Research chairs
The Faculty of Arts is the proud home of research chairs who are redefining boundaries and making groundbreaking discoveries.
The Canada Research Chairs Program invests approximately $265 million per year to attract and retain some of the world’s most accomplished and promising minds. Chairholders aim to achieve research excellence in engineering and the natural sciences, health sciences, humanities, and social sciences.
The remaining chairs are specific to the University of Calgary.
Wendi Adamek
Chair: Numata Chair in Buddhist Studies
Maria Bakardjieva
Chair: Communication and Media Studies
Brandy Callahan
Chair: CIHR Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Adult Clinical Neuropsychology
Charlene Elliott
Chair: CIHR Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Food Marketing, Policy and Children's Health
Deinera Exner-Cortens
Chair: CIHR Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Childhood Health Promotion
Larissa Lai
Chair: SSHRC Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Creative Writing
Jennifer Leason
Chair: CIHR Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Maternal Child Wellness
Sheri Madigan
Chair: SSHRC Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Determinants of Child Development
Amanda Melin
Chair: NSERC Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Primate Genomics and Dietary Ecology
Marit Rosol
Chair: SSHRC Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Global Urban Studies
Gina Starblanket
Chair: SSHRC Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Politics of Decolonization
Tricia Stadnyk
Chair: NSERC Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Hydrological Modelling
Kenneth Waters
Chair: SSHRC Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Logic and Philosophy of Science
