Research Interests

The philosophy, politics, and policy of free expression; academic freedom; the politics of higher education; access to information; political theory and philosophy; law and legal studies; law and politics

Brief Biography

Dax D'Orazio is a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Political Studies at Queen's University. His research is primarily focused on the philosophy, politics, and policy of free expression. His doctoral dissertation was an analysis of the alleged 'crisis' of free expression on Canadian university campuses. A multidimensional approach to the politics of free expression, his project included theoretical understandings of free expression and harm, the theory and practice of ‘de-platforming,’ the history of free expression on campus in a comparative context, and analysis of provincial higher education policy. As a qualitative researcher, his mixed-method approach typically includes literature reviews, case studies, semi-structured interviews, and freedom of information requests. His doctoral dissertation research was recently the subject of a National Post article written by Joseph Brean ("The 'feedback loop' that pits students against politicians in the campus free speech crisis").

His current research project examines the law and politics of extending constitutional protections for expression (i.e. the Charter) to university campuses, which responds to some developments in law and policy that occurred during the course of his doctoral research. Additional research projects include the history of stand-up comedy in battles over free expression and a book about the politics of free expression on campus (under contract with the University of Toronto Press). His research and writing can also be found in various non-academic and current affairs venues, including blogs, newspapers, and websites. He blogs at the Centre for Free Expression at Toronto Metropolitan University and is a member of its Working Group on Academic Freedom. Passionate about free expression, academic freedom, and the public's right to know, he is a tireless advocate for robust public discourse and public intellectualism. You can learn more about his research, teaching, and writing here: www.daxdorazio.com

Teaching 

POLS 422 Public Opinion (Fall 2023)

Research Interests

International institutions; international security; global governance; security regionalism; multilateral diplomacy; the role of discourse and practice in world politics; Southeast Asia and the Asia-Pacific. 

Stéphanie Martel would be interested in supervising graduate students in the areas of International Relations Theory; constructivist/interpretativist/critical approaches to IR; multilateral diplomacy; regional governance; international/regional institutions; international security; IR in the Global South; security communities; the role of discourse and practice in world politics; discourse analysis; Southeast Asia; and Asia-Pacific IR.

Brief Biography

Stéphanie Martel is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Studies, and a Distinguished Fellow at the Asia-Pacific Foundation of Canada. Her research is on multilateral diplomacy and regional security governance, with a focus on Southeast Asia and the Asia/Indo-Pacific. Dr. Martel’s work has been published in peer-reviewed journals such as International Studies Quarterly, International Affairs, European Journal of International Relations, International Studies Perspectives, PS: Political Science & Politics, and The Pacific Review, among others. She is the author of Enacting the Security Community: ASEAN’s Never-Ending Story (2022, Stanford University Press). Dr. Martel regularly represents Canada in various expert diplomacy mechanisms and policy dialogues on issues of Indo-Pacific security, including the ASEAN Regional Forum's Eminent and Expert Persons Group and the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific. She is a member of the Research Network on Women, Peace and Security.

Teaching

For detailed information about political studies courses and instructors, please refer to the Undergraduate and Graduate pages. 

Service (2024/2025)

On leave

Selected Publications

• Stéphanie Martel, "ASEAN-Canada Relations at Forty-Five: A Mixed Scorecard," Canadian Journal of Foreign Policy (2023).
• Stéphanie Martel, Enacting the Security Community: ASEAN’s Never-Ending Story (Stanford University Press, 2022). 
• Stéphanie Martel and Aarie Glas, “The contested meaning-making of diplomatic norms: competence in practice in Southeast Asian multilateralism,” European Journal of International Relations (2022). 
• Stéphanie Martel, Jennifer Mustapha, Sarah E. Sharma, “Women, Peace and Security governance in the Asia–Pacific: a multi-scalar field of discourse and practice,” International Affairs (2022). 
• Stéphanie Martel, “The Polysemy of Security Community-Building: Toward a ‘People-Centered’ Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)?,” International Studies Quarterly (2020). 
• Stéphanie Martel, “From Ambiguity to Contestation: Discourse(s) of Non-Traditional Security in the ASEAN Community,” The Pacific Review (2017). 

To contact Dr. Goodyear-Grant regarding graduate matters, please email gradchair.pols@queensu.ca.  

Elizabeth Goodyear-Grant Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests

Canadian and comparative politics; elections and voting behaviour; gender and political behaviour; women candidates and legislators; media and politics; representation

Supervisory Interests

Dr. Goodyear-Grant is interested in supervising students and postdoctoral scholars working on Canadian and comparative projects focused on gender and representation; gender and political communications; women candidates and legislators, particularly as it relates to their access to electoral office and/or substantive representation of women/gender; and various other related topics in Canadian and comparative politics. Please see Dr. Goodyear-Grant’s CV for a list of past students and their graduate projects for examples of past supervisions.

