Meet the Faculty

  • Pronouns: She/Her

    Education

    PhD Student (Sobey School of Business, Saint Mary’s University), MSC (Applied Science, Saint Mary’s University), BA (Psychology, Saint Mary’s University)

    Biography:

    Katelynn Carter-Rogers (Red River Métis) is an Assistant Professor at St. Francis Xavier University in the Gerald Schwartz School of Business, in Indigenous Business within the Management Department. Katelynn is a highly skilled social science researcher and consultant with a decade of experience in advanced statistics, research design, transition intervention and success, and attitudes measurement. For a decade, Katelynn has been involved in research focused on barriers to success, criminal records and hiring decisions, interventions leading to successful transitions, and creating and evaluating inclusive practices within organizations for individuals who are from vulnerable populations.

    Courses taught in the past five years: Indigenous Health, Indigenous Business in Canada, Gender and Management, Introduction to Business Management, Introduction to Social Psychology

    Up to five representative publications/presentations:

    Carter-Rogers, K., Al-Hamdani, M., Kearney, C., & Smith, S. M. (In Press). Risk Taking, Social Support, and Belongingness Define the Risk for Cannabis Use Frequency in University Students. Substance Use and Misuse.

    Carter-Rogers, K., Smith, S. M., Chigumba, C., & Tabvuma, V. (Accepted). The Future of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in Post-Secondary Education. In Norris, M. E., & Smith, S. M. (Eds.), Leading the Way: Envisioning the Future of Higher Education.

    Carter-Rogers, K., Tabvuma, V., Smith, S. M., & Zink Yi, M. (Accepted). Deciphering Identity Dynamics and Their Role in Health and Well-being in the Workplace. In Kelloway, E.K., Barling, J., & Nielsen, K. (Eds.), Work and Health. Oxford University Press

    Carter-Rogers, K., & Chigumba, C. (2024). Challenging the MOSAIC: A Critical Review of the Model of Stereotyping Through Associated and Intersectional Categories and the Lost Original Underpinnings of Social Identity Theory. 18th Organization Studies Workshop: Organization, Organizing, and Politics: Disciplinary Traditions and Possible Futures, May 2024, Mykonos, Greece.

    Carter-Rogers, K., Price, S. T., & McKay, C. (2024). It’s More than Awareness: Business Academics Need to Start Focusing on the Calls for Justice and Advancing Section 81. Paper presented at the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada 2024 Conference, June 3-5, 2024, Montreal, Quebec

    Current research funding:

    Carter-Rogers, K. (Principal Investigator), Price, S. T., (Co-Investigator), McMillan, L. J., (Co-Investigator), Watt, M., (Co-Investigator). (2023-2024) Advancing Section 81 in Atlantic Canada: Identifying Rehabilitation Barriers for Incarcerated Indigenous Women, $24,925, Partnership Engage Grant – SSHRC

    Smith, S. M. (Principal Investigator), Carter-Rogers, K., (Co-Investigator), Tabvuma, V., (Co-Investigator), Brophy, T. (Collaborator). (2023-2024) Assessing capacity for Mental Health Supports in Atlantic Colleges and Universities, $24,560, Partnership Engage Grant – SSHRC

    Tabvuma, V. (Principal Investigator), Carter-Rogers, K., (Co-Investigator), Smith, S. M., (Co-Investigator), Sewell, R., (Co-Investigator), Brophy, T., (Collaborator), and Brothers-Scott, D. (Collaborator). (2022-2027) Becoming Included through Inclusion: Redesigning employee on-boarding to increase wellbeing and performance, $246,375 SSHRC Insights Grant

  • Richard Audas, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Health Statistics and Economics at the Memorial University, Faculty of Medicine. Prof. Audas contributes expertise related to statistics and economics as well as experience in applying quantitative methodologies to developing report cards related to the educational system in Atlantic Canada, and to municipal report cards for Atlantic Canada and Canada’s major metropolitan centers. Professor Audas’ work has focused on the role of key public institutions and the impact they have on the lives of Canadians. He is currently working as the Project Leader on the Big Data theme with New Zealand’s ‘A Better Start’ National Science Challenge at the University of Otago.

