Faculty of Arts Council and committees

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Faculty Council members

  • Dean of the Faculty of Arts (ex-officio, voting)
  • Vice Dean of the Faculty of Arts (voting)
  • The President of the University of Calgary or their delegate (ex-officio)
  • All full-time academic staff
  • All tenured or tenure stream faculty with an appointment of 0.5 FTE or more in the Faculty
    of Arts
  • All contingent and limited term academic staff with an appointment of 0.5 FTE or more in
    the Faculty of Arts
  • One (1) non-academic staff member chosen by and from AUPE
  • One (1) non-academic staff member chosen by and from MaPS
  • Two (2) graduate students currently enrolled in the Faculty of Arts and chosen by the
    Graduate Students’ Association
  • Two (2) undergraduate students currently enrolled in the Faculty of Arts and chosen by the
    Students’ Union
  • Two (2) undergraduate students currently enrolled in the Faculty of Arts and chosen by the
    Student Association (FASA)
  • Two (2) representatives chosen by and from the term-certain staff

Appointed members may be appointed for a term of up to 2 years, with eligibility for re-appointment for an additional term of up to 2 years. A member’s term will continue until the term start date of the member’s successor or on the expiry date of the member’s appointment if there is no successor. Members having served the maximum 4 consecutive years will be eligible for appointment to the Council after a minimum of 2 years has elapsed since the expiration of their last term.

  • Dean, Faculty of Arts (ex-officio, voting)
    Aoife Mac Namara, chair
  • Vice-dean, Faculty of Arts (voting)
    Erin Gibbs Van Brunschot, vice chair
  • President, University of Calgary (ex-officio)
    Ed McCauley
  • All full-time academic staff (voting)
  • All tenured or tenure stream faculty with an appointment of 0.5 FTE or more in the Faculty of Arts (voting)
  • All contingent and limited term academic staff with an appointment of 0.5 FTE or more in the Faculty of Arts (voting)
  • One non-academic staff member chosen by and from AUPE
    Two-year term, voting
    Constantina Caldis Roberts 
    term ending 2026-06-30
  • One non-academic staff member chosen by and from MaPS
    Two-year term, voting
    Kristi Fitzpatrick
    term ending 2026-06-30
  • Two graduate students currently enrolled in the Faculty of Arts and chosen by the Graduate Students’ Association
    One-year term, voting
    • TBC
      term ending 2025-06-30
    • TBC
      term ending 2025-06-30
  • Two undergraduate students currently enrolled in the Faculty of Arts and chosen by the Students’ Union
    One-year term, voting
    • Simchah Atanda
      term ending 2025-04-30
    • Aitazaz Shah
      term ending 2025-04-30
  • Two undergraduate students currently enrolled in the Faculty of Arts and chosen by the Faculty of Arts Students’ Association
    One-year term, voting
    • TBC
      term ending 2025-04-30
    • TBC
      term ending 2025-04-30
  • Two term-certain representatives elected from the term-certain staff
    Two-year term, voting
    • TBC
      term ending 2025-04-30
    • TBC
      term ending 2025-04-30

 

Current as of July 3, 2024

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Arts Representatives to General Faculties Council

Three-year term

  • Bruce Barton
    School of Creative and Performing Arts
    term ending 2025-06-30
  • Jewel Spangler
    History
    term ending 2025-06-30
  • W. David Walls
    Economics
    term ending 2025-06-30
  • Marie-Andree Bergeron
    School of Languages, Linguistics, Literatures and Cultures 
    term ending 2026-06-30
  • Jackie Jenkins
    English
    term ending 2026-06-30
  • Tom O’Neill
    Psychology
    term ending 2026-06-30
  • Shelley Alexander
    Geography
    term ending 2027-06-30
  • Antonio Franceschet
    Political Science
    term ending 2027-06-30
  • Jessalynn Keller
    Communication, Media and Film
    term ending 2027-06-30

Three-year term

  • Clara Joseph
    English
    term ending 2025-06-30
    W2025 substitute TBC
  • Jennifer Winter
    Economics
    term ending 2026-12-30

