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Members

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Officers of Council

Title Name
Chair Mike Zryd
Vice-Chair Arash Habibi Lashkari
Secretary M. Michael Schiff

Voting Members

Graduate Program Faculty Member Representatives

Graduate Program Director or Representative
Accounting Viswanath (Shanker) Trivedi
Administration Peter Darke
Art History Marissa Largo
Biology Jean-Paul Paluzzi
Biotechnology Management Jade Atallah
Business Administration in Technology Leadership Murat Kristal
Business Analytics Julian Scott Yeomans
Business Administration Michael Valente
Chemistry Ryan Hili
Cinema & Media Studies/Film Manfred Becker
Civil Engineering Kamelia Atefi-Monfared
Combined MBA/MFA/MA
Communication & Culture Markus Reisenleitner
Conference Interpreting Valérie Florentin
Critical Studies In Disability Rachel da Silveira Gorman
Design David Cabianca
Development Studies Nathaneal Ojong
Digital Media Michael Longford
Disaster & Emergency Management Aaida Mamuji
Earth & Space Science Regina Lee
Economics Selcuk Ozyurt
Education Natalia Balyasnikova
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science John Lam
English Robert Zacharias
Environmental Studies Liette Gilbert
Études Françaises/Études Francophones Dominique Scheffel-Dunand
Executive Master's in Business Administration Matthias Kipping
Finance Melanie Cao
Financial Accountability Richard Leblanc
Gender, Feminist & Women's Studies Alexandra Rutherford
Geography Alison Bain
Global Health Amrita Daftary
Health Farah Ahmad
Health Industry Administration Amin Mawani
History Jeremy Trevett
Human Resources Management James Chowhan
Humanities Steve Bailey
Information Systems & Technology Arash Habibi Lashkari
Interdisciplinary Studies Kymberly Bird
International Business Administration
Joint MBA/JD Peter Macdonald
Kinesiology & Health Science Olasunkanmi Adegoke
Law Susan Drummond
Law (Professional) Meghan Thomas
Linguistics & Applied Linguistics Philipp Angermeyer
Management Luke Zhu
Management in Artificial Intelligence Julian Scott Yeomans
Management Practice Hyunwoo Lim
Marketing Grant Packard
Mathematics & Statistics Dong Liang
Mechanical Engineering Garrett Melenka
Music Sherry Johnson
Nursing Catriona Buick
Philosophy Matthew Leisinger
Physics & Astronomy Deborah Harris
Political Science Heather MacRae
Psychology Adrienne Perry
Public & International Affairs Francis Garon
Public Policy, Administration & Law Ian Roberge
Real Estate & Infrastructure Jim Clayton
Science & Technology Studies Leslie Korrick
Social & Political Thought Jean-Thomas Tremblay
Social Anthropology Alexandra Widmer
Social Work Sarah Maiter
Socio-Legal Studies Amelie Barras
Sociology Elaine Coburn
Supply Chain Management David Alan Johnston
Theatre
Theatre, Dance & Performance Studies Magdalena Kazubowski-Houston
Translation Studies Julie McDonough Dolmaya
Visual Arts Marissa Largo

Student Representatives

At-Large Councillors Representatives
Creative Arts Adriane Vant Erve
Creative Arts Xiaochun Ma
Health Studies/Sciences Research Sanaz Gholizadeh
Health Studies/Sciences Research Anahita Sadeghi
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Sayeda Irin Akter
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Sherry Du
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Pierre Lemieux
Professional Degrees Anita Annestan
Professional Degrees Maria de la Paz Diaz
Professional Degrees Kate Smirnova
Social Sciences/Humanities Research Yuning Cai
Social Sciences/Humanities Research Esther Sampson

Student Members of Standing Committees

Standing Committee Name
Academic Planning & Policy Committee Tori Gosse, Ranna Musa
Awards Committee Kathleen Cherrington, Yue Qu
Petitions Committee Samantha Burelle, Stefanie Lamonaca Caputo
Appeals & Academic Honesty Committee Miad Ranjbar

Student President

Association Name
Graduate Students' Association Darren Gens

Graduate Student Chief Councillors

Related Faculty Name
Arts, Media, Performance & Design
Education
Environmental & Urban Change Christopher Sorio
Glendon College
Health Khandker Ahmedul Haque
Lassonde School of Engineering
Liberal Arts & Professional Studies Sheema Khawar
Osgoode Hall Law School Shorena Gigauri
Schulich School of Business Sherry Du
Science

