Faculty Fellows & Affiliates
BPRI engages with a diverse range of faculty at WWU. Faculty affiliates & fellows play an important role in the development and enhancement of the Institute. They engage in valuable research related to Canada-US border studies and border policy and are committed to participating in:
- Institute outreach activities
- Support of scholarly, instructional, and programmatic development projects
- Mentoring of students in research projects
To recognize their contributions, affiliated faculty members are eligible to apply for the BPRI Faculty Fellowship award that can be used for research related to Canada-US border studies and border policy.
- Edward Alden, Ross Distinguished Visiting Professor, College of Business & Economics
- Contact: Edward.Alden@wwu.edu | Edward Alden’s Profile
- Topics: International Trade, Border Policy, Globalization, Labor
- Reopening North America
- Don Alper, Professor Emeritus, Political Science (1971-2015), BPRI Founding Director
- Contact: donald.Alper@wwu.edu | Don Alper’s Profile
- Topics: Transboundary Environmental Cooperation, Sub-Federal Diplomacy, Cross Border Institutions And Governance, Ecosystems And Borders, Borderlands
- BPRI Publications: Scholars’ Views on Improving Border | Policy Stakeholder Views on Improving Border Management
- Natalie Baloy, Assistant Professor, Anthropology
- Contact: natalie.baloy@wwu.edu | Natalie Baloy's Profile
- Topics: Critical Indigenous studies, settler colonial studies, interdisciplinary/transboundary collaborations toward transformation in context and community
- Previous Associate Director of the Salish Sea Institute, the Border Policy Research Institute, and the Center for Canadian-American Studies. Instructor of record for ANTH 476/576: Borderlands
- Aquila Flower, Professor, Environmental Studies and WWU Spatial Institute Director, Border Policy Research Institute Fellow (2019), Salish Sea Fellow (2022)
- Contact: aquila.flower@wwu.edu | Aquila Flower’s Profile
- Topics: Salish Sea, GIS, Cartography, Open Access Data, Physical Geography, Biogeography, Ecology, Dendrochronology, Paleoclimatology, Climate Change.
- Nabil Kamel: Professor and Department Chair Urban and Environmental Planning & Policy, BPRI Fellow (2018)
- Contact: nabil.kamel@wwu.edu | Nabil Kamel’s Profile
- Topics: Urban and Regional planning, International Development Refugees, Community Resilience.
- BPRI Publications: The Effect of the Canada-U.S. Border on the Vancouver, BC, and Seattle, WA, Music Network
- Derek Moscato: BPRI Fellow (2020) & (2024)
- Contact: derek.moscato@wwu.edu | Derek Moscato’s Profile
- Topics: Public Diplomacy, International Media And Public Relations, Environmental Communication, Journalism, Activism, Political Economy Of Media
- BPRI Publications: News Narratives and Civic Communication During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Cross-Border Case of Point Roberts | Reporting on Cascadia: The Evolution of a Cross-Border Media Ecosystem | The Impact of Cross-Border Environmental Media and Advocacy at the Skagit River Headwaters