April 2026 News at the College of Arts
Check out what our faculty at the College of Arts have been up to.
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Criminology and Criminal Justice (CRIM)
Yvon Dandurand, Professor Emeritus, co-authored the book chapter Restorative Justice with Adolescents Who Have Offended: What Works with M. Capp in The Wiley Handbook of What Works with Adolescents Who Have Offended: Theory, Research, and Practice (Wiley-Blackwell, 2026).
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Political Science (POSC)
Noah S. Schwartz, Assistant Professor, co-authored the policy paper Off Target: Evaluating Post-2019 Changes to Canada’s Gun Control Laws with student research assistants Ella and Korian through the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, drawing on SSHRC-funded research to advocate for intelligence, community policing, and violence interruption strategies.
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School of Culture, Media and Society (SCMS)
Michael Corman, Associate Professor, Sociology, presented The Future of Paramedic Education and the Promise of Sociology at the NAIT Paramedic Industry–Student Engagement Event in Edmonton.
Michael Corman, Associate Professor, Sociology, presented Let’s Talk About Teaching and Learning at The Future of Paramedic Education in Alberta through the Alberta College of Paramedics’ Education Program Review Committee.
Michael Corman, Associate Professor, Sociology, and Morgan King-Roskamp, Undergraduate Student, co-presented Welcome to the HALO Academy of Paramedicine: A Qualitative Content Analysis of Recruitment Material in Canada at the Pacific Sociological Association conference in Long Beach, California.
Philosophy (PHIL)
August Faller, Assistant Professor, presented original research titled What’s Done Cannot be Undone: Social Kind Realism without Backwards Causation as part of the SFU Philosophy Spring 2026 Colloquium Series.
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Mark Thomson, Assistant Professor, was an invited guest speaker in the SFU Philosophy Colloquium Series, presenting Emotions are Not Multi-Modal Perceptions: They are Processing Modes.
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Alexander Pho, Assistant Professor, presented research from his paper Warrior Masculinity is a Caring Masculinity at the workshop What is Good in Sport? at Arizona State University and at the 2nd Annual Oregon State University Philosophy Conference, where he was invited as keynote speaker. He also presented Solidarity with Refugees and Heritage Language Preservation at the 76th Annual Northwest Philosophy Conference at Lewis and Clark College.