Visiting Professors Program

The UBC iSchool has hosted many wonderful scholars and colleagues over the years. These include a number of Dodson Visiting Professors (2013-2019), funded by a generous fellowship from Suzanne and Earl Dodson.


Former Visiting Professors and Scholars

  • 2023 – 2024: Dr. Syeda Hina Shahid, University of the Punjab, Pakistan.
  • 2022 – 2023: Dr. Olivier St-Cyr, University of Toronto, Canada.
  • 2019 – 2020: Dr. Isto Huvila, Uppsala University, Sweden.
  • 2018 – 2019: Pierluigi Feliciati (Dodson Scholar), University of Macerata, Italy.
  • 2018 – 2019: Dr. Brenda Chawner (Dodson Scholar), Victoria University, New Zealand.
  • 2015 – 2016: Dr. Spencer Lilley, Massey University, New Zealand.
  • 2014 – 2015: Dr. Julie McLeod (Dodson Scholar), Northrumbia University, England.
  • 2013: Dr. Bruce Kingma (Dodson Scholar), Syracuse University, United States of America.
  • 2013: Dr. Helene Høyrup (Dodson Scholar), Royal School of Library and Information Science, Denmark.

If you have an interest in being a Visiting Professor at UBC iSchool, the first step is to identify a current faculty member interested in hosting your visit.

For more information, please see our policy on Visiting Faculty.

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