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 |
