Meet our Research Team
Dr. Cheryl Collier
Dr Cheryl Collier is Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Windsor and Professor in the Department of Political Science
She holds a Ph.D. in Political Science (Canadian and Comparative Politics) from the University of Toronto. In addition to this, she holds a Bachelor of Journalism and a Masters Degree in Canadian Studies (with a specialization in Women's Studies), both from Carleton University.
Dr. Collier's research interests are comprised of women, gender and politics, social movements, federalism, provincial politics (Ontario and Western Canada), public policy analysis and comparative social policy, child care policy, anti-violence against women policy, and violence against women in politics.
Dr. Tracey Raney
Dr. Tracey Raney is Professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration, and a member of the Yeates School of Graduate Studies, at Toronto Metropolitan University. She previously served as the Graduate Program Director of the MA in Public Policy and Administration.
In addition to holding a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Calgary, she holds a Masters Degree in Canadian Studies (with a specialization in Women’s Studies) from Carleton University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Studies from Queen’s University.
Dr. Raney’s broad research interests are in the areas of Canadian politics and women and politics. Her work focuses mainly on questions of identity, representation and leadership on topics including Canadian national identity, sub-national political identities in Canada, women’s political representation (Canada and Ontario), gender-based violence in politics, and sexual misconduct in legislatures.
Lauren Lindfors-Bruno
Lauren Lindfors-Bruno is a fourth-year undergraduate student at the University of Windsor. She is working toward a combined Major in Political Science and Philosophy and anticipates to graduate in April of 2024. She has aspirations of attending law school and is passionate about women's equality and self-determination within the workplace and at the provincial level of government.
Lauren began working on this project as an Outstanding Scholar in 2020 through the University of Windsor's Outstanding Scholars program. After three years as an Outstanding Scholar, Lauren was hired to work as Dr. Collier's Research Assistant on the same project.
Lauren's research interests focus on women in the workplace, gender-based violence, sexual harassment and violence committed against women, women's political representation and participation, and examining legal remedies to gender-based violence through a feminist lens.
Rhyse Lamont
Rhyse Lamont is a third-year undergraduate student at the University of Windsor. She intends on graduating from the Law and Politics program in the spring of 2025 before moving on to law school the following fall.
She is also a member of the Outstanding Scholars program which has afforded her the opportunity to work on this important project. Rhyse aspires to work in the legal field and is passionate about the representation of women in political and legal spaces.
Rhyse's research interests include, but are not limited to, women and gender studies, women and the law, political science, federal and provincial politics, gender-based violence, gender-based discrimination, and women in the workplace.