Faculty and Staff
Full-Time Faculty
(Click on the links, where available, to see individual faculty web pages for more details)
- Ashley Carver, Ph.D. (University of Melbourne), Associate Professor: Terrorism, counter-terrorism, genocide, policing and law enforcement. Tel: (902) 420-5874; email: ashley.carver@smu.ca
- Rachael Collins, Ph.D. (University of Saskatchewan), Associate Professor: Violence, serial homicide, mass murder, quantitative analysis, meta-analysis. Tel: (902) 491-6475; email: r.collins@smu.ca
- Diane Crocker, Ph.D. (York University), Professor: Gender-based violence, criminal harassment/stalking; restorative justice; qualitative and quantitative research methods; feminist criminology; law and policy; and program evaluation. Tel: (902) 420-5875; email: diane.crocker@smu.ca
- Alexa Dodge, Ph.D. (Carleton University), Assistant Professor: digital criminology, technology-facilitated violence, sexual violence, feminist criminology, criminal law, and restorative justice. Tel: (902) 420-5888; email: alexa.dodge@smu.ca
- Maria Gómez, Ph.D. (New School for Social Research), Associate Professor. Criminological & political theory, prejudice & hate crimes, gender & cultural studies, critical legal theory. Tel: (902) 420-5149; email: maria.gomez@smu.ca
- Jay Healey, Ph.D. (Simon Fraser University), Assistant Professor. Sexual violence, sexual sadism, atypical sexual behavior, nonsexual homicide, and quantitative research methodologies. Tel: (902) 420-5531; email: jay.healey@smu.ca
- Jamie Livingston, Ph.D. (Simon Fraser University), Associate Professor: Mental illness and criminal justice; stigma; compulsory treatment; forensic mental health; risk and recovery. Tel: (902) 491-6258; email: jamie.livingston@smu.ca
- Stephen Schneider, Ph.D. (University of British Columbia), Professor: Organized crime, crime prevention, developmental criminology, policing and law enforcement; community development.
Tel: (902) 420-5872 ; email: stephen.schneider@smu.ca - Marcus Sibley, Ph.D. (Carleton University), Assistant Professor: critical policing and governance; criminalization of sex work and human trafficking; sexual and gender-based violence; critical theory.
Tel: (902) 491-3357; email: marcus.sibley@smu.ca
Adjunct Faculty
- Dr. Verona Singer, Ph.D. (Dalhousie University): Intimate partner violence, sexual violence, victim services
Part-Time Instructors
- Robert Kennedy
- Verona Singer
- Aileen McGinty
In Memoriam
- Dr. John McMullan, Ph.D., Professor (1985-2014)
- Dr. Kevin Bonnycastle, Ph.D., Associate Professor (2004-2011)
Contact us
Faculty of Arts
Department of Criminology
McNally South 424
902-420-5211
Mailing address:
923 Robie Street