Committees

FACULTY OF ARTS LIST OF STANDING COMMITTEES, GRADUATE COUNCIL, AND FACULTY AND STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES 2011-12

Dean’s Advisory Committee on Promotion and Tenure

  • Chair: Gage Averill, Dean of Arts
  • Recording Secretary: Geraldine Pratt, Associate Dean, Faculty
  • Margery Fee, English (elected)
  • Nicole Fortin, Economics
  • Deborah O’Connor, Social Work (elected)
  • Paul Quirk, Political Science
  • Michael Richards, Anthropology (elected)
  • Mark Schaller, Psychology (elected)
  • Michael Tenzer, Music
  • Daniel Hiebert, Geography

African Studies Minor Advisory Committee

Co-Chairs: Gloria Onyeoziri & Robert Miller, French, Hispanic & Italian Studies

Arts Co-op Advisory Committee

Chair: Julie Walchli, Arts Co-op Program

Arts Faculty Advisors

Chair: Cheryl Dumaresq, Arts Academic Advising

Arts Faculty Library Advisory Committee

Chair: Kevin McNeilly, English

Arts Learning & Teaching Committee

Co-Chairs: Shane Dawson, Arts ISIT and Janet Giltrow, Associate Dean, Students

Arts One Program Advisory Committee

Chair: Christina Hendricks, Philosophy/Arts One Program

Canadian Studies Coordinating Committee

Chair: Matthew Evenden, Geography

Children’s Literature (MA) Program Committee

Chair: Judith Saltman, School of Library, Archival, & Information Studies

Cognitive Systems Program Committee

Chair: Eric Vatikiotis-Bateson, Linguistics

Critical Studies in Sexuality Coordinating Committee

Chair: Janice Stewart, English, CAP, Women’s and Gender Studies

Curriculum Committee

Chair: Allen Sens, Political Science

Environment & Society Minor Committee

Chair: Clive Chapple, Economics

First Nations Languages Program

Chair: Patricia Shaw, Linguistics

Health & Society Minor Program Steering Committee

Chair: Richard Carpiano, Sociology

Holocaust Education Committee

Chair: Richard Menkis, Classical, Near Eastern & Religious Studies/History

Interdisciplinary Studies BA

Chair: Michael O’Hagan, French, Hispanic, & Italian Studies

International Relations Program Coordinating Committee

Chair: Steven Lee, History

Killam Teaching Prizes in Arts

Chair: Geraldine Pratt, Associate Dean, Faculty

Latin American Studies Program Committee

Chair: Jon Beasley-Murray (Term 1); Rita de Grandis (Term 2), French, Hispanic & Italian Studies

Law & Society Program

Chair: Arlene Sindelar, History

Medieval Studies Committee

Chair: Courtney Booker, History

Migration & Globalization Studies

Chair: Dan Hiebert, Geography

Modern European Studies Coordinating Committee

Chair: Peter Petro, Central, Eastern & Northern European Studies

Nineteenth Century Studies Committee

Chair: Maureen Ryan, Art History, Visual Art and Theory

Religion, Literature and the Arts

Chair: Carol Knicely, Art History, Visual Art and Theory

Science & Technology Studies Program

Chair: Alan Richardson, Philosophy

Slavic Area Studies Coordinating Committee

Chair: Bozena Karwowska, Central, Eastern, & Northern European Studies

Urban Studies Program Committee

Chair: Elvin Wyly, Geography

US Studies Advisory Committee

Chair: Paul Quirk, Political Science

Women’s and Gender Studies Program Coordinating Committee

Chair: Becki Ross, Women’s & Gender Studies

GRADUATE COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES

  • Patricia Badir, English
  • Sylvia Berryman, Philosophy
  • Courtney Booker, History
  • Miu Yan Chung, School of Social Work
  • Alex Fisher, Music
  • Rita de Grandis, French, Hispanic & Italian Studies
  • Marwan Hassan, Geography
  • Richard Kopak, School of Library, Archival & Information Studies
  • Ernest Mathijs, Theatre & Film
  • Pat Moore, Anthropology
  • Sharalyn Orbaugh, Asian Studies
  • Maureen Ryan, Art History, Visual Art & Theory
  • Lisa Sundstrom, Political Science
  • Martina Wiltschko, Linguistics
  • Sheila Woody, Psychology

REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE FACULTY OF ARTS TO OTHER FACULTIES

  • Applied Science: Judy Brown, English and Darrin Lehman, Senior Associate Dean
  • Dentistry: Edith Chen, Psychology
  • Education: Judy Brown, English and Geraldine Pratt, Associate Dean
  • Forestry: Sam La Selva, Political Science and Carl Johnson, Classical, Near Eastern & Religious Studies
  • Land and Food Systems: Kiran Soma, Psychology
  • Law: Gerald Baier, Political Science
  • Medicine: Gregory Miller, Psychology
  • Pharmaceutical Science: Catharine Winstanley, Psychology
  • Sauder School of Business: Ashok Kotwal
  • Science: Ian McKendry, Geography; Boris Gorzalka, Psychology, and Mary Lynn Young, Associate Dean

REPRESENTATIVES FROM OTHER FACULTIES TO THE FACULTY OF ARTS

  • Applied Science: Bruce Dunwoody, Associate Dean; Gladys McPherson, Nursing
  • Dentistry: David MacDonald
  • Education: Theresa Rogers, Language and Literacy Education
  • Forestry: Dave Cohen, Wood Sciences
  • Land and Food Systems: Jennifer Black, Food, Nutrition & Health
  • Law: Ljiljana Biukovic
  • Medicine: Carol-Ann Courneya, Cellular & Physiological Sciences
  • Pharmaceutical Sciences: Colleen Brady
  • Sauder School of Business: Masao Nakamura
  • Science: Mike Hawkes, Botany; Andrew MacFarlane, Chemistry; Anne Condon, Computer Science; Kurt Grimm, Earth & Ocean Sciences (Term 1); Neil Balmforth, Earth & Ocean Sciences (Term 2), George Bluman, Mathematics; Philip Stamp, Physics & Astronomy; Martin Adamson, Zoology

2011-12 ELECTED STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES

  • 1st Year: Nicholas Gorgopa, Siavash Tahan
  • 2nd Year: Josh Havelka (Film Production), Tanya Shum
  • 4th Year: Rachel Davies (Political Science), Jihany Hassun (Economics), Montana Hunter (History), Elaine Kuo (English)

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