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
| RMC Expert in | ||
|---|---|---|
| Aircraft Designs, | LCol Billy Allan, PhD | (613) 541-6000 ext 6120 |
| propulsion systems, | Mechanical engineering (Aeronautical Engineering) | |
| ejection seats, | ||
| flight testing, | ||
| CF aircrafts, past and present. | ||
| auroras (aka Northern Lights and/or Southern Lights) | Dr. J.-M. Noel | (613) 541-6000 ext 6037 |
| Physics Department | Jean-Marc.Noel@rmc.ca | |
| electrodynamics, composition and energetics in the Northern Lights | ||
| numerical modelling | ||
| space weather | ||
| satellite drag | ||
| Canada's military history 1534 to present , | Major Michael Boire | (613) 541 6000 Ext 8781 |
| History Department | Michael.Boire@rmc.ca | |
| World Wars I and II , | ||
| Urban warfare | ||
| astrophysics | Capt Mac Giolla Chainnigh | (613) 541-6000 ext 6042 |
| radio astronomy | Physics Department | kenny-h@rmc.ca |
| symbiotic stars | ||
| colliding winds | ||
| late stages of stellar evolution | ||
| model imaging | ||
| 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, | Major Bernard J. Brister | 613-541-6000 ext 3693 |
| Department of Politics and Economics | Bernard.Brister@rmc.ca | |
| Terrorism | ||
| Canadian foreign policy; | Dr. Adam Chapnick | (416) 482-6800 Ext. 6853 |
| Canadian-American relations; | Chapnick@cfc.dnd.ca | |
| history of Canada and the United Nations | ||
| Canadian Politics and Government; | Dr. Christian Leuprecht | (613) 541-6000 ext. 6428 |
| (800) 352-8979 | ||
| ethnic relations, | christian.leuprecht@rmc.ca | |
| conflict and violence; | ||
| demographic change, diversity, and recruitment; | ||
| federalism and constitutional politics | ||
| national security administration and policy | ||
| 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 |
| Civil engineering infrastructures, | Prof. Richard Bathurst | (613) 541-6000 |
| ext. 6479/6347/6391 | ||
| Earthquakes | bathurst-r@rmc.ca | |
| Environmental Issues, | Dr. Ken Reimer | 613-541-6000 ext. 6161 |
| Environment contaminants | Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering | reimer-k@rmc.ca |
| Arctic issues, | ||
| Arsenic, Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) | ||
| Highway Design, | Dr. Allen Stewart | (613) 541-6000 ext. 6371 |
| Transportation Planning, | Dean of Engineering | stewart-j@rmc.ca |
| Traffic Engineering and Intelligent Transportation Systems | ||
| 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; | Dr. Pierre Pahlavi | (416) 482-6800 ext. 6989 |
| pahlavi@cfc.dnd.ca | ||
| public diplomacy; and | ||
| information operations. | ||
| Latin America, | Dr. Hal Klepak | (613) 541-6000 ext 6615 |
| Canadian foreign and defence policy, | History Department | klepak-h@rmc.ca |
| NATO and Mediterranean affairs, | ||
| Terrorism, and the Middle East. | ||
| Leadership, | Dr Al Okros | (613) 541-6000 Ext 6017 |
| profession of arms and | Department of Military Psychology and Leadership | Alan.Okros@rmc.ca |
| diversity | ||
| magnetic materials | Dr. P. Schurer | (613) 541-6000 ext 6416 |
| magnetic anisotropy | Physics Department | schurer-p@rmc.ca |
| ferrites | ||
| Maritime strategy and history; | Dr. Chris Madsen | (416) 482-6800 ext. 6987 |
| military law and LOAC; | madsen@cfc.dnd.ca | |
| industrial mobilization; | ||
| operational planning and logistics. | ||
| Mentoring | LCol Janine Knackstedt, PhD | 541-6000, ext 6016 |
| Janine.Knackstedt@rmc.ca | ||
| Middle-East, | Dr Ali Dizboni | (613) 541-6000 Ext. 8402 |
| Iran, | Department of Politics and Economics | dizboni-a@rmc.ca |
| Islam and | ||
| politics | ||
| Military and naval history, | Dr. Michael Hennessy | (613) 541-6000 ext. 6648 |
| hennessy-m@rmc.ca | ||
| intelligence and technology | ||
| Military history | Dr. Sean Maloney | (613) 541-6000 ext. 6587 |
| sean.maloney@rmc.ca | ||
| Naval strategy, | Dr. Paul T. Mitchell | (416) 482-6800 ext. 6867 |
| network-centric warfare; | mitchell@cfc.dnd.ca | |
| RMA (Revolution in military affairs); | ||
| US defence policy. | ||
| The News Media and the Military, | Dr. Steve Lukits | 613-541-6000 ext 6965 |
| War Literature. | English Department | lukits@rmc.ca |
| Non-state actors and conflict, | Dr. Christopher Spearin | (416) 482-6800 ext. 6857 |
| spearin@cfc.dnd.ca | ||
| weak statism, | ||
| privatization of international security, | ||