Please contact Erin Lowden, Office of the Dean, Faculty of Arts
403.210.5453
erin.lowden@ucalgary.ca

Current as of July 3, 2024


Appeals committee

Associate Dean, Undergraduate Programs and Student Affairs
Jason Wiens

Two-year term

  • Anthropology and Archaeology
    Motilola Akinfemisoye-Adejare 
    term ending 2026-06-30
  • Art and Art History
    Gerald Hushlak
    term ending 2025-06-30
  • Classics and Religion
    Craig Maynes 
    term ending 2026-06-30
  • Communication, Media, and Film
    Ryan Pierson
    term ending 2026-06-30
  • Economics
    Atsuko Tanaka 
    term ending 2026-06-30
  • English
    Jenny McKenney 
    term ending 2025-06-30
  • Geography
    Shelley Alexander
    term ending 2026-06-30
  • History
    Frank Towers 
    term ending 2026-06-30
  • Philosophy
    Ann Levey
    term ending 2026-06-30
  • Political Science
    Mark Baron 
    term ending 2025-06-30
  • Psychology
    Joshua Bourdage
    term ending 2026-06-30
  • School of Creative and Performing Arts
    Patrick Finn 
    term ending 2025-06-30
  • School of Languages, Linguistics, Literatures and Cultures
    Elizabeth Ritter 
    term ending 2025-06-30
  • Sociology
    Stephan Dumas
    term ending 2026-06-30

One-year term, to 2024-04-30

  • Edom Girma
  • Martin Al-Najar

Please contact Erin Lowden, Office of the Dean, Faculty of Arts
403.210.5453
erin.lowden@ucalgary.ca

Committee details current as of July 3, 2024.

Awards Committee

Associate Dean, Research
Chair: Amelia Kiddle

Associate Dean, Teaching, Learning and Student Engagement
Co-chair: Dawn Johnston

Two-year term, ending 2026-06-30

  • English
    Kit Dobson
  • Sociology
    Alex Bierman
  • Art and Art History
    Tia Halliday
  • School of Languages, Linguistics, Literatures and Cultures
    Martin Wagner

Two-year term, ending 2026-06-30

  • TBC
     
  • TBC
     
  • TBC
     
  • TBC
     

Please contact Erin Lowden, Office of the Dean, Faculty of Arts
403.210.5453
erin.lowden@ucalgary.ca

Committee details current as of July 3, 2024

Curriculum and Academic Review Committee

Associate Dean, Undergraduate Programs and Student Affairs
Jason Wiens

  • Anthropology and Archaeology
    Ben McKay
    term ending 2026-06-30
  • Art and Art History
    Trevor Stark
    term ending 2026-06-30
  • Arts and Science Honours Academy
    Dawn Johnston
    term ending 2027-06-30
  • Classics and Religion
    Jim Hume 
    term ending 2025-06-30
  • Communication, Media and Film
    Tania Smith 
    term ending 2025-06-30
  • Economics
    Lucia Vojtassak
    term ending 2025-06-30
  • English
    Anthony Camara 
    term ending 2026-06-30
  • Geography
    Aaron Williams 
    term ending 2026-06-30
  • History
    Hendrik Kraay 
    term ending 2026-06-30
  • Philosophy
    Jeremy Fantl 
    term ending 2024-06-30
  • Political Science
    Jack Lucas 
    term ending 2025-06-30
  • Psychology
    Kathleen Hughes 
    term ending 2026-06-30
  • School of Creative and Performing Arts
    Joelle Welling
    term ending 2026-06-30
  • School of Languages, Linguistics, Literatures and Cultures 
    Rachel Friedman (as of August 1, 2024)
    term ending 2026-06-30
  • Sociology
    Annette Tézli
    term ending 2026-06-30

One-year term, ending 2025-04-30

  • Simchah Atanda

Please contact Erin Lowden, Office of the Dean, Faculty of Arts
403.210.5453
erin.lowden@ucalgary.ca

Committee details current as of July 3, 2024.

