The roles are based on a Canada Research Chair model to invest and attract the top minds doing this work. UCalgary aims to achieve teaching, learning and research excellence in transdisciplinary scholarship, leading the way for other institutions.
Dr. William Ghali , Vice-President (Research), shares, "This investment into transdisciplinary scholarship at UCalgary demonstrates how ITS is future-focused. We’ve hired these individuals to pursue work within the five Areas of Focus, on projects that specifically require a transdisciplinary approach to advance, and I am excited to see the positive community impacts that will come from it."
These individuals were hired into a home faculty as assistant professors, and work within a minimum of two faculties. They were also hired for their existing work or interest in transdisciplinary scholarship.
Please congratulate the following new faculty hires, listed by name and research area below:
- Dr. Mengguo Jing, PhD, Learning Through Emerging Digital Technologies (starting July 1, 2025)
- Dr. Mia Madel, PhD, Zoonotic Viral Disease (starting June 1, 2025)
Dr. Jason Hawkins, BSc’14, MSc’16, PhD , Transportation Planning, Travel Behavior Analysis and Modeling
Dr. Rosslynn Zulla, PhD , Transdisciplinary Child and Youth Mental Health
Expanding capacity on campus
We spoke with Dr. Steven Bryant, PhD, Inaugural Academic Lead, Transdisciplinary Scholarship, as well as three new faculty hires, Drs. Adriana Guatame-Garcia, Perri Tutelman and Rosslynn Zulla, about their work and why it’s important.to meet the other new faculty members. And three more positions will be posted this year, so stay tuned.
