MEDIA: Looking for experts?

This database is intended as a resource guide for journalists seeking the opinion of subject matter experts members of the faculty of the Royal Military College of Canada (RMC) in Kingston, Ontario.

RMC has numerous academics that could make themselves available for media interviews by phone, in-person and for talk-back TV interviews.

Academics at RMC speak in their professional capacity or as private citizens because they have the right to freedom of expression. They are not speaking on behalf of RMC unless they have been authorized to do so.

To find an expert, please use the degree program links on the left or click on the word search icon above.

For more information about RMC or assistance, please contact the RMC Public Affairs Officer at (613) 541-6000 Ext 6484.

RMC Experts

Subject Name and Department Contact
Aircraft Designs, propulsion systems,ejection seats, flight testing,CF aircrafts, past and present. LCol Billy Allan,
PhDMechanical engineering (Aeronautical Engineering)
(613) 541-6000 ext 6120
Billy.Allan@rmc.ca
auroras (aka Northern Lights and/or Southern Lights)electrodynamics, composition and energetics in the Northern Lightsnumerical modellingspace weathersatellite drag Dr. J.-M. Noel
Physics Department
(613) 541-6000 ext 6037
Jean-Marc.Noel@rmc.ca
Canada's military history 1534 to present , World Wars I and II , Urban warfare Major Michael Boire 
History Department
(613) 541 6000 Ext 8781
Michael.Boire@rmc.ca
astrophysics, radio astronomy, symbiotic stars, colliding winds, late stages of stellar evolution, model imaging Capt Mac Giolla Chainnigh
Physics Department
(613) 541-6000 ext 6042
kenny-h@rmc.ca
Canada's military history - History of urban combats Prof. Roch Legault (613) 541-6000 ext. 6511
legault-r@rmc.ca
Canada-United States Security Relations, Terrorism Major Bernard J. Brister
Department of Politics and Economics
613-541-6000 ext 3693
Bernard.Brister@rmc.ca
Canadian foreign policy; Canadian-American relations; history of Canada and the United Nations Dr. Adam Chapnick (416) 482-6800 Ext. 6853
Chapnick@cfc.dnd.ca 
national security and defence policy;political violence/terrorism;the political, economic, security, social and cultural implications of demographic change;emerging security threats;recruitment and retention; diversity in the armed forces and the security sector; ethnic conflict; Canadian politics Dr. Christian Leuprecht (613) 541-6000 ext. 6428
(800) 352-8979
christian.leuprecht@rmc.ca
Chemical / Biological Defence and Counterterrorism Dr. Eva Dickson (613) 541-6000 ext. 6217
dickson-e@rmc.ca
Chemistry & Chemical Engineering - Corrosion Prevention and Control Dr. Pierre Roberge (613) 541-6000 ext. 6485
roberge-p@rmc.ca
Civil engineering infrastructures, Earthquakes Prof. Richard Bathurst (613) 541-6000 ext. 6479/6347/6391
bathurst-r@rmc.ca
Environmental Issues,Environment contaminants Arctic issues, Arsenic, Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) Dr. Ken Reimer
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
613-541-6000 ext. 6161
reimer-k@rmc.ca
Highway Design, Transportation Planning, Traffic Engineering and Intelligent Transportation Systems Dr. Allen Stewart
Dean of Engineering
(613) 541-6000 ext. 6371
stewart-j@rmc.ca
History (Canada-Quebec, Canada and wars, History independence movements) Dr. Magali Deleuze (613) 541-6000 ext. 6248
deleuze-m@rmc.ca
International relations, especially new information and communications technology; public diplomacy; and information operations. Dr. Pierre Pahlavi (416) 482-6800 ext. 6989
pahlavi@cfc.dnd.ca
Latin America, Canadian foreign and defence policy,NATO and Mediterranean affairs, Terrorism, and the Middle East. Dr. Hal Klepak
History Department
(613) 541-6000 ext 6615
klepak-h@rmc.ca
Leadership, profession of arms and diversity Dr Al Okros
Department of Military Psychology and Leadership
(613) 541-6000 Ext 6017
Alan.Okros@rmc.ca
magnetic anisotropyferrites Physics Department schurer-p@rmc.ca
Maritime strategy and history; military law and LOAC; industrial mobilization; operational planning and logistics. Dr. Chris Madsen (416) 482-6800 ext. 6987
