Dr. L. Pauline Rankin assumed the role of Carleton University’s Provost and Vice-President (Academic) in August 2023. As Provost, she is the chief academic and budget officer for the University. Her portfolio spans all aspects of academic planning and programming, with an overall role of ensuring excellence and inclusivity in the teaching and learning environment.
Dr. Rankin has a substantial record of academic leadership at Carleton. She is past Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and previously held the post of Associate Vice-President (Research and International). She is a former Associate Dean (Research and Graduate Affairs) for the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences as well as a former Director of both the Pauline Jewett Institute of Women’s and Gender Studies (now the Feminist Institute for Social Transformation) and the School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies. She completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto in English Literature and holds an MA in Canadian Studies and PhD in Political Science from Carleton.
Dr. Rankin is Professor in the School of Canadian Studies. Her research spans various aspects of gender and politics, with specific interest in domestic and global applications of gender mainstreaming and gender activism. Most recently, she was a co-editor of We Still Demand: Redefining Resistance in Sex and Gender Struggles (UBC Press, 2016) and is co-editor of the forthcoming collection Counting Matters: Policy, Practice, and the Limits of Gender Equality Measurement in Canada (UBC, 2024). She has extensive experience working on global gender and development projects, offering strategic advice and capacity-building training to governments and NGOs in Russia, Ukraine, China, Ethiopia, Bangladesh, Tunisia, Jordan, South Africa, Turkey, and throughout the South Caucasus.
Dr. Rankin is also the recipient of multiple teaching accolades, including a Carleton University Teaching Achievement Award.