Brief Biography

Elizabeth Goodyear-Grant (Ph.D. McGill) is a Professor in the Department of Political Studies at Queen’s University, and the Director of the Canadian Opinion Research Archive (CORA). Her research focuses on Canadian politics, with particular interests in electoral politics, voting behaviour, and public opinion; news media; the political representation of women; and the conceptualization and measurement of sex and gender. She is the author of Gendered News: Media Coverage and Electoral Politics in Canada (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2013), which won the 2016 Pierre Savard Award from the International Council of Canadian Studies, and was one of three books shortlisted for the Canadian Political Science Association’s 2014 Donald Smiley Prize. 

In Gendered News, Goodyear-Grant presents compelling evidence that gender structures certain aspects of news coverage of candidates and politicians – not how much they’re covered, but certainly how they’re covered – and demonstrates that these differences can impact negatively on female candidates and leaders’ electoral prospects and political careers, contributing to the persistent under-representation of women at all levels of politics. Goodyear-Grant has also published work on measuring sex and gender in political research, attitudes toward democracy and political representation, attitudes toward the use of referenda, and so on, all part of a larger research agenda that concentrates on representation and political behaviour published in venues such as Political Behavior, Politics & Gender, Electoral Studies, Commonwealth & Comparative Politics, and the Canadian Journal of Political Science.

In the Department of Political Studies at Queen’s, Goodyear-Grant teaches courses on campaigns and elections; women, gender, and politics; and Canadian politics more generally.

Teaching

For detailed information about political studies courses and instructors, please refer to the Undergraduate and Graduate pages. 

Service (2024/2025)

• Adjunct Appointments Committee
• Appointments Committee
• Departmental Committee
• Field Convenors Committee (Chair)
• Graduate Committee (Chair)

If you have questions or concerns about POLS 284, please email POLS284@queensu.ca.

Research Interests

Canadian Politics; Parties, Elections, and Representation; Gender and Sexuality Politics; LGBTQ+ Politics; Provincial Politics; Political Behaviour; Qualitative, Quantitative, and Multi-Method Research

Quinn Albaugh would be interested in supervising graduate students in the areas of (1) Canadian political parties; (2) candidate selection in Canadian federal, provincial, and municipal parties; (3) gender and sexuality in Canadian party politics; (4) the representation of marginalized groups (including BIPOC, women, LGBTQ2S+ people, disabled people, and the working class) in Canadian federal, provincial or municipal provincial politics, (5) public opinion on LGBTQ2S+ issues in Canada and/or the United States, and (6) LGBTQ2S+ political behaviour in Canada and/or the United States. I encourage you to visit https://www.qalbaugh.com/supervision for more information on applying to Queen's.

Brief Biography

Quinn Albaugh is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Studies. She holds a Ph.D. in Politics and Social Policy from Princeton University. Broadly speaking, her research focuses on parties, elections, and representation in Canada in a comparative perspective. Her work tends to focus on themes of gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, and class inequalities. She is currently working on a book project entitled Gatekeeping: How and Why Party Organizations Improve the Representation of Marginalized Groups. In addition, she is working on three major projects on LGBTQ politics, which focus on (1) LGBTQ candidates and representation, (2) LGBTQ linked fate and political behaviour, and (3) the political attitudes and behaviour of trans and nonbinary people.

Teaching

For detailed information about political studies courses and instructors, please refer to the Undergraduate and Graduate pages. 

Service (2024/2025)

• Departmental Committee
• Graduate Committee
• Queen's University Faculty Association (QUFA) Representative

Research Interests

Canadian politics; Canadian political institutions; Canadian political development; interest groups and social movements; political parties; gender and sexuality in Canadian politics; LGBTQ+ politics 

Supervisory Interests 

Dr. Baisley would be interested in supervising students in the following areas: diversity in Canadian politics; Canadian political institutions; Canadian political parties; Canadian interest groups and social movements; Canadian political development; gender in Canadian politics; LGBTQ+ politics; Canada in comparative perspective; and qualitative, multi- and mixed-method research. For more information, see Baisley’s supervision page: https://www.ebaisley.com/ 

Brief Biography

Dr. Elizabeth Baisley is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Studies. Broadly speaking, Baisley’s research focuses on issues of rights and representation in Canadian politics. This research often foregrounds the role of political parties, interest groups, and social movements in social and political change. Baisley draws on both qualitative and quantitative materials, including archival materials, interviews, observations of political events, survey data, roll-call data, and experiments. 

