ATS Lecturers 2024-2025

This page is a listing of our current ATS Lecturers for this academic year. Please note that instructors may teach different courses from year to year, and not all ATS Lecturers will teach in each year. Current students should refer to Bear Tracks for the most recent information on scheduled courses and instructors.

At the 海角社区 the term "Sessional Instructor" has been replaced by "Academic Teaching Staff (ATS) Lecturer."


Nicola Amato

Assistant Lecturer, Faculty of Education
nicolaan@ualberta.ca

Courses Taught:
  • LIS 533 – Database Design for Information Management
  • LIS 534 – Information Architecture: Web Design for Usability
  • LIS 543 – Human Information Interaction

Thane Chambers

Librarian, Library and Museums - Faculty Engagement
thane@ualberta.ca  

Courses Taught:
  • LIS 591 – Publishing

Gail de Vos

Assistant Lecturer, Faculty of Education
gail.devos@gmail.com 

Courses Taught:
  • LIS 510 Storytelling
  • LIS 515 – Materials for Young Adults
  • LIS 516 Canadian Children's Literature for Young People in Schools and Libraries

Arun Jacob

Assistant Lecturer, Faculty of Education
ajacob2@ualberta.ca 

Courses Taught:
  • LIS 503 – Technology, Information, and Society

Margaret Law

Assistant Lecturer, Faculty of Education
mzlaw@ualberta.ca 

Courses Taught:
  • LIS 504 – Leadership and Management Principles for Library and Information Services
  • LIS 545 – Management of Human Resources
  • LIS 598 – Special Topics

Jessie Loyer

Assistant Lecturer, Faculty of Education
jloyer@ualberta.ca 

Courses Taught:
  • LIS 503 – Reference & Information Services
  • LIS 540 – Indigenous Library and Information Studies in a Canadian Context

James MacDonald

Assistant Lecturer, Faculty of Education
jmacdo2@ualberta.ca 

Courses Taught:
  • LIS 507 – Introduction to Knowledge Management

Kirk MacLeod

Assistant Lecturer, Faculty of Education
kgmcleod@ualberta.ca 

Courses Taught:
  • LIS 531 – Collection Management

Lorisia MacLeod

Assistant Lecturer, Faculty of Education
lorisia@ualberta.ca 

Courses Taught:
  • LIS 531 – Collection Management

Karla Palichuk

Assistant Lecturer, Faculty of Education
Director, Yellowhead Regional Library
kdpalich@ualberta.ca 

Courses Taught:
  • LIS 504 – Leadership and Management Principles for Library and Information Services
  • LIS 545 – Management of Human Resources

Eva Revitt

Assistant Lecturer, Faculty of Education
Associate Dean, MacEwan University Library
revitt@ualberta.ca • revitte@macewan.ca

Courses Taught:
  • LIS 505 – Introduction to Research in Library and Information Studies

Joanne Rodger

Assistant Lecturer, Faculty of Education
degroot@ualberta.ca

Courses Taught:
  • LIS 503 – Reference and Information Services
  • LIS 595 – Public Librarianship

Alison Rukavina

Assistant Lecturer, Faculty of Education
arukavin@ualberta.ca 

Courses Taught:
  • LIS 504 – History of the Book

Lauren Stieglitz

Assistant Lecturer, Faculty of Education
las11@ualberta.ca 

Courses Taught:
  • LIS 504 – Reference & Information Services

Jocie Wilson

Assistant Lecturer, Faculty of Education
jkwilso2@ualberta.ca 

Courses Taught:
  • LIS 538 – Digital Libraries

Lei Zhang

Assistant Lecturer, Faculty of Education
lei4@ualberta.ca

Course Taught:
  • LIS 502 – Organization of Information
  • LIS 532 – Metadata