| mercenaries, | ||
| aerospace studies. | ||
| Nuclear issues | Dr. Hughes Bonin | (613) 541-6000 ext 6613 |
| Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering | Bonin-h@rmc.ca | |
| observational astronomy | Dr. Gregg Wade | (613) 541-6000 ext. 6140 |
| Physics Department | wade-g@rmc.ca | |
| astrophysics, | ||
| stars | ||
| stellar atmospheres and stellar magnetic fields | ||
| astronomical spectroscopy and polarimetry | ||
| oceanography | Dr. R. Marsden | (613) 541-6000 ext 6413 |
| acoustic doppler profilers | Physics Department | marsden-r@rmc.ca |
| internal waves | ||
| turbulence | ||
| optics | Dr. P. Rochon | (613) 541-6000 ext 6451 |
| light scattering | Physics Department | rochon-p@rmc.ca |
| azopolymers | ||
| electro-optics | ||
| photonics | ||
| Organic synthesis | Dr. Olivier Lebel | (613) 541-6000 ext 3694 |
| Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering | Olivier.lebel@rmc.ca | |
| orbital mechanics and orbit determination (as practiced at Cheyenne Mountain) | LCdr D. Burrell | (613) 541-6000 ext 6258 |
| Physics Department | Douglas.Burrell@rmc.ca | |
| infrared astronomy | ||
| fast Fourier transforms | ||
| rapid scanning Michelson interferometers | ||
| naval combat systems engineering | ||
| technical aspects and programmatics of ballistic missile defence (North America &/or NMD) | ||
| optical detection and tracking of resident space objects (active/inactive satellites, rocket bodies, etc) | ||
| nuclear physics (ion optics) | ||
| astrophysics (helioseismology) | ||
| sonars and acoustics (limited compared to other Physics faculty) | ||
| former fleet radiation safety officer | ||
| former fleet nuclear emergency response team | ||
| technical advisor with some expertise in nuclear weapons safety (theory only) | ||
| space systems | ||
| Peacekeeping, esp. contrasts to warfighting; | Dr. Walter Dorn | (416) 482-6800 ext. 6538 |
| dorn@cfc.dnd.ca | ||
| Arms control and weapons verification; | ||
| International security and the United Nations; | ||
| Afghanistan, the Congo and other conflict regions | ||
| Phytoremediation, | Dr. Barb Zeeb | (613) 541-6000 ext 6713 |
| Bioremediation, | Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering | Zeeb-b@rmc.ca |
| polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), | ||
| Organochlorines | ||
| Political Science | Dr. Joel Sokolsky | (613) 541-6000 ext. 6426 |
| Dean of Arts | 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; | Dr. Lubomyr Luciuk | (613) 541-6000 ext. 6390 |
| Nazi and Soviet war criminals. | 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 | Dr. Sarah Meharg | (613) 520-2600 ext.5217 |
| Pearson Peace-keeping Center | meharg-s@rmc.ca | |
| Geography, | ||
| Cultural Property | ||
| radar remote sensing | Dr. J. Buckley | (613) 541-6000 ext. 6275 |
| satellite imaging of the earth | Physics Department | buckley-j@rmc.ca |
| ocean waves | ||
| general oceanography | ||
| remote sensing of arctic waters | Capt R. Vincent | (613) 541-6000 ext 6932 |
| Physics Department | Ron.Vincent@rmc.ca | |
| satellite sea surface temperature algorithms | ||
| underwater acoustics | ||
| Robotics | Capt Marc Fricker | (613) 541-6000 ext 6860 |
| Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | marc.fricker@rmc.ca | |
| Russia | Dr Pierre Joliceour | (613) 541-6000 ext 6061 |
| ex-USSR | Political Science Department | Pierre.Jolicoeur@rmc.ca |
| Caucasus and Kosovo | ||
| federalism and conflicts about ethnicity | ||
| security in ex-USSR | ||
| Seven Years' War (1756-1763), | Major John R. Grodzinski | (613) 541-6000 Ext 3602 |
| Department of History | grodzinski-j@rmc.ca | |
| 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. | ||
| Terrorism; | Dr. Barbara J. Falk | (416) 482-6800 ext. 6871 |
| National security law and International Law; | falk@cfc.dnd.ca | |
| Cold War history; | ||
| European politics; | ||
| Comparative public policy. | ||
| Women's writing, | Dr. Laura Robinson, | 613-541-6000 ext. 6253 |
| feminist and queer theory, | English Department | Laura.Robinson@rmc.ca |
| children's literature. | ||
| L.M. Montgomery. | ||
| United Nations Security Council, | Dr. Jane Boulden | (613) 541 6000 Ext 6742 |
| United Nations military operations, | War Studies Department | jane.boulden@rmc.ca |
| arms control and disarmament, | ||
| Canadian foreign policy | ||
