Helene A. Cummins is a Full Professor of Sociology at Brescia University College (BUC), Western University in London, ON. She received the first Award of Excellence in teaching at BUC and was nominated on two occasions for distinguished teaching at Western University. She is a former elected Chair of the Department of Sociology, and former Associate Academic Dean at her university. She has published in The Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology, Women’s Studies International Forum, Advancing Women in Leadership, Identity: An International Journal of Theory and Research, The Canadian Geographer, and Journal of Rural and Community Development, to name a few. She was elected Chair of The Status of Women Committee for OCUFA. In 2016 she won The Status of Women Award of Distinction which represents twenty-eight universities in Ontario, Canada. Her areas of expertise include gender and equity, sociology of the family, rural sociology, and ethics.