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
Chair
- Catherine Rawn, Psychology
Curriculum Manager
- Heidi May, Arts Curriculum Development
Members
- Stefania Burk, Asian Studies, Associate Dean Academic ex officio
- Katherine Bowers, Central Eastern, & Northern European Studies
- Annabel Lyon, Creative Writing Program
- Nisha Malhotra, Economics
- Hotze Rullman, Linguistics
- Library: Keith Bunnell ex officio
- Arts Advising: Nancy Campbell ex officio
- Indigenous Initiatives CTLT: Janey Lew ex officio
Consultation requests from other faculties can be sent to arts.curriculum@ubc.ca.
Dean’s Advisory Committee on Promotion and Tenure
Chair
- Gage Averill, Dean of Arts
Members
- Recording Secretary: Janice Stewart, Associate Dean, Faculty
- Jennifer Berdahl, Professor, Department of Sociology (appointed; 2021/2022)
- Lisa Cooper, Professor, Department of Classical, Near Eastern and Religious Studies (appointed;
2021/2022) - Stephen Guy-Bray, Professor, Department of English Language and Literatures (elected; 2020-2022)
- Kiley Hamlin, Professor, Department of Psychology (elected; 2021-2023)
- Kirsty Johnston, Professor, Department of Theatre and Film (appointed; 2021/2022)
- Andrew Martindale, Professor, Department of Anthropology (elected; 2021-2023)
- Jessica Wang, Professor, Department of History (appointed; 2021/2022)
- Miu Chung Yan, Professor, School of Social Work (elected; 2020-2022)
Faculty Council Meeting Representatives
Graduate Council Representatives
- Kelsey Moskal
- Kathleen Wise
Faculty Representatives from the Faculty of Arts to Other Faculties
- Pharmaceutical Sciences: Dr. Catherine Winstanley
- Medicine: Dr. Liisa Galea
- Education: Dr. Strang Burton
- Forestry: Dr. Dan Moore
- Dentistry: Dr. Sue Rowley
- Science: Dr. Steven J Barnes and Dr. Nina Hewitt
Faculty Representatives from Other Faculties to the Faculty of Arts
- Pharmaceutical Sciences: Dr. Annalijn Conklin
- Medicine: Dr. Sarah de Leeuw
- Land and Food System: Dr. Jim Vercammen
- Applied Science: Dr. Carol Jaeger
- Education: Dr. Leah Macfadyen
- Forestry: Dr. Lori Daniels
- Dentistry: Dr. David MacDonald
- Science: Dr. Liane Chen
Elected Student Representatives
- President: Nealie Alavie
- VP Academic: Aadhya Mittal
- 1st Year:
- Hajra Saeed
- Iman Janmohamed
- 2nd Year: Gina Li
- 3rd Year: Lily Liu
- 4th Year:
- Non-AUS: Francesca Kohn