# Distinguished University Scholars

**Source**: https://academic.ubc.ca/awards/distinguished-university-scholar-program/distinguished-university-scholars
**Parent**: https://academic.ubc.ca/awards/distinguished-university-scholar-program

*By year*

- [2023 cohort of Distinguished University Scholars](https://academic.ubc.ca/news/october-10-2023/ubcs-2023-distinguished-university-scholars "UBC's 2023 Distinguished University Scholars")
- [2025 cohort of Distinguished University Scholars](https://academic.ubc.ca/news/november-11-2025/ubcs-2025-distinguished-university-scholars)

*Full list*

##### *Vancouver*

#### Allard School of Law

- Joel Bakan
- Pitman Potter
- Janis Sarra

#### Faculty of Applied Science

##### Architecture and Landscape Architecture

- Raymond Cole

##### Civil Engineering

- Nemkumar Banthia
- Tarek Sayed

##### Electrical and Computer Engineering

- Purang Abolmaesumi
- Guy Dumont
- Sidney Fels
- Vincent Wong

##### Mechanical Engineering

- Yusuf Altintas

##### Nursing

- Annette Browne
- Elizabeth Saewyc

#### Faculty of Arts

##### Art History, Visual Art and Theory

- Ken Lum

##### Asian Studies

- Edward Slingerland
- Sunera Thobani

##### Classical, Near Eastern and Religious Studies

- Anthony Barrett
- Franco de Angelis

##### English and Literatures

- Sherrill Grace
- Pamela Dalziel
- Barbara Dancygier
- Siân Echard
- Ira Nadel

##### First Nations and Indigenous Studies / English Language and Literatures

- Daniel Heath Justice

##### Geography

- Trevor Barnes
- Derek Gregory
- Jamie Peck

##### Linguistics

- Lisa Matthewson

##### Music

- Jane Coop
- David Metzer

##### Philosophy

- Dominic Lopes
- Alan Richardson
- Evan Thompson
- Catherine Wilson

##### Political Science

- Richard Johnston

##### Psychology

- Eric Eich
- James Enns
- Liisa Galea
- Geoff Hall
- Steven Heine
- Alan Kingstone
- Ara Norenzayan
- Kiran Soma
- Sheila Woody

##### Sociology

- Richard Ericson

##### Vancouver School of Economics

- Erwin Diewert
- Patrick Francois
- Thomas Lemieux

#### Faculty of Dentistry

- Chris Overall

#### Faculty of Education

##### Curriculum and Pedagogy

- Rita Irwin
- Graeme Chalmers

##### Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education

- Linda Siegel
- Bruno Zumbo

##### Kinesiology

- Mark Beauchamp
- William Sheel
- Patricia Vertinksy

##### Language and Literacy Education

- Patricia Duff
- Bonny Norton
- John Willinsky

#### Faculty of Forestry

##### Forest and Conservation Sciences

- Jöerg Bohlmann
- Scott Hinch

##### Wood Science

- Shawn Mansfield

#### Faculty of Medicine

##### Cellular and Physiological Sciences

- Calvin Roskelley
- Joanne Weinberg

##### Medical Genetics

- Connie Eaves
- Jan Friedman

##### Molecular Oncology

- Sam Aparicio

##### Neurology

- Judy Illes
- Yu Tian Wang

##### Obstetrics and Gynaecology

- Lori Brotto

##### Physical Therapy

- Lara Boyd

##### Psychiatry

- Alaa El-Husseini
- Terrance Snutch

##### Urologic Sciences

- Peter Black
- Martin Gleave

#### Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences

- Thomas Chang
- Mary Ensom
- Kishor Wasan (*also Faculty of Medicine*)

#### Faculty of Science

##### Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

- Natalie Strynadka

##### Botany

- Patrick Keeling

##### Chemistry

- Curtis Berlinguette *(joint appointment with Chemical & Biological Engineering)*
- Allan Bertram
- Roman Krems
- Takamasa Momose

##### Computer Science

- Kevin Leyton-Brown

##### Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences

- Catherine Johnson
- Curtis Suttle

##### Mathematics

- Nassif Ghoussoub

##### Physics and Astronomy

- Bill Unruh

##### Zoology

- David Jones
- Mary O'Connor
- Daniel Pauly
- Diane Srivastava
- Andrew Trites

#### Sauder School of Business

##### Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources

- Sandra Robinson

##### *Okanagan*

#### Faculty of Health and Social Development

##### Health and Exercise Sciences

- Kathleen Martin-Ginis

##### School of Nursing

- Joan Bottorff
- Barbara Pesut