Curriculum and Academic Review Committee – Graduate

Associate Dean, Graduate
Lisa Hughes

  • Anthropology and Archaeology
    Saulesh Yessenova
    term ending 2025-06-30
  • Art and Art History
    David Simmonds
    term ending 2025-06-30
  • Centre for Military, Security and Strategic Studies
    Rob Huebert
    term ending 2025-06-30
  • Classics and Religion
    Peter Toohey
    term ending 2025-06-30
  • Communication, Media and Film
    Tamara Shepard
    term ending 2025-06-30
  • Economics
    Stefan Staubli
    term ending 2025-06-30
  • English
    Morgan Vanek
    term ending 2025-06-30
  • Geography
    Eliot Tretter (thesis)
    term ending 2025-06-30
    Victoria Fast (course-based)
    term ending 2026-06-30
  • History
    Paul Chastko
    term ending 2025-06-30
  • Philosophy
    Richard Zach
    term ending 2026-06-30
  • Political Science
    Kim-Lee Tuxhorn
    term ending 2026-06-30
  • Psychology
    Sheri Madigan (clinical)
    term ending 2025-06-30
    Josh Bourdage (experimental)
    term ending 2025-06-30
  • School of Creative and Performing Arts
    Pil Hansen (drama)
    term ending 2026-06-30
    Laurie Radford (music)
    term ending 2025-06-30
  • School of Languages, Linguistics, Literatures and Cultures
    Wei Cai (languages, literatures and cultures)
    term ending 2026-06-30
    Dimitrios Skordos (linguistics)
    term ending 2026-06-30
  • Sociology
    Matt Patterson
    term ending 2025-06-30

Please contact Arts Graduate Student Centre
artsgradsc@ucalgary.ca 

Current as of July 3, 2024

Dean’s Advisory Committee

  • Dean
    Aoife Mac Namara
  • Vice-Dean
    Erin Gibbs Van Brunschot
  • Associate Dean, Research
    Brian Moorman
  • Associate Dean, Research
    Amelia Kiddle
  • Associate Dean, Research, Graduate
    Lisa Hughes
  • Associate Dean, Pluralism and Inclusion
    Aruna Srivastava
  • Associate Dean, Teaching, Learning and Student Engagement
    Dawn Johnston
  • Associate Dean, Undergraduate Programs and Student Affairs
    Jason Wiens
  • Finance Partner
    Joh Smolders
  • Human Resources Partner
    Gabe Dugan
  • Director, Development
    Cathy Billington
  • Director, Communications
    Marion Garden
  • Anthropology and Archaeology
    Kathryn Reese-Taylor
  • Art and Art History
    Joelle Welling
  • Calgary Institute for the Humanities
    Jim Ellis
  • Centre for Military, Security & Strategic Studies
    Robert Huebert
  • Classics and Religion
    W. David Walls
  • Communication, Media and Film
    Samantha Thrift
  • Economics
    Rob Oxoby
  • English
    Ozouf Senamin Amedegnato
  • Geography
    Andrea Freeman
  • History
    Jewel Spangler
  • Philosophy
    Mark Migotti
  • Political Science
    Roberta Rice
  • Psychology
    Michael Antle
  • Sociology
    Ariel Ducey
  • SCPA
    Bruce Barton
  • SLLLC
    Mark Conliffe

Please contact Kate Rollestone, Office of the Dean, Faculty of Arts
kate.rollestone@ucalgary.ca

Current as of January 26, 2024

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee

Associate Dean, Research
Amelia Kiddle

Two-year term

  • Anthropology and Archaeology
    Saulesh Yessenova
    Term ending 2025-06-30
    Winter 2025 substitute TBC
  • School of Languages, Linguistics, Literatures and Cultures 
    Wei Cai
    Term ending 2026-06-30
  • History
    Nancy Janovicek
    Term ending 2025-06-30
    Winter 2025 substitute TBC
  • Psychology
    Andrea Protzner
    Term ending 2025-06-30
    Fall 2024/Winter 2025 substitute TBC
  • TBC
    TBC
    Term ending 2025-06-30

