KPU Experts: Faculty Members and Researchers for Media

Department: Criminology
Email: alana.abramson@kpu.ca
Expertise: restorative justice, community corrections, corrections, transformative justice, interpersonal communication, trauma informed practice

Departments: Applied Genomics Centre, Biology
Email: paul.adams@kpu.ca
Expertise: molecular genetics, including PCR, DNA sequencing, genotyping and genetically guided breeding with applications in agricultural innovation, sustainability and neurological disease; genomics for trait selection and biotechnological advancements in both plant and animal systems

Department: Biology, Learning Strategist
Email: lee.beavington@kpu.ca
Expertise: place-based education, environmental ethics, decolonizing educational practices, neuroinclusivity, ecopoetics, climate education, science education, UNSDGs, wild pedagogies

Department: Psychology
Email: daniel.bernstein@kpu.ca
Phone: 604-599-3372
Expertise: lifespan cognition, memory, psychology, false memory cognitive development

Department: Criminology
Email: Galib.Bhayani@kpu.ca
Additional Languages: Kutchi
Expertise: policing, justice studies, ethics and accountability, police training and recruiting, police transition and regionalization, organized crime in B.C., international policing

Department: Psychology (Professor Emerita)
Email: gira.bhatt@kpu.ca
Phone: 604-808-7876
Additional Languages: Hindi, Gujarati
Expertise: prevention of youth violence and gang involvement, workshops for youth well-being, culture, identity, prejudice, public/media engagement in research dissemination

Department: Public Relations and Applied Communications
Email: robin.cookbondy@kpu.ca
Expertise: communication in popular culture, issues and crisis management, political communication and discourse, social media and digital communication

Department: Psychology
Email: farhad.dastur@kpu.ca
Phone: 604-599-3296
Expertise: human factors, human-centred design, perception, conspiracy theories, aviation, open education, evolutionary psychology, virtual and augmented reality

Department: Brewing and Brewery Operations
Email: alek.egi@kpu.ca
Phone: 604-599-3472
Additional Languages: Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian
Expertise: brewmaster, craft beer, engineering in food processing technology, food science, malting, beer sensory evaluation

Department: Wilson School of Design, Research and Design (RAD) Chair
Email: sue.fairburn@kpu.ca
Phone: 604-789-0300
Expertise: design for extreme environments, human factors of climate change

Department: Educational Studies
Email: candy.ho@kpu.ca
Additional Languages: Cantonese
Expertise: career development, career education, teaching and learning, student transition to and from post-secondary, UN Sustainable Development Goals

Department: Creative Writing
Email: aislinn.hunter@kpu.ca
Expertise: poetry, fiction and creative non-fiction; material culture theory; writing and publishing; dogs in literature 

Department: Criminology
Email: mike.larsen@kpu.ca
Phone: 604-599-3413
Expertise: surveillance and privacy, freedom of information, civil liberties, criminology and public policy

Department: Psychology
Email: jocelyn.lymburner@kpu.ca
Expertise: mental health, emotional regulation, happiness and well-being
 

Department: Product Design
Email: victor.martinez@kpu.ca
Phone: 604-599-2594
Additional Languages: Spanish, Italian
Expertise: industrial design, product design, transportation design, sustainability, sustainable design, systems thinking, systems change, complexity, climate change, circular economy

Department: Criminology
Email: Jeffrey.Meyers@kpu.ca
Expertise: constitutional law; democracy and the rule of law; comparative law and politics in Canada, U.S. and U.K.; legal theory; law and media; law and culture

Department: Political Science
Email: greg.millard@kpu.ca
Additional Languages: French (limited)
Expertise: Canadian politics, B.C. politics, Canadian identity, political rhetoric, political ideology, the politics of popular culture

Department: Criminology
Email: lisa.monchalin@kpu.ca
Phone: 604-599-3445
Expertise: Indigenous justice, colonial injustice, evidence-based crime prevention, Indigenous criminologies, Indigenous forms of justice

Department: Biology
Email: mikael.mokkonen@kpu.ca
Expertise: evolutionary biology, genetics, aging, human health and disease, reproductive biology and mental health

Department: Institute for Sustainable Food Systems
Email: kent.mullinix@kpu.ca
Phone: 604-612-1252
Expertise: sustainable agriculture, tree fruit production, ecologically sound cropping systems, integrated pest management, agriculture education, regionalized food systems, sustainable fruit and vegetable production, food systems

Department: Policy Studies
Email: shiva.olyaei@kpu.ca
Additional Languages: Persian
Expertise: counter-hegemonic thought, decolonial theory, anti-imperialism; public policy and social change; international law and global affairs; human rights and social justice; climate justice, environmental colonialism, environmental orientalism

Department: Business Management
Email: ulrich.paschen@kpu.ca
Additional Languages: German
Expertise: supply chain, business operations, negotiations, international business

Department: Psychology
Email: cory.pedersen@kpu.ca
Expertise: psychology, human sexuality (anatomy, sexual functioning, violence, development, variation, commercial sex, psychology of gender, masculinity, & LGBTQ+)

Department: Anthropology
Email: larissa.petrillo@kpu.ca
Phone: 604-599-2312 
Expertise: cultural anthropology, social anthropology, non-governmental organizations in practice

Department: Political Science
Email: ross.pink@kpu.ca
Phone: 604-599-2864
Expertise: anti-child trafficking laws and policy, child rights, human security, refugee rights, water rights and development, water scarcity, climate change

Department: Geography and the Environment
Email: john.rose@kpu.ca
Expertise: Canadian housing affordability, urban development and politics in Canada, immigration politics and social issues in Canada

Department: Journalism and Communication Studies
Email: tracy.sherlock@kpu.ca
Expertise: journalism history and business models, journalism ethics and law, social issues journalism, journalism and politics, reporting on climate change, history of KPU, foster care system

Department: English
Email: kris.singh@kpu.ca
Expertise: Caribbean literature; African literature; Black diasporic literature; literature and indentureship; race, colonialism, and cultural production

Department: Journalism and Communication Studies
Email: chad.skelton@kpu.ca
Expertise: journalism, journalism business models, artificial intelligence, citizen journalism, data analysis, data journalism, data visualization, government transparency, numeracy

Department: Physics
Email: kianoosh.tahani@kpu.ca
Additional Languages: Persian
Expertise: astrophysics and astronomy, data science and data analysis, machine learning and artificial intelligence, scientific computing, applications of AI in physics and astronomy, physics and astronomy education, STEM outreach

Department: Traditional Chinese Medicine
Email: john.yang@kpu.ca
Phone: 604-599-2286
Additional Languages: Chinese
Expertise: acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine pulse reading, health and wellness coaching

Department: Sociology
Email: rebecca.yoshizawa@kpu.ca
Expertise: social aspects of science, medicine, health and technology; reproductive politics; social and cultural aspects of fatness and obesity; social and cultural aspects of animals, plants, bees, and environment; cultural aspects of dinosaurs and paleontology; craftivism; gender in Canada; feminism; new and social media