madsen@cfc.dnd.ca
Mentoring LCol Janine Knackstedt, PhD 541-6000, ext 6016
Janine.Knackstedt@rmc.ca
Middle-East, Iran, Islam and politics Dr Ali Dizboni
Department of Politics and Economics
(613) 541-6000 Ext. 8402
dizboni-a@rmc.ca
Military and naval history, intelligence and technology Dr. Michael Hennessy (613) 541-6000 ext. 6648
hennessy-m@rmc.ca
Military history Dr. Sean Maloney (613) 541-6000 ext. 6587
sean.maloney@rmc.ca
Naval strategy, network-centric warfare; RMA (Revolution in military affairs); US defence policy. Dr. Paul T. Mitchell (416) 482-6800 ext. 6867
mitchell@cfc.dnd.ca
The News Media and the Military, War Literature. Dr. Steve Lukits
English Department
613-541-6000 ext 6965
lukits@rmc.ca
Non-state actors and conflict, weak statism, privatization of international security, mercenaries, aerospace studies. Dr. Christopher Spearin (416) 482-6800 ext. 6857
spearin@cfc.dnd.ca
Nuclear issues Dr. Hughes Bonin
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
(613) 541-6000 ext 6613
Bonin-h@rmc.ca
observational astronomyastrophysics, starsstellar atmospheres and stellar magnetic fieldsastronomical spectroscopy and polarimetry Dr. Gregg Wade
Physics Department
(613) 541-6000 ext. 6140
wade-g@rmc.ca
Organic synthesis Dr. Olivier Lebel
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
(613) 541-6000 ext 3694
Olivier.lebel@rmc.ca
Peacekeeping, esp. contrasts to warfighting; Arms control and weapons verification; International security and the United Nations; Afghanistan, the Congo and other conflict regions Dr. Walter Dorn (416) 482-6800 ext. 6538
dorn@cfc.dnd.ca
Phytoremediation, Bioremediation, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), Organochlorines Dr. Barb Zeeb
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
(613) 541-6000 ext 6713
Zeeb-b@rmc.ca
Political Science Dr. Joel Sokolsky
Dean of Arts
(613) 541-6000 ext. 6426
sokolsky-j@rmc.ca
Political science - Canadian politics and public opinion Dr. Alan Whitehorn (613) 541-6000 ext. 6643
whitehorn-a@rmc.ca
Political science - Marine frontiers Dr. Georges Labrecque (613) 541-6000 ext. 6427
labrecque-g@rmc.ca
Political science - Ukraine and Eastern Europe in the 20th century; Nazi and Soviet war criminals. Dr. Lubomyr Luciuk (613) 541-6000 ext. 6390
luciuk-l@rmc.ca
Politics and Economics - Strategic and Military issues, Middle East, and Caspian Sea Basin Dr. Houchang Hassan-Yari (613) 541-6000 ext. 6424
hassan-yari-h@rmc.ca
Politics of globalisation and Economic warfare Dr. Nicole Schwartz-Morgan (613) 541-6000 ext. 6429
nicole.schwartz-morgan@rmc.ca
Post-Conflict & Disaster Reconstruction, Military Geography, Cultural Property Dr. Sarah Meharg
Pearson Peace-keeping Center
(613) 520-2600 ext.5217
meharg-s@rmc.ca
radar, remote sensing, satellite imaging of the earth, ocean waves, general oceanography Dr. J. Buckley
Physics Department
(613) 541-6000 ext. 6275
buckley-j@rmc.ca
remote sensing of arctic waters, satellite, sea surface temperature algorithms, underwater acoustics Dr. R. Vincent
Physics Department
(613) 541-6000 ext 6932
Ron.Vincent@rmc.ca
Russia, ex-USSR, Caucasus and Kosovo federalism and conflicts about ethnicity, security in ex-USSR Dr Pierre Joliceour
Political Science Department
(613) 541-6000 ext 6061
Pierre.Jolicoeur@rmc.ca
Seven Years' War (1756-1763), American War of Independence (1775 - 1783) , War of 1812 (1812 - 1814) , Fortifications in Canada (1608 to 1905) , History of the Canadian Militia (1663 – 1871) , 18th and 19th Century Warfare. Major John R. Grodzinski
Department of History
(613) 541-6000 Ext 6698
grodzinski-j@rmc.ca
Terrorism; National security law and International Law; Cold War history; European politics; Comparative public policy. Dr. Barbara J. Falk (416) 482-6800 ext. 6871
falk@cfc.dnd.ca
Women's writing, feminist and queer theory, children's literature.L.M. Montgomery. Dr. Laura Robinson,
English Department
613-541-6000 ext. 6253
Laura.Robinson@rmc.ca
United Nations Security Council, United Nations military operations, arms control and disarmament,Canadian foreign policy Dr. Jane Boulden
War Studies Department
(613) 541 6000 Ext 6742
jane.boulden@rmc.ca