Two-year term, ending 2026-06-30

  • TBC
     
  • TBC
     

Two-year term, ending 2026-06-30

  • AUPE
    Alexandra Lyons
  • MaPS
    TBC

One-year term, ending 2025-04-30

  • Martin Al-Najar

Please contact Erin Lowden, Office of the Dean, Faculty of Arts
403.210.5453
erin.lowden@ucalgary.ca

Committee details current as of July 8, 2024

Executive Committee

Dean
Aoife Mac Namara

  • Anthropology and Archaeology
    Sabrina Peric
    term ending 2026-06-30
  • Art and Art History
    Rob Furr
    term ending 2025-06-30
  • Classics and Religion
    Harjeet Grewal
    term ending 2026-06-30
  • Communication, Media and Film
    Ron Glasberg
    term ending 2026-06-30
  • Economics
    Aidan Hollis
    term ending 2026-06-30
  • English
    Jackie Jenkins
    term ending 2025-06-30
  • Geography
    Dan Jacobson
    term ending 2026-06-30
  • History
    Glenn Wilkinson
    term ending 2025-06-30
  • Philosophy
    Ken Waters
    term ending 2026-06-30
  • Political Science
    Maureen Hiebert
    term ending 2025-06-30
  • Psychology
    Melanie Noel
    term ending 2025-06-30
  • School of Creative and Performing Arts
    Marie France Forcier
    term ending 2025-06-30
  • School of Languages, Linguistics, Literatures and Cultures
    A.W. Barber
    term ending 2025-06-30
  • Sociology
    Dean Curran
    term ending 2026-06-30
    Fall 2024 substitute Cora Voyageur

Please contact Erin Lowden, Office of the Dean, Faculty of Arts
403.210.5453
erin.lowden@ucalgary.ca

Committee details current as of July 3, 2024

Please send the name of a representative to Kate Rollestone at kate.rollestone@ucalgary.ca as early as possible so that adjustments can be made accordingly.

Research and Creativity Committee

Associate Dean, Research
Brian Moorman

Two-year term, ending 2025-06-30

  • Art and Art History
    Jennifer Eiserman
  • School of Creative and Performing Arts
    Bruce Barton
  • Economics
    Aamir Hashmi
  • Political Science
    Josh Goldstein
  • Psychology
    Giuseppe Iaria

Two-year term, ending 2025-06-30

  • Anthropology and Archaeology
    Vivek Venkataraman
  • Communication, Media and Film
    Julia Chan
  • Sociology
    Pallavi Banerjee

One-year term, ending 2025-04-30

Edom Girma

Please contact Erin Lowden, Office of the Dean, Faculty of Arts
403.210.5453
erin.lowden@ucalgary.ca

Committee details current as of July 3, 2024

Teaching and Learning Committee

Associate Dean, Teaching, Learning and Student Engagement
Dawn Johnston

  • Communication, Media and Film
    Maria Victoria Guglietti
    term ending 2025-06-30
  • Geography
    Eliot Tretter
    term ending 2025-06-30
  • English
    Jenny McKenney
    term ending 2026-06-30
  • Communication Media and Film
    Art Modgill
    term ending 2026-06-30
  • Philosophy
    Safaneh Mohaghegh Neyshabouri
    term ending 2026-06-30
  • School of Creative and Performing Arts
    Jane MacFarlane 
    term ending 2026-06-30

Two-year term

  • TBC
     
  • Sociology
    Janna Klosterman Term ending 2025-06-30

One-year term, ending 2025-04-30

  • Aitazaz Shah
  • TBC
    term ending 2026-06-30

Please contact Erin Lowden, Office of the Dean, Faculty of Arts
403.210.5453
erin.lowden@ucalgary.ca

Committee details current as of July 3, 2024

Faculty of Arts strategies and plans

Strategic Plan 2024-29

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Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Arts

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Research in Arts

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