UBC Arts brings together diverse members of the faculty in committees to advance a wide variety of initiatives, including the Curriculum Committee and the Dean’s Advisory Committee on Promotion and Tenure.
Curriculum Committee
Voting Members
- Hedy Law, Chair, Music
- Stefania Burk, Asian Studies, Associate Dean Academic ex officio
- Gerald Baier, Political Science
- Chelsea Freeborn, Sociology
- Juliet O’Brien, French, Hispanic and Italian Studies
- Patrick Rizzotti, Theatre and Film
Non-Voting Members
- Heidi May, Arts Curriculum Development ex officio
- Madeline Stephens, Arts Advising & Academic Systems ex officio
- Janey Lew, Indigenous Initiatives CTLT ex officio
Consultation requests from other faculties can be sent to arts.curriculum@ubc.ca.
Dean’s Advisory Committee on Promotion and Tenure
- Clare Haru Crowston, Dean (Committee Chair, non-voting)
- Patricia Badir, Associate Dean Faculty (Recording Secretary, non-voting), eff. Jan 1, 2025
- Nicole Fortin, Professor, Vancouver School of Economics (appointed; 2024/2025), eff. Jan 1, 2025
- Eagle Glassheim, Professor, Department of History (elected; 2023-2025)
- Corey Hamm, Professor, School of Music (elected; 2024-2026)
- Marwan Hassan, Professor, Department of Geography (appointed; 2024/2025)
- Daniel H. Justice, Professor, Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies and Department of English Language and Literatures (appointed; 2024/2025)
- E. David Klonsky, Professor, Department of Psychology (appointed; 2024/2025)
- Siyuan Liu, Professor, Department of Theatre and Film (elected; 2023-2025)
- Margaret Schabas, Professor, Department of Philosophy (elected; 2023-2025)
Faculty Council Meeting Representatives
Faculty Representatives from the Faculty of Arts to Other Faculties
- Education: Strang Burton
- Forestry: Eagle Glassheim
- Dentistry: N/A
- Science: Steven Barnes
- Medicine: Jason Snyder
Faculty Representatives from Other Faculties to the Faculty of Arts
- Pharmaceutical Sciences: Annalijn Conklin
- Medicine: Sarah de Leeuw
- Education: Leah Macfadyen
- Forestry: Agni Boedhihartono
- Dentistry: Chris Overall
- Science: Liane Chen, Dan Bizzotto, Joanna McGrenere, Brian Marcus, Jennifer Sibley, Jeremy Heyl, Andrew Potter, Agnes Lacombe, Stuart Sutherland
- Land and Food Systems: James Vercammen
Lecturer Representatives
- Cameron Mitchell Pierson
Sessional Representatives
- Stefan Lukits
Elected Student Representatives
- AUS President: Ryan Chiu
- AUS VP Academic: Ananya Gupta
- 1st Year: Alex Kim, Zahara Czar
- 2nd Year: Jiyan Binning
- 3rd Year: Khushal Kanodia
- 4th Year: Joey Dolayba
- Non-AUS: Vacant
Graduate Council Representatives
- Sarah Huxley
- Ozan Yildiz
Policy, Governance, and Organization
Members
- Stefania Burk, Associate Dean, Academic
- Christiane Hoppmann, Associate Dean, Research
- Kamal Al-Solaylee, Professor, School of Journalism, Writing, and Media
- Patricia Badir, Professor, Department of English Language and Literatures
- Carla Hudson-Kam, Professor, Department of Linguistics
- Alan Jacobs, Professor, Department of Political Science
- Allison Macfarlane, Professor, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs