Meet The Expert Supervisors

Supervisors recognized for their excellence in mentoring graduate students and supporting their research contribute their expertise, experience and talent to this online learning community.

Laleh Behjat

Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Schulich School of Engineering.

Recipient of 2017 Killam Graduate Student Supervision and Mentorship Award and University of Calgary Great Supervisor Award, 2015.

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Jeffrey Dunn

Professor, Departments of Radiology, Clinical Neurosciences and Physiology & Pharmacology, Cumming School of Medicine.

Recipient of Faculty of Graduate Studies GREAT Supervisor Award (2015) and 2016 University of Calgary Teaching Award for Graduate Supervision.

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Andrew Estefan

Associate Professor, Faculty of Nursing.

Recipient of Faculty of Graduate Studies GREAT Supervisor Award (2015 and 2019).

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Savraj Grewal

Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science.

Recipient of Faculty of Graduate Studies GREAT Supervisor Award (2015).

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Colleen Kawalilak

Professor and Associate Dean International, Werklund School of Education.

Recipient of Faculty of Graduate Studies GREAT Supervisor Award (2014 and 2016), 2019 University of Calgary Teaching Award for Graduate Supervision.

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Vive Kumar

Professor in the School of Computing and Information Systems, Faculty of Science and Technology. His research focuses on developing anthropomorphic agents and investigating technology-enhanced erudition methods that employ Big Data Learning Analytics, Self-Regulated Learning, Co-Regulated Learning, Causal Modelling, and Machine Learning, to facilitate deep learning.

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Nancy Moules

Professor, Faculty of Nursing. She holds the Kids Cancer Care Foundation Chair in Child and Family Cancer Care.

Recipient of 2015 University of Calgary Teaching Excellence Award for Graduate Supervision.

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Aga Palalas

Assistant Professor, Distance Education, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Athabasca University. Founding Director and the Past-President of the International Association for Blended Learning (IABL).

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Penny Pexman

Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, and Associate Vice-President (Research).

Recipient of University of Calgary Department of Psychology Undergraduate Research Supervision Award (2019) and Faculty of Graduate Studies GREAT Supervisor Award (2015).

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Shelly Russell-Mayhew

Professor, Werklund School of Education.

Recipient of the Distinguished Graduate Supervision Award, Werklund School of Education (2014) and the Faculty of Graduate Studies GREAT Supervisor Award 2014, 2018 University of Calgary Teaching Award for Graduate Supervision.

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Ray Turner

Professor, Department of Biological Science, Faculty of Science.

Recipient of 2017 University of Calgary Teaching Excellence Award for Graduate Supervision.

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Jeff Vallance

Professor, Tier II Canada Research Chair in Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Management, Faculty of Health Disciplines.

Recipient: Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Supervision (2017).

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