New Visiting Fellow in PEALS
Marcia Oliver, an Assistant Professor in the Law and Society programme at Wilfrid Laurier University, Brantford, Canada, is joining PEALS from January to May 2012. Marcia is here at Newcastle University as a Visiting Fellow in the School of Geography, Politics and Sociology.
Her research interests encompass global governance and development, gender and sexuality studies, and human rights and justice. Before joining WLU in July 2011, she completed her doctoral studies in Sociology at York University (Toronto, Canada) and held a post-doctoral fellowship with the CHSRF/CIHR Chair of Health Services Research at York University. Her doctoral and post-doctoral research examined HIV/AIDS governance in Uganda alongside broader shifts in global governance and development aid practices and the rise of religious fundamentalism in global politics.
During her stay, she will be working to publish journal articles from her dissertation and post-doctoral research, as well as participate in the academic activities of GPS and PEALS through seminar participation, public lectures, and one to one discussions with staff and other fellows.
published on: 12th January 2012