Program Advisors

Meet your Program Advisors

Alongside the knowledgeable staff at the BA Advising Centre, who can address inquiries regarding all undergraduate Arts programs, Undergraduate Program Advisors are available to assist with queries related to courses, research interests and additional opportunities within your particular field of study. Upon declaring their major, students are encouraged to connect with their designated program advisor.

 

Anthropology
Contact & Advisor

Dr. Rylan Higgins, Chair

Office & Administrative Assistant

MS 218; Sayan Maity

Appointment bookings 

Anthropology email; 902-420-5628

 
Asian Studies
Contact & Advisor

Dr. Bill Sewell, Coordinator

Office & Administrative Assistant

MN 414; Laura Becerril

Appointment bookings

ASNT email; 902-420-5808

 
Atlantic Canada Studies
Contact & Advisors

Dr. Jennifer VanderBurgh, Coordinator (Undergraduate)
Dr. Alexander MacLeod, Coordinator (Graduate)

Office & Administrative Assistant

MN 214; Susan Lake

Appointment bookings 

ACST email; 902-420-5438

 

Criminology

Contact & Advisor Dr. Diane Crocker, Chair
Dr. Stephen Schneider, Coordinator (Graduate)
Office  MS 242 
Appointment bookings Criminology email; 902-420-5871
 
Economics
Contact & Advisor

BComm Advising Centre

Office & Administrative Assistant

SB 302; Bernadine Halliday

Appointment bookings 

BComm Advising Centre

 
English Language and Literature
Contact & Advisor

Dr. Tatjana Takseva, Chair

Office & Administrative Assistant

MN 314; Mustafa Hussaini

Appointment bookings 

English email; 902-420-5701

 
Entrepreneurship
Contact & Advisor BComm Advising Centre
Office & Administrative Assistant

SB 245; Sandra Fougere

Appointment bookings 

BComm Advising Centre

 
Environmental Studies
Contact & Advisor

Dr. Jason Grek-Martin, Coordinator

Office & Administrative Assistant

B 109; Nicole Luttrell

Appointment bookings 

BES email; 902-420-5737

 
Geography
Contact & Advisor

Dr. Philip Giles, Chair
Dr. Mathew Novak, Coordinator (Graduate) 

Office & Administrative Assistant

B 109; Nicole Luttrell

Appointment bookings 

Geography email; 902-420-5737

 
Global Development Studies
Contact & Advisors

Dr. Gavin Fridell, Chair
Dr. Kate Ervine, Coordinator (Graduate)

Office 

MS 424

Appointment bookings

GDS email; 902-420-5768

 
History
Contact & Advisors

Dr. Blake Brown, Chair
Dr. Nicole Neatby, Coordinator (Graduate)

Office & Administrative Assistant

MN 214; Susan Lake

Appointment bookings  History email; 902-420-5756
 
Irish Studies
Contact & Advisor

Dr. Seán Kennedy, Coordinator

Office & Administrative Assistant

MM 202; Mustafa Hussaini (MN 314) 

Appointment bookings 

Irish Studies email; 902-420-5519

 
Linguistics
Contact & Advisor

Dr. Daniel Hall, Coordinator

Office & Administrative Assistant

MN 314; Mustafa Hussaini

Appointment bookings

Linguistics email; 902-420-6360

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Mathematics
Contact & Advisor

Dr. Robert Dawson

Office & Administrative Assistant

MN 114; Tara Inman

Appointment bookings 

Mathematics email; 902-420-5784

 
Languages and Cultures (French, German, Spanish)
Contact & Advisor

Dr. Augie Westhaver, Chair

Office & Administrative Assistant

MN 414; Laura Becerril

Appointment bookings 

MLC email; 902-420-5808

 
Philosophy
Contact & Advisors

Dr. Scott Edgar, Chair
Emma McClure, Undergraduate/Graduate Coordinator

Office & Administrative Assistant

MN 508; Ashley MacKinnon

Appointment bookings 

Philosophy email; 902-420-5823

 
Political Science
Contact & Advisor

Dr. Stella Gaon, Chair

Office & Administrative Assistant

MN 414; Laura Becerril

Appointment bookings 

Political Science email; 902-420-5836

 
Psychology
Contact & Advisor

 Robyn McIntosh, Undergraduate Advisor

Office

MM 218; BA Advising Centre

Appointment bookings 

Online booking form 

 
Social Justice & Community Studies 
Contact & Advisor

Chair

Office & Administrative Assistant

MS 211; Sayan Maity

Appointment bookings 

 SJCS email; 902-491-6624

 
Sociology
Contact & Advisor  Chair
Office & Administrative Assistant MS 424; Maria Shaw
Appointment bookings  Sociology email; 902-420-5871
 
The Study of Religion
Contact & Advisors

Dr. Alexander Soucy, Chair
Dr. Mary Hale, Undergraduate Advisor
Dr. Syed Adnan Hussain, Graduate Coordinator

Office & Administrative Assistant

MN 508; Ashley MacKinnon

Appointment bookings 

Study of Religion email; 902-420-5823

 
Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies (WGST & WGSS)
Contact & Advisor

Dr. Michele Byers, Coordinator (Undergraduate & Graduate)

Office & Administrative Assistant

MS 424; Maria Shaw

Appointment bookings 

WGST email; 902-420-5871

 
MINORS
Business Studies
Contact & Advisors

BComm Advising Centre

Office 

SB 252

Appointment bookings

BComm Advising Centre

 
Film Studies
Contact & Advisor

Dr. Jennifer VanderBurgh

Office

MN 314

Appointment bookings 

English email; 902-420-5701

 
Spanish / Latin American Studies
Contact & Advisor

Dr. Adam Spires and Dr. Andrés Arteaga

Office

MN 414

Appointment bookings 

MLC email; 902-420-5808

 
Sciences
Contact & Advisor

Courtenay Kyle

Office & Administrative Assistant

A 301; Carla Sestito

Appointment bookings 

902-420-5661; online booking form

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Faculty of Arts
Mailing address:
Saint Mary’s University
923 Robie Street
Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 3C3

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