social Justice

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