Dean's Office
Interim Dean
Dr. Tobias Sperlich
Dr. Tobias Sperlich is Interim Dean 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.
Acting Associate Dean (Undergraduate Programs)
Dr. André Magnan
Dr. André Magnan is Acting Associate Dean (Undergraduate Programs) in the University of Regina Faculty of Arts and Professor in the Department of Sociology and Social Studies.
Dr. Magnan’s research focuses on the sociology of agri-food systems. He is currently leading a multi-year research project on digitalization, financialization, and consolidation in the Canadian food sector, funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. The project critically examines how technological change is converging with the growing influence of financial and corporate actors to restructure food and farming. Dr. Magnan is the author of many journal articles and a book, When Wheat was King, published by UBC Press.
Dr. Magnan was the Academic Convenor for the 2018 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Canada’s largest academic conference, held in Regina and he served as Associate Director of La Cité universitaire francophone for three years. He teaches courses on digital society, sociological theory, the global food system, and introductory sociology.
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 (Academic Integrity and Equity)
Dr. Michelle Stewart
Dr. Michelle Stewart is Associate Dean (Academic Integrity and Equity) 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
