IIS Team
Dr. Kim Hall
Interim Director
Dr. Kim Q. Hall is Interim Director of the Institute for Intersectionality Research and Professor of Philosophy. Dr. Hall’s research is situated at the intersections of feminist philosophy, critical disability studies, queer theory, critical philosophy of race, and the environmental humanities.
Her work has appeared in many edited collections and in journals such as The Journal of Literary, Cultural, and Disability Studies; The Journal of Philosophy of Disability; Hypatia: Journal of Feminist Philosophy; and philoSOPHIA: A Journal of Continental Feminism. Edited and co-edited volumes include Feminist Disability Studies and The Oxford Handbook of Feminist Philosophy. Her recently published book, Queering Philosophy, received the 2023 Choice Award for Outstanding Academic Title. Dr. Hall holds a Ph.D. and an M.A. from State University of New York at Binghamton.
Dr. Siobhan Byrne
Director (currently on sabbatical leave)
Dr. Siobhan Byrne is the inaugural Director of the Institute for Intersectional Research and Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Dr. Byrne’s research and teaching are in the areas of feminist anti-war activism and peacebuilding in societies transitioning from conflict, with a special focus on Northern Ireland and Palestine/Israel. Dr. Byrne’s work has appeared in the International Feminist Journal of Politics, International Political Science Review, International Peacekeeping, and elsewhere. She is co-editor of the volume Power-Sharing Pacts and the Women, Peace and Security Agenda (Routledge), and she is currently completing a book manuscript with Dr. Allison McCulloch titled Gender, Peace, and Power-Sharing (University of Toronto Press). Dr. Byrne earned her Ph.D. in Political Science from Queen’s University and held a postdoctoral fellowship at University College Dublin, Ireland.
Dr. Samira ElAtia
Associate Director
Dr. Samira ElAtia is professor of Education and the Associate Dean-Graduate Studies at the bilingual Campus Saint-Jean of the University of Alberta. She specializes in the evaluation of competencies and language assessment. Her research interest focuses on issues of fairness in assessment, especially in bilingual contexts. She has served on experts' panels of several international testing agencies: Educational Testing Services in the US, Pearson Education in the UK, The International Baccalaureate Organization, Chambre du commerce et de l’industrie of Paris, Centre international des études pédagogiques of the Ministry of Education in France. She holds a PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an MA from Illinois State University. She is president of the Canadian Association of Language Assessment.
Jeongwon Gim
Research Assistant
Jeongwon Gim is a Ph.D. candidate in Interdisciplinary Studies at the School of Urban and Regional Planning and the Department of Sociology at the University of Alberta. Her Ph.D. research focuses on the use of drawing as a multimodal methodology to reveal and explore diverse dimensions of urban brandscapes, which are not only visually curated but also immersive and experiential environments. Along with her interest in the investigative and pedagogical potentials of drawing, Jeongwon brings extensive experience in art management and curation to her work. Throughout her Ph.D. program, she has actively contributed to visual communication and research creation projects, driven by her passion for making academic research more accessible and engaging to the wider public.