Academic Heads Directory

Last updated July 2, 2025

Provost’s Portfolio – Academic Appointments

• L. Pauline Rankin, Provost and Vice-President (Academic)
• Catherine Khordoc, Deputy Provost (Academic Operations and Planning)
• David Hornsby, Vice-Provost and Associate Vice-President (Academic)
• Nadeem Siddiqi, Vice-Provost (Graduate Studies)
• Hashmat Khan, Associate Vice-President (Academic Programs and Strategic Initiatives)
• Kahente Horn-Miller, Associate Vice-President (Indigenous Teaching, Learning and Research)
• Onita Basu, Associate Vice-Provost (Graduate Awards and Professional Development)
• Michael Hildebrand, Associate Vice-Provost (Graduate Student Affairs)

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

• Anne Bowker, Dean
• Pascal Gin, Associate Dean (Academic)
• Paul Keen, Associate Dean (Faculty Affairs)
• Carol Payne, Associate Dean (Research and International)
• Janne Cleveland, Associate Dean (Student Affairs and Enrolment)
• Mark MacLeod, Chair, Department of Cognitive Science
• Janice Schroeder, Chair, Department of English Language and Literature
• Emilie Urbain, Chair, Department of French
• Murray Richardson, Chair, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies
• Sonya Lipsett-Rivera, Chair, Department of History
• Annie Larivee, Chair, Department of Philosophy
• Guy Lacroix, Chair, Department of Psychology
• Bernhard Leistle, Chair, Department of Sociology and Anthropology
• Paul Keen, Acting Director, School of Canadian Studies
• Shane Hawkins, Director, College of the Humanities
• Megan Rivers-Moore, Director, Feminist Institute of Social Transformation
• Nduka Otiono, Director, Institute of African Studies
• Peter Hodgins, Director, Institute of Comparative Studies in Literature, Art, and Culture
• Dan Irving, Director, Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies
• Mitchell Frank, Director, School for Studies in Art and Culture
• Jennifer Gilbert, Interim Director, Centre for Initiatives in Education
• Geoff Pinchbeck, Interim Director, School of Linguistics and Language Studies

Faculty of Engineering and Design

• Larry Kostiuk, Dean
• Prashant Waghmare, Associate Dean/Director, M. Eng., Engineering Practice
• Cynthia Cruickshank, Associate Dean (Equity, Diversity and Inclusion)
• Jeffrey Erochko, Associate Dean (Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs)
• Samuel Ajila, Associate Dean (Planning and Policy)
• Audrey Girouard, Associate Dean (Research)
• Shawn Kenny, Associate Dean (Student Success)
• Yasser Hassan, Chair, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Leonard MacEachern, Chair, Department of Electronics
• Edgar Matida, Chair, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Jerome Talim, Interim Chair, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering
• Anne Bordeleau, Director, Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism
• Chantal Trudel, Director, School of Industrial Design
• Robert Teather, Director, School of Information Technology

Faculty of Public and Global Affairs

• Brenda O’Neill, Dean
• Vandna Bhatia, Associate Dean (Academic)
• Yanling Wang, Associate Dean (Equity and Inclusion)
• David Mendeloff, Associate Dean (Faculty Affairs)
• Joshua Greenberg, Associate Dean (Research and Graduate)
• Paul Wilson, Associate Dean (Students and Enrolment)
• Patrick Coe, Chair, Department of Economics
• Zeina Bou-Zeid, Chair, Department of Law and Legal Studies
• Hans-Martin Jaeger, Chair, Department of Political Science
• Allan Thompson, Co-Director, School of Journalism and Communication
• Liam Young, Co-Director, School of Journalism and Communication
• Sarah Todd, Director, Arthur Kroeger College of Public Affairs
• Lara Karaian, Director, Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice
• James Casteel, Director, Institute of European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies
• Justin Paulson, Director, Institute of Political Economy
• Yiagadeesen Samy, Director, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs
• Jennifer Stewart, Director, School of Public Policy and Administration
• Deborah Conners, Director, School of Social Work

Faculty of Science

• Maria DeRosa, Dean
• Rowan Thomson, Associate Dean (Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion)
• Susan Bertram, Associate Dean (Faculty Affairs)
• Matthias Neufang, Associate Dean (Graduate Affairs)
• Prosenjit Bose, Associate Dean (Research and International)
• Kim Hellemans, Associate Dean (Student Recruitment, Wellness and Success)
• David Amundsen, Associate Dean (Undergraduate Affairs)
• Jeff Dawson, Chair, Department of Biology
• Sean Barry, Chair, Department of Chemistry
• Fred Gaidies, Chair, Department of Earth Sciences
• Martin Holcik, Chair, Department of Health Sciences
• Matthew Holahan, Chair, Department of Neuroscience
• Kevin Graham, Chair, Department of Physics
• Véronic Bézaire, Director, Institute of Biochemistry
• Olga Baysal, Director, Institute of Data Science
• Steven Cooke, Director, Institute of Environmental Interdisciplinary Science
• Jean-Pierre Corriveau, Director, School of Computer Science
• Colin Ingalls, Director, School of Mathematics and Statistics
• Danielle Manley, Director, School of Nursing

Sprott School of Business

• Howard Nemiroff, Dean
• Linda Schweitzer, Associate Dean (Research and International)
• Luciara Nardon, Associate Dean (Recruitment and Retention, Professional Graduate Programs)
• Rebecca Renfroe, Associate Dean (Student Success and Recruitment, Undergraduate Programs)

MacOdrum Library

• Amber Butler, University Librarian
• Sarah Simpkin, Associate University Librarian (Academic Services)
• Edward Bilodeau, Associate University Librarian (Collection Services)
• Jamila Hastick, Acting Department Head (Research Support Services)
• Joanne Rumig, Department Head (Access Services)
• Chris Trainor, Department Head (Archives and Special Collections)
• Jennifer Browning, Department Head (Cataloguing, Metadata, and Digitization)
• Vacant, Department Head (Collections and Assessment)
• Vacant, Department Head (Electronic Resources and Acquisitions)
• Cameron Metcalf, Department Head (Library Technology Services)
• Martha Attridge Bufton, Interim Subject Area Coordinator (Arts, Social Sciences & Humanities)
• Julie Lavigne, Subject Area Coordinator (Business and Public Affairs (BPA))
• Rebecca Bartlett, Subject Area Coordinator (Science, Engineering and Design)