Retired Faculty and Staff

Babe, R., BA, Western; MA, Western; PhD, Michigan State

Bambrick, K., BA, Western; MA, Michigan State (Obituary)

Benedetti, P., BA, McMaster; MA, McMaster

Campbell, G., BA, Toronto; MA, Queens; MISt, Toronto; PhD, Queens

Compton, J., BA, MA, PhD, Simon Fraser University

Comor, E.A., BA, University of Toronto; MA, University of Leeds; PhD, York University

Edward Comor joined FIMS as Professor of Media Studies in 2003 and remained until his retirement in 2026. Prior to this, he earned his PhD in Political Science (specializing in comparative politics), taught International Studies in Washington, DC, and was Lecturer in Communication and Media Studies in the UK. His research has focused on the political economy of communication and culture, and he wrote or edited six books: The Global Political Economy of Communication (1994 & 1996); Communication, Commerce, and Power (1998); Consumption and the Globalization Project (2008); Media, Structures, and Power (2011); Political Economy in the Modern State (2018); and Harold Innis's Final Course (2025). While at FIMS, Comor served as the Rogers Chair in Journalism and New Information Technology and held the title of Faculty Scholar. As an instructor, on six occasions, he attained the University Students Council Teaching Award. Among Comor’s other activities, he was the Co-Founder and Inaugural Chair of the International Communication Section of the International Studies Association. He also served as a review official, assessor, or referee for the Canada Council for the Arts; the Canada Research Chairs Program; the Australian National Quality Exercise; the Institute of European Studies; and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.

Craven, T.C., BA, Carleton; MA, PhD, McMaster; MLS, Western (Obituary)

Desbarats, P. (Obituary, In Memoriam)

Dewdney, P.H., AMLS, Michigan; BA, PhD, Western (Obituary, In Memoriam)

Dolan, F.T., BSc., St. Francis Xavier; MS, Georgia Institute of Technology; EdD, Toronto (Obituary not available)

Dolan, M.E., BA, New Brunswick; MLS, McGill; DLS, Columbia

Doyle, M., BA, Western; MA, Western

Dyer-Witheford, N., BA, MA, PhD, Simon Fraser University

Farber, C. BA, UBC; PhD, UBC (Obituary, In Memoriam)

Fracasso, J., MLIS, Western

Contact John at fracasso@uwo.ca 

Frohmann, B.P., BA, MA, MLIS, PhD, Toronto

Fyfe, J.H., MA, Edinburgh; PhD, Guelph; FLA, Western

Harrington, M., BA, McGill; MLIS, Western

Harris, R., BA, UBC; MA, Western; PhD, Western; MPA, Western

Read "Roma Harris says goodbye after 40 years" (2014)

Johnson, C., BA, New Brunswick; MA, Dalhousie; MLS, Toronto; PhD, Toronto

Knelman, J., BPed, Manitoba; BA, MA, PhD, Toronto

Laing, M.M., BA, Western; MS, Wisconsin

Leckie, G.J., BA, Windsor; MLS, Western; MA, Western; PhD, Western

Lee, R.E., BA, Guilford; BSLS, MFA, North Carolina; PhD, Chicago

Read Cliff's 2025 memoir Cabbages and Kings: A journalist's risk-driven life and what lay behind it

McCamus, B.M., BA, Toronto; MLS, MBA, Western (Obituary)

McKechnie, Lynne (E.F.)., BA, Manitoba; MLS, Toronto; PhD, Western

Mitchell, B.G., BA, BLS, MLS, McGill; MEd, OISE; MA, PhD, Southern California

Cindy Morrison joined the School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) in 1985 as a Clerk 3, stayed through the LIS/Journalism merger in 1995/96, and retired in 2026 as Team Leader, Graduate Student Services.

Professor Emeritus

Nelson, M., BSc, Alberta; MSc, Toronto; PhD, Western

Neill, S.D. BA, BLS, M.Ed, Toronto (Obituary)

Nilsen, K., BA, MSc, Boston; PhD, Toronto

Nolan, M., BA, Ottawa; PhD, Western

Noon, J.P., BSc, Reading; MLIS, Western

Pendrill, G.R., BA, MA, Cantab; Dip. Lib., London; FLA, Western

Prodrick, R.G., BA, MA, Toronto; MS, Columbia (Obituary)

Ross, C.L., BA, Western; MA Toronto; PhD, Western; MLIS, Western (Obituary, In Memoriam I, In Memoriam II)

Schulte-Albert, H.G., BA, BS, Kent; MA, MS, PhD, Case Western (Obituary)

Spencer, D., BA, MA, York; PhD, Toronto (Obituary, In Memoriam I, In Memoriam II)

Torres, A., BA, Bryn Mawr College; PhD, Cornell University

Trosow, S., BA, Penn State; JD, Southwestern University; MPA, California State University; LLM, Golden Gate University; MLS, San Jose State University; PhD, UCLA

White, J.H., BA, Toronto; MS, Columbia (Obituary)