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
- Catherine Rawn, Chair, Psychology
- Stefania Burk, Asian Studies, Associate Dean Academic ex officio
- Marina Adshade, Economics
- Hedy Law, School of Music
- 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
- Janice Stewart, Associate Dean Faculty; Professor of Teaching, Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Social Justice
- Lisa Cooper, Professor, Department of Ancient, Mediterranean, and Near Eastern Studies (elected; 2021-2023)
- Kiley Hamlin, Professor, Department of Psychology (elected; 2021-2023)
- Marwan Hassan, Professor, Department of Geography (appointed; 2022/2023)
- Kirsty Johnston, Professor, Department of Theatre and Film (appointed; 2022/2023)
- Thomas Kemple, Professor, Department of Sociology (appointed; 2022/2023)
- Erik Kwakkel, Professor, School of Information (appointed; 2022/2023)
- Tina Loo, Professor, Department of History (elected; 2022-2024)
- Sandra Tomc, Professor, Department of English Language and Literatures (elected; 2022-2024)
Faculty Council Meeting Representatives
Faculty Representatives from the Faculty of Arts to Other Faculties
- Education: Strang Burton
- Forestry: Eagle Glassheim
- Dentistry: Vinay Kamat
- Science: Steven J Barnes and Nina Hewitt
Faculty Representatives from Other Faculties to the Faculty of Arts
- Pharmaceutical Sciences: Annalijn Conklin
- Medicine: Sarah de Leeuw
- Education: Leah Macfadyen
- Forestry: Lori Daniels
- Dentistry: Chris Overall
- Science: Liane Chen
- Land and Food Systems: James Vercammen
Lecturer Representatives
- Chelsea Freeborn
- Suzanne James
Sessional Representatives
Elected Student Representatives
- AUS President: Fatima Rua
- AUS VP Academic: Jennifer Kim
- 1st Year: Elisa Delle Monache, Ryan Chiu
- 2nd Year: Mehak Fatima
- 3rd Year: Violet Smith
- 4th Year: Louis Liu
- Non-AUS: Sadhvi Sail
Graduate Council Representatives
- Mollie Holmberg
- Jada Charles
Policy, Governance, and Organization
Members
- Stefania Burk, Associate Dean, Academic
- Christiane Hoppmann, Associate Dean, Research & Graduate Studies
- Joel Castonguay-Belanger, Associate Professor, Department of French, Hispanic and Italian Studies
- Carla Hudson-Kam, Professor, Department of Linguistics
- Alan Jacobs, Professor, Department of Political Science
- Annabel Lyon, Professor, School of Creative Writing