Teaching

For detailed information about political studies courses and instructors, please refer to the Undergraduate and Graduate pages. 

Service (2024/2025)

• Departmental Committee
• Field Convenor (Canadian; Gender & Politics - Fall 2024)

Research Interests

Gender and security, African politics and security, International Relations, non-state armed groups, political violence, decoloniality

Biography

Yolande Bouka (Ph.D. American University) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Studies at Queen’s University. Her research and teaching focus on gender, African politics and security, political violence, and field research ethics in conflict-affected societies. She holds a Ph.D. in International Relations from American University.  Her current research is a multi-sited historical and political analysis of female combatants in Southern Africa. Her previous research which is now a book manuscript “In the Shadow of Prison: Power, Identity, and Transitional Justice in Post-Genocide Rwanda” focused on the social and political impacts of the power-laden nature of the Rwandan transitional justice program.  Her research has received support from the Fulbright Scholar Program and the American Association of University Women.  Prior to joining Queen’s University, she was a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University, and a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Denver.

In addition to her academic work, she has extensive experience with development and security research agencies.  She has worked with and offered support to USAID, the UK Department for International Development, the United Nations, the African Union, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and the United States Institute of Peace. Between 2014 and 2016 she was a researcher at the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) in the Conflict Prevention and Risk Analysis Division in Nairobi, Kenya, where she led research on peace and security in Africa’s Great Lakes Region. She currently serves on the Research Advisory Council of the RESOLVE Network, a global consortium of researchers, research organizations, policymakers, and practitioners committed to empirically driven, locally-defined research on the drivers of violent extremism and sources of community resilience.

Teaching

For detailed information about political studies courses and instructors, please refer to the Undergraduate and Graduate pages. 

Service (2024/2025)

• Colloquium Committee (Chair)
• Departmental Committee

Research Interests

International Relations (IR theory, IPE, critical theory, philosophy of social science, evolution of the field, neogramsican IR), Middle Eastern Politics (the Kurdish question, neoimperialism and post-colonialism, Canada and the Middle East, Turkey and Afghanistan).

Brief Biography

Born and raised near Ottawa, Professor Wayne Cox has undergraduate degrees in Political Science and History from Carleton University, an MA in Political Science from Carleton University, and a PhD in Political Studies from Queen’s University.  He was an Assistant Professor in Politics and Economics at Royal Military College of Canada in the late 1990's before joining Political Studies at Queen’s in 2001.  His PhD research was on the Kurdish question in Turkey.  His most recent book is the 2010 UBC Press co-edited volume Locating Global Order:  American Power and Canadian Security after 9/11, (with Bruno Charbonneau).  He also has an interest in post-positivist and critical international relations theory -- for example, the co-edited (with Claire Turenne Sjolander) Beyond Positivism: Critical Reflections on International Relations (Lynne Rienner, 1994).  He has also published on identity and globalization in the International Political Economy Yearbook series (Lynne Rienner, 1998), the Kurdish question, hegemony and world order, conflict in the Middle East, Canada/US defence relations, Canadian defence policy, and IR scholarship. When not researching or teaching, he has passions for kayaking, writing and recording music, and playing the guitar. 

Teaching

For detailed information about political studies courses and instructors, please refer to the Undergraduate and Graduate pages. 

Service (2024/2025)

• Departmental Committee (Chair)
• Field Convenor (International Relations)
• Graduate Committee
• Undergraduate Committee

Research Interests

Indigenous politics, indigenous rights, sovereignty movements, federal Indian law, Russian politics, legal theory, comparative political theory, comparative politics

Brief Biography

Dani Delaney's research centers on the legal discourse of indigeneity and the politics of recognition through a comparative analysis of the legal strategies of American Indians/Alaska Natives and the indigenous peoples of northern Russia (коренные малочисленные народы Сибири). Their fieldwork focuses on indigenous political protection and legal challenges to oil development on indigenous lands. They teach indigenous politics, constitutional law, and political theory. They are also the advisor for the Undergraduate Moot Court Team.

Before returning to graduate school They were the legislative director for the National Council of Urban Indian Health and legal counsel to the Tribal Technical Advisory Group to the Centers of Medicaid and Medicare (TTAG: CMS). They received their JD from Georgetown University Law Center with a focus on legislative advocacy and were Georgetown Women’s Law and Public Policy Fellow.

Recent publications include “Under Coyote’s Mask: Environmental Law, Indigenous Identity, and #NoDAPL” in the Spring 2019 volume of the Michigan Journal of Race & Law.

Teaching

For detailed information about political studies courses and instructors, please refer to the Undergraduate and Graduate pages. 

Service (2024/2025)

• Departmental Committee
• Library Representative