Faculty Friday - ULethbridge Stories

Faculty Friday | Dr. Robert Laird, biological sciences

Faculty Friday | Dr. Shelley Hoover, biological sciences

Did you know: while honey bees were introduced to Canada from Europe, we have over 300 species of native bee in Alberta. They come in many beautiful shapes and sizes, including metallic green!

Faculty Friday | Dr. Carlos Romero, postdoctoral fellow

This week we're chatting with Dr. Carlos Romero, a postdoctoral fellow doing excellent work in unraveling the complex systems of soil, crops, and land resilience to help people like farmers and policy makers make sense of it all.

Faculty Friday | Dr. Michele Konschuh, irrigated crop scientist

"Researchers have a role as liaison officers to bring science solutions to people who need them." Wise words from Dr. Michele Konschuh, an irrigated crop scientist from the University of Lethbridge.

Faculty Friday | Dr. Kim Stanford

This summer, the University of Lethbridge is hosting an Agri-Food Summer Speaker series. Dr. Kim Stanford was on the panel of the first event on June 29, so we caught up with her to see what else she's working on.

Faculty Friday | Dr. Paul Vasey

This month we’ve looked at gender and its intersecting concepts from a qualitative, historic and artistic perspective, but we can’t finish the month off without taking a look at the quantitative side. Dr. Paul Vasey is gathering data on sexual orientation from around the globe.

Faculty Friday | Mia van Leeuwen, fine arts

In this week's Faculty Friday, we chatted with Mia van Leeuwen. She is a Fine Arts professor in the Drama department at the University of Lethbridge, who is currently collaborating with other colleagues around campus to explore death as a research topic. Intrigued? So were we!

Faculty Friday | Dr. Devon Smither, art history & museum studies

We had the pleasure of connecting with Fine Arts professor Dr. Devon Smither at the University of Lethbridge for this weeks Faculty Friday. She took us through how her research weaves together Canadian art, the nude, gender, and how these things shape cultural and social norms in Canada.

Faculty Friday | Dr. Athena Elafros, Sociology

Welcome to the very first Faculty Friday interview, with Dr. Athena Elafros! The Office of Research and Innovation Services connected with Dr. Elafros on her project about preserving history and providing context for Alberta's Gay Straight Alliances.