Canadian Studies aims to connect scholars across Calfornia who engage in research or teaching on Canada, and build a statewilde pool of expertise on Canada. Our external academic affiliates engage in work on Canada but do not have an appointment at UC Berkeley.
Michael K. Barbour
Associate Professor of Instructional Design
College of Education and Health Services
Touro University, Vallejo
Professor Barbour has extensive experience in K-12 and collegiate education in both Canada and the United States. He is the lead reseacher for the State of the Nation: K-12 e-Learning in Canada annual study.
Irene Bloemraad
President’s Excellence Chair in Global Migration
Departments of Political Science and Sociology
University of British Columbia
Professor Bloemraad is a leading expert on migration and immigrant integration, focused on North America and Western Europe. She currently heads UBC's Centre for Migration Studies. She previously taught at Berkeley, where she was the head of the Canadian Studies Program from 2012-2023.
Christyann Darwent
Professor
Department of Anthropology
UC Davis
Professor Darwent is a zooarchaeologist who studies how humans adapt to arid, high Arctic and coastal ecosystems. She has conducted archaeological fieldwork from Alaska, the Canadian high Arctic, Nunavut, and Greenland.
Jarett Henderson
Continuing Lecturer
Department of History
UC Santa Barbara
Dr. Henderson specializes in the history of gender and sexuality in Canada and the wider British Empire. His recent projects examine the debate over the implementation of settler self-government and its links to the re-criminalization of sex between men in the early 19th century.
Catherine Keske
Professor, Management of Complex Systems
School of Engineering
UC Merced
Professor Keske is an economist and social scientist who studies sustainable food, energy, and waste systems. She has done extensive research on food security in Newfoundland and Labrador, and was previously an associate professor at Memorial University of Newfoundland.
Julia Swan
Assistant Professor
Linguistics and Language Development
San José State University
Professor Swan studies North American English dialects, including Pacific Northwest and Canadian English. Her research explores how linguistic variation relates to social identity.
Gregory Wigmore
Associate Teaching Professor
Department of History
Santa Clara University
A former Canadian Studies Sproul Fellow, Professor Wigmore teaches North American social and political history with a focus on the US-Canada borderlands.