Dr. Lisa Young

Biography

Dr. Lisa Young's research has focused on various aspects of Canadian politics, including gender and politics, political parties, election finance, and Alberta politics. She is author or co-author of Feminists and Party Politics, Rebuilding Canadian Party Politics, Advocacy Groups and co-editor of Money, Politics and Democracy as well as many journal articles and book chapters. Her current research projects focus on Alberta politics, including a SSHRC-funded project examining populism in Alberta and Saskatchewan. 

Dr. Young has also contributed significantly to graduate education at the University of Calgary and in Canada through her leadership and research/publishing. She has served as director of the graduate programs in Political Science, and the Master of Public Policy program, and as Associate Dean and then Dean of Graduate Studies.  As Dean, she led the Faculty to establish the My GradSkills program to enhance students’ professional development, established the Transformative Talent Internship program, created a student-success team within the Faculty, and led reform of various policies and procedures. In recent years, Dr Young’s research has focused on graduate education in her discipline (Political Science) and in the Social Sciences and Humanities more broadly. Working with colleagues Dr Loleen Berdahl and Dr Jonathan Malloy, she has undertaken surveys of PhD supervisors and students in Political Science Departments in English Canada. This research has been published in PS: Politics and Political Science and the Canadian Journal of Political Science. They have also published For the Public Good: Reimagining Arts Graduate Programs in Canadian Universities. 

She appears frequently in the media commenting on Alberta and Canadian politics. 

For a full list of publications, awards, and courses taught, please view the attached CV