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Robert MacDougall
Chair, Department of History
Research Interest/Specialization
Professor MacDougall studies the history of the late 19th and 20th century United States with a special interest in stories of information, communication, science, and technology. Master's & Doctoral Level supervisory privileges.
Cody Groat
Graduate Chair and Assistant Professor
Research Interest/Specialization
Professor Groat's research relates to commemoration, Indigenous governance, and Indigenous political sovereignty. He currently holds a SSHRC Insight Development Grant titled The Kayanerekó:wa, Indigenous Identity, and Intergenerational Haudenosaunee Histories (2024- 2026). This will result in a biographical memoir called Seven Generations: the Story of My Father regarding seven generations of the Groat family from Six Nations of the Grand River (mid-1700s to the present). He also serves as the Project Lead for a collaborative UNESCO World Heritage Site nomination for former residential school site properties from across the country. Master's & Doctoral level supervisory privileges
James Flath
Undergraduate Chair and Professor
Research Interest/Specialization
Professor Flath’s past research concerns the material, visual, and memorial culture of modern China. His present research focuses on the history of Canada’s Prairie West. Master's & Doctoral Level supervisory privileges
Michael Dove
Assistant Professor and Director and Internship Coordinator, MA Public History Field
Research Interest/Specialization
Professor Dove specializes in public history, local history, Canadian baseball and hockey history, the history of beer and brewing, and the business and social history of the global maritime world in the Early Modern Period (c.1500-1800). His current research projects include London's bicentennial, the history of hockey in the Forest City, and the history of Canada's O-Pee-Chee Company. Master's level supervisory privileges.
Maya Shatzmiller
Professor and Director, Middle East & North Africa Research Group (MENARG)
Research Interest/Specialization
Professor Maya Shatzmiller is a specialist in the social and economic history of the medieval Islamic world and author of several books on the subject, among them 'Labour in the Medieval Islamic World' and 'Women's property Rights in 15th century Granada'. Her project of writing the economic history of medieval Islamic societies is under way. Master's & Doctoral Level supervisory privileges