  • Tom Brophy has been working in Student Affairs and Services for almost twenty-five years. Tom worked for almost 15 years at Memorial University and was the Director of Student Success Programs until moving to Brandon University to assume the role of AVP Student Affairs, University Registrar and Enrolment Management. Tom moved to Saint Mary’s University to become the AVP Student Affairs and Services; a role he has been in for almost eight years. Tom has been very interested in improving focus on leadership and assessment within the field and has been actively involved in a number of initiatives over the past ten years to help identify national benchmarks (particularly around mental health and wellness) to help further enhance Canadian-based post-secondary research.

  • Faculty Member

    Professor; Margaret and Wallace McCain Chair in Human Development and Health

    BPHE (Lakehead); MSc (Ottawa); PhD (Toronto)

    Dr. Bill Montelpare completed his PhD from the University of Toronto in Community Health, specializing in Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Exercise Science. He was the first director of the Health Studies Program at Brock University and was later appointed as director of the School of Kinesiology at Lakehead University. There, Dr. Montelpare worked with colleagues in Nursing and Professional Studies to create the first Masters in Public Health (MPH) program in Canada.

    Dr. Montelpare’s research is ongoing in the areas of evaluation of maternal/neonatal and child health with a specific emphasis on health in the early years (ages 1-5). A major research focus includes health promotion through the delivery of health science education in the elementary school classroom, as well as the development of web-based applications for data capture, data analysis, and dissemination of findings leading to the development of approaches for health surveillance as well as for the development of online delivery of curriculum.

  • Steve Smith is a Professor of Psychology at Saint Mary’s University and the Graduate Program Coordinator for the MAHSR program at SMU. He has previously held the roles of Associate Vice-President Academic & Enrolment Management, Dean of Science, and Registrar, all at SMU. Steve has an extensive history of working in and developing effective partnerships, internal to the university, with provincial and national partners, and with industry and government. Steve’s Tri-Council, provincial, and industry-funded research covers a broad range of topics, including forensic psychology, bias against people with criminal records, particularly Black and Indigenous applicants, student success, health promotion, EDIA issues, and others.

  • She/her

    Post doctoral fellow School of Science and the Environment, Grenfell campus, Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador

    Courses:

    Canadian Health Care System MED 6282

    Co-taught with Dr. Kelly Vodden Environmental Policy (ENVP) 6001: Applied Environmental Problem-Solving

    Publications:

    Doyle, E. (2024). 4 school food program considerations based on insights from Newfoundland and Labrador. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/4-school-food-program-considerations-based-on-insights-from-newfoundland-and-labrador-225527.

    Doyle, E. (2022). From a study of the Newfoundland and Labrador school food system: Describing an evolution in ways of knowing about school food. Canadian Food Studies / La Revue Canadienne Des études Sur l’alimentation, 8(4).

    Doyle, E. (2022). Research is empty without personal connection: Thoughts on developing a research methodology for philanthropy as a topic of investigation. The Philanthropic Year, (4). https://philab.uqam.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Annee_PhiLanthropique_Methodologie_2.pdf

    Current research funding:

    Two-year Mitacs Accelerate project is Emily Doyle's post doctoral research. It is a Mitacs-SSHRC joint

    initiative supported by two Philab partners: The Lawson Foundation and Metcalf Foundation.

    Emily is also co-leading with Dr. Kelly Vodden a research activity focused on investigating the process of the Grenfell NL-Living Lab. This research is funded by the Agricultural Climate Solutions Program by Agriculture and Agri-food Canada.

  • Name: Timur Ozbilir

    Pronouns he/him

    University/Faculty/Department Saint Mary's University

    Courses taught in the past five years Advanced Quantitative Methods

    Up to five representative publications/presentations

    Robertson, J. L., Montgomery, A. W., & Ozbilir, T. (2023). Employees’ response to greenwashing. Business, Strategy, and the Environment, 1– 13.

    Wong, J.H.K., Ozbilir, T., & Mullen, J. (2016). Developing safety leadership. In E. K. Kelloway, K. Nielsen, & J. K. Dimoff (Eds.). Leading to Occupational Health and Safety. USA: Oxford University Press.

    Ozbilir, T. & Kelloway, E. K. (2015). Research Methods in Pro-Environmental Research. In J. L. Robertson & J. Barling (Eds.), The Psychology of Green Organizations. USA: Oxford University Press.

    Ozbilir, T., Day, A. & Catano, V. (2014). Perfectionism at Work: An Investigation of Adaptive and Maladaptive Perfectionism in the Workplace among Canadian and Turkish Employees. Applied Psychology: An International Review, 64(1), 252–280.