College Dean's Message

Dear College community,

I wanted to welcome you as we launch our new College newsletter. This monthly newsletter will share important developments in the College, with a specific focus on the processes and services in our Offices of Education and Research. Over the past year there have been many changes and it is our hope that this information will help you interact more effectively with the College community and offices.

While we continue to grow as a College and support the one university approach, I encourage you to please reach out at any time to share your feedback and questions at cssh@ualberta.ca. We have brilliant minds in our College and it is by working together that we can grow our College into one that continues to innovate and inspire.

Let me conclude by offering my sincere congratulations to Dr. Marvin Washington who has been appointed as our College Dean & Vice Provost effective July 1. As a colleague and friend, I look forward to the leadership and guidance that I know Marvin will bring to this role.

Sincerely,

Joseph Doucet

Office of Research

Connect with the Office of Research

The Office of Research supports researchers, in collaboration with our four faculties, to achieve the One University mission to increase external research revenue for the social sciences and humanities, while attracting greater funding for interdisciplinary, large-scale, multi-partner, national and international research collaborations.

The key service functions of the Office of Research are:

• To promote and coordinate multidisciplinary grant applications.

• To provide support for strategic research activities and research administration.

• To provide assistance to individual researchers, research teams and research development in partnership with each of the four faculties within CSSH, Research Partners Network, and the Office of the Vice-President Research and Innovation.

Office of Research Contacts:

Associate Dean, Research: Joanna Harrington
Director, Office of Research: Oliver Rossier
Grant Assistant: Ayantika Mukherjee
Senior Research Service Partner: Heather Young-Leslie
Research Partner: Craig Taylor

Office of Education

Connect with the Office of Education

The Office of Education provides administrative support to academic units in the four Faculties within the College. This Office offers consistent, high-quality and personalized service to academic units in the College and plays an important role in coordinating program portfolios, teaching resources, facilities and student services across the College with the goal of providing students and instructors with the best possible experience.

The key service functions of the Office of Education are:

Academic Integrity

• Supports the academic discipline process by receiving reports of potential violations, coordinating all academic discipline cases and delivering programming on academic integrity. 

• Discipline decisions will continue to be made by delegates of the faculty dean.

The Academic Integrity and Discipline Coordinator is Christine Whelan and she can be reached at cssh.acadinteg@ualberta.ca.

Course Scheduling and Timetabling

• Provide dedicated support to academic units in the CSSH, working collaboratively with academic and administrative leaders to construct a course timetable that best meets the needs of students (undergraduate and graduate) and professors.

• Ensures class scheduling, enrolment restrictions, space assignment and room booking procedures are documented and effectively implemented. Work proactively with Academic Units to resolve issues and continually improve processes.

While CTSCs work together to support all college academic units, each department has a primary contact:

• Gayeung Doan
  Art and Design; Music; Drama; East Asian Studies; English and Film Studies; History, Classics and Religion; Modern Languages and Cultural Studies; Philosophy; Media and Technology Studies; Arts WKEXP courses; Education

• Melissa Schafer
  Business; Law; Anthropology; Economics; Linguistics; Political Science; Sociology; Women’s and Gender Studies

The CTSCs work directly with contacts in each academic unit to provide this support.

Office of Education Contacts:

Associate Dean, Education: Karsten Mündel
Director, Office of Education: Vanessa Grabia
Academic Integrity and Discipline Coordinator: Christine Whelan (cssh.acadinteg@ualberta.ca)

College News

Are you keeping up with the latest College news? Please visit our College News and Notices page as we highlight some of the amazing people, research and success stories in our College.