Dr. Brian Donohue is the Associate Professor of Jurisprudence in the Department of Forensic Science. His Ph.D. is in Law and Philosophy from the University of Western Ontario. The Ph.D. was granted by the Philosophy program and included full-time study in the faculty of law. Prior to taking up his present post, Dr. Donohue was in the Joint Department of Philosophy at Laurentian University for almost twenty years. During that time, he served a term as Chair of the Department, was academic advisor to Laurentian University’s only Rhodes Scholar, and was the 1998 recipient of the Laurentian University Teaching Excellence Award.

Dr. Donohue has been published in leading international jounals in jurisprudence, philosophy, professional ethics and business ethics. He also served a three year term as public member and Chair of the Discipline committee for the College of Massage Therapy. Before becoming a university professor he worked for three years as the “Legal Loss & Claims Specialist’ in the head office of Royal Insurance.

Courses:

Courses being taught 2009-2010:

FORS 1006 Canadian Constitutional Doctrine for Forensic Science
FORS 2006 Essential Elements of Canadian Criminal Law
FORS 3006 Concepts of Evidence and The Expert Witness
FORS 4016 Contemporary Ethical Issues in Forensic Science

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Scholarly Publications
Work in Progress
Mass Media Publications
Conferences
Academic Awards