Anchor Faculty Council Graduate Committee Representatives

Faculty Name
Education Gail Prasad
Environmental Studies
Health
Liberal Arts & Professional Studies Arash Habibi Lashkari
Science
Glendon College
Lassonde School of Engineering John Lam
Osgoode Hall Law School Ruth Buchanan
Osgoode Professional Development
School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design
Schulich School of Business Peter Darke

Postdoctoral Researchers

Title Name
Postdoctoral Fellow
Postdoctoral Visitor Stanley Ebhohimhen Abhadiomhen
Postdoctoral Visitor Kaitlin Di Pierdomenico

York University Libraries Representatives

Title Name
Libraries Sarah Coysh
Libraries Sheril Hook

Indigenous Council Representatives

Title Name
Representative Kenzie Allen
Representative Sean Hillier

Enable York Representatives

Title Name
Representative Gillian Parekh

Council of Research Directors Representatives

Title Name
Representative

Major Awards Committee/Research Chair Representatives

Title Name

Faculty Members of FGS Standing Committees

Academic Planning & Policy Committee

Title Name
Chair Mike Zryd
Vice-Chair Arash Habibi Lashkari
Member Mary Goitom
Member Heather MacRae
Member Daphne Winland
Member Wendy S. Wong

Ex-Officio:Dean, Associate Dean Academic, Associate Dean Students, Chair, Vice-Chair, Associate Director Graduate Academic Affairs, Coordinator Faculty Governance

Awards Committee

Title Name
Chair Benedict Weobong
Member Satinder K. Brar
Member Teshager Dagne
Member Peter Khaiter
Member Laura Kwak
Member Isha Sharma

Ex-Officio: Dean, Associate Dean Academic, Chair of Council, Manager External Scholarships & Graduate Awards, Coordinator Faculty Governance

Appeals & Academic Honesty Committee

Title Name
Chair Robert W. Gehl
Member Mina Singh
Member Dagmar Soennecken

Ex-Officio: Dean, Associate Dean Academic, Chair of Council, Associate Director Graduate Academic Affairs, Graduate Academic Affairs Assistant

Petitions Committee

Title Name
Chair Mike Zabrocki
Member Jan Hadlaw
Member Allysa Lumley
Member Laura Salisbury

Ex-Officio: Dean, Associate Dean Students, Chair of Council, Associate Director Graduate Student Affairs

Nominating Committee

Title Name
Chair of Council Mike Zryd
Vice-Chair Arash Habibi Lashkari
Chair, Appeals & Academic Honesty Committee Robert Gehl
Co-Chairs, Awards Committee Benedict Weobong
Chair, Petitions Committee Mike Zabrocki
FGS Representative to Senate Executive Committee Naomi Couto

Ex-Officio: Dean, Associate Dean Academic, Associate Dean Students, Vice-Chair of Council, Associate Director Graduate Academic Affairs, Coordinator Faculty Governance

FGS Representatives on Senate Committees and Sub-Committees

Title Name
Academic Standards, Curriculum & Pedagogy Committee Cheryl van Daalen-Smith
Academic Policy, Planning & Research Committee Anne MacLennan
Senate Executive Committee's Honorary Degrees & Ceremonials Sub-committee
Executive Committee Naomi Couto

FGS Dean's Office (Ex Officio]

Title Name
Vice-Provost and Dean Alice MacLachlan
Associate Dean Tokunbo Ojo
Associate Dean Cheryl van Daalen-Smith

Non-Voting Members

Ex-Officio Members

FGS

Title Name
Executive Officer Heather Moore
Associate Director, Graduate Student Affairs Andreanne Dibo Amany
Associate Director, Graduate Academic Affairs Wes Moir
Associate Director, Communications & Digital Engagement Anesa Albert
Manager, External Scholarships & Graduate Awards Richolette Freckleton
Coordinator, Faculty Governance M. Michael Schiff

Faculties

Anchor Faculty Associate Deans, Research/Graduate (or designate) Name
Education Korina Jocson
Environmental & Urban Change Carlota McAllister
Health Karin Page-Cutrara
Liberal Arts & Professional Studies Ravi de Costa
Science Michael Scheid
Glendon College Laura McKinnon (interim)
Lassonde School of Engineering Suprakash Datta
Osgoode Hall Law School Lisa Dufraimont
School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design Sharon Hayashi
Schulich School of Business Kevin Tasa

University

Title Name
President Lisa Philipps
Vice-President Academic & Provost Laina Bay-Cheng
Vice-President Research & Innovation Amir Asif
Vice-President Equity, People & Culture Parissa Safai
Vice-Provost Academic Marcia Annisette
Chair of Senate Patricia Burke Wood
Dean of Libraries Joseph Hafner

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