Dean's Office
Dean of Arts
Dr. Shannon Dea
Dr. Shannon Dea is the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and a Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Classics at the University of Regina.
Dr. Dea researches and teaches about social and feminist philosophy, and issues in higher education. She is the author of Beyond the Binary: Thinking About Sex and Gender, and of numerous articles and book chapters. The author of the University Affairs column called "Dispatches on Academic Freedom," Dr Dea is also the principal investigator on a SSHRC-funded project that seeks to develop better academic freedom protections for precarious and minoritized scholars. Dr Dea regularly engages with the public and the media on topics ranging from freedom of expression to social justice issues, and has worked closely with community agencies aimed at supporting some of society’s most vulnerable members. She is a recipient of the Ontario Women’s Directorate’s Leading Women Building Communities Award and of University of Waterloo’s Distinguished Teacher Award.
Associate Dean (Research and Graduate Studies)
Dr. Tom McIntosh
Dr. Tom McIntosh is Associate Dean (Research and Graduate) in the University of Regina Faculty of Arts and Professor in the Department of Politics and International Studies. He is also a researcher with the Saskatchewan Population Health and Evaluation Research Unit (SPHERU).
Dr. McIntosh's research focuses on Canadian politics and policy and, more specifically on health care, population health and Canadian intergovernmental relations.
Dr. McIntosh has worked for governments at the local, provincial and national level (including as the Research Coordinator for the Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada) and as the Director of the Health Network for the Canadian Policy Research Networks (CPRN). He joined the University of Regina in 2002.
Dr. McIntosh is the author/editor of nine books, including "The Governance of Health Care in Canada" and "Redistributing Health". He has published articles in Critical Public Health, The Canadian Political Science Review, Healthcare Papers, Health Reform Observatory, The Canadian Journal of Public Health and The Lancet.
Dr. McIntosh teaches in the area of Canadian politics, health politics, political economy, Canadian public policy and global health.
Associate Dean (Undergraduate)
Dr. Tobias Sperlich
Dr. Tobias Sperlich is Associate Dean (Undergraduate) in the University of Regina Faculty of Arts, and Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology.
Dr. Sperlich has conducted ethnographic research in Oceania since 2001. His work focuses on the uses of material culture, art, and photography from Samoa (and Polynesia in general) in museums in the West. He is particularly interested in the changing meanings of objects and images as they move from indigenous Polynesian to Western systems of knowledge and interpretation.
More recently, Dr. Sperlich have started to carry out research in small town museums in settler communities in southern Saskatchewan. And his interest lies in the role of First Nations material culture plays within these museum spaces and how their presence can help disrupt ongoing discursive (re)productions Saskatchewan's colonial legacy.
Dr. Sperlich teach courses on the Ethnology of Polynesia, Anthropology of Art, Visual Anthropology, Material Culture and Consumption, Musem Ethnography, and Theory in Anthropology.
Interim Associate Dean (Student Success)
Dr. Michelle Stewart
Dr. Michelle Stewart is Interim Associate Dean (Student Success) in the University of Regina Faculty of Arts, and Associate Professor in the Department of Gender, Religion, and Critical Studies.
Dr. Michelle Stewart is an Associate Professor in Gender, Religion and Critical Studies and is also teaches in the Department of Justice Studies. Michelle is an interdisciplinary scholar working with research and evaluation teams at the regional, national and international level. As an applied anthropologist trained in Science and Technology Studies as well as visual and legal anthropology, Michelle focuses on research, interventions, evaluation and community collaboration in the area of cognitive disabilities, mental health and racialized inequalities as they present in the criminal justice and child welfare systems—but are traced back to Social Determinants of Health. Michelle was raised as a settler, and her research and community work focuses on the ongoing role of settler colonialism and systemic racism that creates racialized disparities in the justice system—with an aim to decolonize programs and practices. From the delivery of training to scholarly and artistic outputs, Michelle focuses on high-impact, community-driven, and action-oriented projects. Michelle recently completed two terms as the Academic Director of the Community Research Unit. She leads UR Evidence Liaison Team and is the Institutional Lead for Community-Based Research at the University of Regina. Michelle is the project lead for the Integrated Justice Program. This multi-year project focuses on Truth and Reconciliation Call to Action #34 to deliver frontline supports and services that intervene on the over-representation of Indigenous peoples with disabilities in the justice system. Michelle is a certified Gladue writer leading a one-of-a-kind project that generates team delivered Gladue Reports meant to impact sentencing in Saskatchewan courts. Michelle’s work appears in academic journals and books as well as popular outlets including The Conversation
