Faculty & Staff
Faculty
Tenured, Tenure-Track, and Limited Term
Continuing Education Coordinator
Staff
Sessional and Contract Instructors in the Department of History and The Chang School of Continuing Education
Conor Burns
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Diana Cucuz
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Evgeny Efremkin
Education:
PhD in History, York University
Areas of Expertise:
North America, Soviet Union, and International Relations; Migration and Ethnic History; Canadian History; Cold War; Modern Propaganda; Global Politics
Evgeny Efremkin is a contract lecturer in the Department of History and the Department of Politics and Public Administration at Toronto Metropolitan University. He also has taught at the University of Toronto, York University, and Trent University. His teaching spans Canadian, European, and international history, politics, and society, with courses including The Cold War; Propaganda; Sport and Film; Sport and Politics; Power and Influence in Canadian Society; Political Philosophy; and Canadian History.
Evgeny specializes in 19th- and 20th-century Canadian and modern European history, migration and ethnicity, international relations, political culture, nationalism, and the relationship between politics and society. His research interests include ethno-national identity formation, migration, diaspora, and population management in 20th-century Canada and the Soviet Union.
His publications include At the Intersection of Diasporas, Nations, and Modernities: North American Finns in the Soviet Union in the 1930s (University of British Columbia Press, forthcoming). He is also involved in current Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) projects evaluating the effectiveness of Welcome Centres in supporting immigrant integration into Canadian society.
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Thomas H. Greiner
Education:
BA in Classical Archaeology, University of British Columbia; MA in Egyptology, University of Liverpool; PhD in Ancient Near Eastern Studies, University of Toronto
Areas of Expertise:
North Africa (especially Prehistoric and Pharaonic Egypt); Cultural Significance of Precious Stones; Trade and Long-Distance Interactions; Cultural History; Museums and the Ownership of Cultural Heritage
Thomas H. Greiner is a contract lecturer in the Department of History and the Chang School at TMU. He previously has taught at Trent University and the University of British Columbia. He specializes in the cultural significance of precious stones in ancient Egypt, with a particular focus on lapis-lazuli in prehistory. His research interests include long-distance interactions between North Africa, West Asia, and other parts of the ancient Mediterranean world, the reception of ancient Egypt across Canada (especially southern Ontario), as well as the ownership and uses of cultural heritage in museum and online spaces. Dr. Greiner shares his enthusiasm and knowledge of the ancient past regularly on his blog “The Nile Scribes” (www.nilescribes.org (external link) ) and frequently gives public presentations at TMU’s Life Institute and beyond.
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Peter Mersereau
Education:
BA in History and Film Studies, University of King’s College; MA in History, Dalhousie University; PhD in History, University of Toronto
Areas of Expertise:
Modern Europe: 19th- and 20th-century Germany; Cinema and Popular Culture
Peter Mersereau teaches in the Department of History and the Chang School at TMU. He offers courses in European history as well as history through film. His research interests include Imperial and Weimar Germany, the First World War, and silent cinema.
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Mima Cvetkovic Petrovic
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Jason Reid
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Christopher B. Zeichmann
Education:
BA in Classics and Theology (intensified) Valparaiso University; MA in Biblical Studies, Claremont School of Theology; PhD in New Testament, University of St. Michael's College/ University of Toronto.
Areas of Expertise:
Early Christianity; Ancient Judaism; Classical Antiquity; Study of Religion; Queer History
Christopher B. Zeichmann specializes in the intersection of the Roman Empire and early Christianity but publishes more broadly on the politics of biblical interpretation, as well as radical social movements in the ancient world. His books include The Roman Army and the New Testament (2018), Queer Readings of the Centurion at Capernaum (2022), The Database of Military Inscriptions and Papyri of Early Roman Palestine (2022), Radical Antiquity (2025), and The Panthera Legend (2027). He serves on the editorial board of The Bible and Critical Theory, as well as Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus. His current projects include an edited volume about early Indigenous reception of the Bible in New France/early Canada, as well as an edited volume about warfare in the works of Flavius Josephus.
Retired Faculty
David MacKenzie
Retired: 2026
Dr. David MacKenzie worked at TMU for many years, during a period of great expansion for the university. He participated in the growth of the History program at TMU and taught a variety of courses in Canadian, American, and international history. He published many books and articles in Canadian political and international history, and specialized in the history of international organizations. He continues to work and publish in these fields today.
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Joey Power
Retired: 2023
Dr. Joey Power taught at Ryerson/Toronto Metropolitan University from 1990. She continues to do research in Central African History with a concentration on Malawi. She was a longstanding editor for the Canadian Journal of African Studies and continues to contribute to a range of scholarly publications in North America, Europe, and Africa. Dr. Power is available to sponsor post-docs at TMU, and continues to do joint graduate supervision.
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Ron Stagg
Retired: 2024
Dr. Ron Stagg joined Ryerson/Toronto Metropolitan University when it was known as Ryerson Polytechnic Institute and, over the years, saw many changes in the institution. In retirement he continues to publish both academic and non-academic books and papers. Currently, he is working on a book on the 1837 Rebellion in Upper Canada (Ontario), and writing on the misuse of history. He is a frequent guest on radio and television, discussing mass protests, the distortion of history in order to justify actions in the present, and the fate of statues commemorating historical figures.
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Robert Teigrob
Retired: 2025