About Us
Gayle MacDonald, PhD
Over 30 years experience as faculty and research administration
- Ph.D. (1992) Department of Sociology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton
- M.A. (1983) department de criminologie, Univeriste d’Ottawa
- B.A. Honours (1979) Department of Psychology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Faculty Experience
Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax NS
Professor Emerita
Professor- Women’s Studies/SOAN – 2015 – 2023
St. Thomas University, Fredericton New Brunswick
Professor of Sociology 2002 – 2014
Associate Professor of Sociology 1996 – 2002
Queen’s University-Kingston, ON
Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Socio-Legal Studies (Sociology) 1989 – 1992
University Administrative Experience
Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax NS
Associate Vice President, Research 2015 – 2020.
St. Thomas University Fredericton, NB
Assistant Vice President, Research 2008 – 2014
Director of Criminology and Social Justice Programme 1992 – 1998
Regional Representation
- 2008 – 2014 Atlantic Vice-Presidents, Research Council
- 2008 – 2014 CAURA East/CAREB Atlantic
- 2012 – 2014-Springboard Atlantic (STU)
- 2015 – 2020 CLARI (Halifax)
- Research Nova Scotia Advisory Committee-2019 – 2020
- NSHRF representative 2015 – 2018
- Research, Development and Commercialization Committee RDC to the Ministry of Advanced Education and Labour Nova Scotia 2015 – 2018 leading to the development of Research Nova Scotia.
- CSAA, SOGIC research advisor for the Canadian Bar Association 2012 – 2015, Federation of Humanities Social Sciences (2013 – 2015), ACCRU (2008 – 2020) SSHRC Leaders 1998 – 2020, NSERC Leaders, CIHR University Delegate (2015 – 2020)
- Appointed to Panel on Responsible Conduct of Research PRCR by the Secretariat, 2017 – 2020, reappointed August 2020 – August 2021
- Informal professional development for new Deans and new AVPRs across Canada over the past 6 years