Academic Heads Directory
Last updated January 9, 2026
Provost’s Portfolio – Academic Appointments
- L. Pauline Rankin, Provost and Vice-President (Academic)
- Catherine Khordoc, Deputy Provost (Academic Operations and Planning)
- David J. Hornsby, Vice-Provost (Academic and Global Learning)
- 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
- Michael Rodgers, Director, School of Linguistics and Language Studies
Faculty of Engineering and Design
- Ronald Miller, Interim 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
- Ali Arya, Director, School of Information Technology
Faculty of Public and Global Affairs
- Mary Francoli, Interim 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)
- Vacant, 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)
- Emma Cross, Acting Department Head (Cataloguing, Metadata and Digitization)
- Vacant, Department Head (Collections and Assessment)
- Sally Sax, Department Head (Electronic Resources and Acquisitions)
- Jennifer Whitney, Acting 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)
- Rebecca Bartlett, Subject Area Coordinator (Science, Engineering and Design)