Breaking News Experts
End of the decade
The following is a list of University of Toronto experts who can comment on a variety of issues related to End of the decade.
David Jenkins
Professor, Canada Research Chair in Nutrition and Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine
- Campus
- Faculty
- Department
Areas of Expertise
- Blood lipid metabolism
- Cardiovascular disease
- Cholesterol
- Diabetes
- Dietary carbohydrates (sugars
- Dietary fiber
- EcoAtkins Diet
- Glycemic index
- Insulin resistance and obesity
- Nutrition and health eating
- Portfolio diet
- starch
- triglycerides
Office: 416-978-4752
Email: cyril.kendall@utoronto.ca
Gretchen Kerr
Vice Dean of Programs at the School of Graduate Studies
Professor, Athlete Maltreatment
- Campus
- Faculty
Areas of Expertise
- Abuse and harrassment in sport
- Changing climate in sport and coaching
- Coach Education
- coaches and parents of athletes)
- Psychological stress of athletes
- Retirement transitions of elite athletes
- Women in coaching
- Women in sports
Office: 416-978-7710
Mobile: 647-383-9910
Email: gretchen.kerr@utoronto.ca
Jeffrey Dvorkin
Lecturer, Director of the Journalism Program, University of Toronto Scarborough
- Campus
Areas of Expertise
- Arrests of journalists
- Changing role of media
- Importance of trusted media sources
- Journalism ethics
- Media management and ethical decision-making
- Navigating live reporting & interviews of politicized events
- News ombudsmanship
- Role & responsibility of media in covering deaths & protests
- Social media and democratic practice
- Spread of misinformation
Office: 416-287-7163
Home: 416-537-2892
Mobile: 647-401-5330
Languages: French, German, Hebrew
Website
Email: jeffrey.dvorkin@utoronto.ca
Ken McLeod
Associate Professor, Department of Arts, Culture and Media, Faculty of Music, University of Toronto Scarborough
- Faculty
- Department
Areas of Expertise
- Asian pop music
- Hip Hop
- Identity and politics
- Music
- Music history
- Opera
- Popular and Rock Music
- Rap
- Theatre and Gender
Office: 416-287-7175
Home: 905-540-4475
Website
Email: ken.mcleod@utoronto.ca
Marcel Danesi
Professor
- Campus
- Faculty
- Department
- Centres
Areas of Expertise
- Linguistic anthropology
- Millennial culture
- Popular culture
- Pressure to set resolutions
- Semiotics
- Youth culture
Office: 416-585-4412
Home: 416-247-5909
Mobile: 647-408-5909
Languages: Italian
Email: marcel.danesi@utoronto.ca
Matti Siemiatycki
Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Planning, Faculty of Arts and Science
- Campus
- Faculty
- Department
Areas of Expertise
- Community and regional planning
- Congestion management
- Cycling
- Infrastructure finance and delivery
- Public-private partnerships
- Transit and commuting
- Transportation policy and planning
- Urban planning
Office: 416-946-5145
Mobile: 647-680-8963
Website
Email: siemiatycki@geog.utoronto.ca
Sara Grimes
Associate Professor
- Campus
- Faculty
Areas of Expertise
- Children and digital culture
- Children and digital media
- Children and media
- Children's literature and controversy
- Digital games/videogames
Office: N/A
Website
Email: sara.grimes@utoronto.ca
Shoshanna Saxe
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering
- Campus
Areas of Expertise
Office: N/A
Email: s.saxe@utoronto.ca
Steve Joordens
Professor of Psychology at U of T Scarborough
- Campus
- Department
Areas of Expertise
- Attention
- Connecting psychology to world events
- Consciousness
- COVID-19 Isolation fatigue
- Family and interpersonal relationships
- How epidemics affect those with anxiety
- How physical distancing will forever change the ways we interact
- Memory
- Mental impact of isolation and quarantine
- Mental well-being
- Trauma
Office: (416) 287-7469
Email: joordens@utsc.utoronto.ca