Faculty & Staff
Dr. Gerry Turcotte
President, Professor- English
Dr. Gerry Turcotte became St. Mary’s third president and vice-chancellor on July 1, 2011. With impeccable academic credentials and outstanding leadership qualities, Dr. Turcotte has developed a bold and creative vision to take St. Mary’s into a new era of growth and development. Originally from Montreal, before coming to Calgary, Dr. Turcotte spent 25 years in Australia in a number of academic and administrative roles, the last being Associate Provost and Executive Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences at the University of Notre Dame, the only private Catholic university in Australia.
Administrative Offices
Dr. Tara Hyland-Russell
VICE-PRESIDENT ACADEMIC
Bob Hann
VICE-PRESIDENT STUDENT SERVICES
Thérèse Takacs
VICE-PRESIDENT ADVANCEMENT
Full Time Faculty
Dr. Peter Baltutis
Associate Professor, History and Religious Studies
CWL Chair for Catholic Studies
Dr. Luke Bresky
Associate Professor,
English
Dr. Matthew Clay
Chair, Natural and Mathematical Sciences
Dr. Trent Davis
Associate Professor, Education
Dr. Peter Doherty
Associate Professor,
Psychology and Family Studies
Dr. Jennifer Garrison
Associate Professor, English
Dr. Gary Grothman
Assistant Professor, Biology
Dr. Timothy Harvie
Associate Professor, Philosophy and Ethics
Dr. Linda Henderson
Associate Professor,
Sociology
Dr. Laurie Hill
Assistant Professor,
Education
Dr. Howard Hopkins
Assistant Professor,
Philosophy
Dr. Norman Knowles
Professor, History
Director, Research
Dean, Arts & Sciences
Dr. Scott Lovell
Assistant Professor,
Biology
Dr. Michael MacLeod
Associate Professor,
Political Science
Dr. Alisa McArthur
Associate Professor,
Psychology
Dr. Mary Ann McLean Associate Professor, Biology
Dr. Katarina O’Briain
Assistant Professor, English
Dr. Ronald Porter
Assistant Professor,
Psychology
Dr. Carolyn Salomons
Assistant Professor,
History
Dr. Paolina Seitz
Assistant Professor,
Education
Dr. Corinne Syrnyk
Associate Professor,
Psychology
Dr. Gayle Thrift
Assistant Professor,
History & Interdisciplinary Studies
Chair,
Social Sciences
Dr. Sarah J. Twomey
Professor and Dean of Education
Dr. Jocelyn Williams
Associate Professor, English
Chair of Humanities
Dr. Cory Wright-Maley
Assistant Professor,
Education
