Graduate Faculty Members

The regulations for Graduate Faculty designation are outlined in the Senate Policy on Graduate Faculty Designation (updated Nov. 2025).

Application Form:

For current faculty and adjunct appointments, please use the Application for Graduate Faculty Status form.
For retired Professors Emeriti, please use the Application for Graduate Faculty Status - Professors Emeriti form.

Review a list of current graduate faculty members.

There are 2 categories of graduate faculty:

1. Full Graduate Faculty:

Tenured or tenure-track, full-time faculty members and Professors Emeriti* (excluding Teaching intensive faculty) may be appointed as Full Graduate faculty provided they meet the criteria outlined below. These are the general criteria, to be applied in a manner appropriate to the discipline by each program:

Possession of the Ph.D. or equivalent (for equivalent qualification, a letter of rationale must accompany the application);
Scholarly or creative activity as demonstrated by two refereed publications or their equivalent for the discipline or field every four years; and
A record of successful involvement in graduate teaching and/or supervision, or the prospect of such activities.

Only members of Full Graduate faculty may solely supervise graduate student research. Only members of Full Graduate faculty may teach graduate courses, with exceptions being allowed upon the permission of the faculty dean.

*Professors Emeriti supervising graduate students at the time of their retirement may maintain Full status until their current students complete their degree. Should they wish to take on new graduate students it will be as a co-supervisor in anticipation of appointment to Affiliate status when the current students complete their degree. Professors Emeriti not supervising graduate students at the time of their retirement will be transitioned to Affiliate status. Professors Emeriti may retain full status with the recommendation of the Dean and/or designate.

2. Affiliate Graduate Faculty:

Adjunct faculty, Limited-term Appointees and Ancillary Academic Staff may be appointed as Affiliate Graduate faculty provided they meet the criteria outlined below.*

These are the general criteria, to be applied in a manner appropriate to the discipline by each program:

Possession of the minimum of a Master’s degree or equivalent (for equivalent qualification, a letter of rationale must accompany the application);
Scholarly or creative activity as demonstrated by two refereed publications or their equivalent for the discipline or field every four years; and
A record of successful involvement in graduate teaching and/or supervision, or the prospect of such activities.

Affiliate Graduate faculty may participate on Master’s committees in the following capacities: co-supervisor or reader. To act as a co-supervisor, an adjunct appointee must have a minimum of 18 months left of their appointment when the committee is approved.

Affiliate Graduate faculty who possess a Ph.D. may participate on Doctoral committees as co-supervisor, program reader, or outside program reader. To act as co-supervisor for a doctoral student, the adjunct appointee must have a minimum of 30 months left on their appointment at the time the committee is approved.

*Individuals who are deemed Highly Qualified Personnel by the Tri-council (research associates, postdoctoral fellows, graduate or undergraduate students) may not hold Graduate Faculty Status.

Application Procedures:

Submissions for designation as Graduate Faculty may be made at any time using the appropriate Graduate Faculty Application form.

Application by faculty members or recommendation by the AAU to an appropriate committee of the AAU (for example the appointments committee or the graduate committee);
Review by AAU committee of applications received;
Forwarding to Dean of Faculty by AAU committee of applications approved along with articulation of how criteria were applied; and
Review by committee of the Faculty and forwarding of approved applications with recommendation to the Executive Committee of the Faculty of Graduate Studies.

Graduate Faculty Members - by Faculty

Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences

Argumentation Studies PhD

Full Graduate Faculty:

Bahdi, Reem - Faculty of Law
Crawford, Michael - Department of Biomedical Sciences
Engle, Karen - School of Creative Arts
Feldman, Greg - Department of Political Science
Guarini, Marcello - Department of Philosophy
Hansen, Hans - Department of Philosophy
Jacobs, Laverne - Faculty of Law
Kianieff, Muharem - Faculty of Law
Kotowich, Bruce - School of Creative Arts
Kustra, Erika - Department of Psychology
Maltseva, Elena - Department of Political Science
McMurphy, Suzanne - Department of Sociology And Criminology
Miljan, Lydia - Department of Political Science
Papador, Nicholas - School of Creative Arts
Pender, Stephen - Department of English and Creative Writing
Richez, Emmanuelle - Department of Political Science
Rossin, Antonio - Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures
Schuelke-Leech, Beth-Anne - Department of Mechanical, Automotive and Materials Engineering
Sheldon, Tess – Faculty of Law
Tindale, Christopher - Department of Philosophy
Venkatesh, Vasanthi - Faculty of Law
Wittebols, James - Department of Political Science
Xavier, Sujith - Faculty of Law

Affiliate Graduate Faculty:

Cappucci, John – Department of Philosophy (until August 31, 2026)

Communication, Media and Film

FMA = Film & Media Arts

CMDC = Communication, Media & Digital Culture

Full Graduate Faculty:

Asquith, Kyle (FMA/CMDC)
Bae, Sung Min (FMA/CMDC)
Engle, Karen (CMDC)
Hector, Nicholas (FMA/CMDC)
Manzerolle, Vincent (FMA/CMDC)
Nelson, Kim (FMA)
Rodney, Lee (CMDC)
Scatamburlo-D'Annibale, Valerie (FMA/CMDC)
Stasko, Michael (FMA/CMDC)
Virdi, Jyotika (FMA/CMDC)

Affiliate Graduate Faculty:

Brown, Brian A.- until December 31, 2025 (FMA/CMDC)
Lau, Ka Leung Tony - until June 30, 2030
Torinus, Sigi (FMA)

English

Full Graduate Faculty:

Affiliate Graduate Faculty:

Johnston, Mark - until December 31, 2025
Muse, Sandra - until December 31, 2025

History

Full Graduate Faculty:

Lazure, Guy
Nelson, Robert
Palmer, Steven
Wright, Miriam

Affiliate Status:

French, Gregg – until April 30, 2029
Huffaker, Shauna - until December 31, 2025
Teasdale, Guillaume - until December 31, 2025
Way, Peter (retired)

Philosophy

Full Graduate Faculty:

Political Science

Full Graduate Faculty:

Affiliate Graduate Faculty:

Major, Rebecca - until Dec. 31, 2026

Psychology

Full Graduate Faculty:

Affiliate Graduate Faculty:

Jeffrey, Nicole – until June 30, 2026
Ledgerwood, David - until June 30, 2029
Sisic, Mia – until June 30, 2026

Social Work

Full Graduate Faculty:

Affiliate Graduate Faculty:

Ambrose-Miller, Wayne
Angell, Brent
Damianakis, Thecla - until December 31, 2025
Park, Wansoo - until December 31, 2025

Sociology and Criminology

Full Graduate Faculty:

Odette School of Business

Full Graduate Faculty:

Abdelhalim , Esraa
Aleks, Rachel
Al-Hayale, Talal
An, Yunbi
Aneja, Yash
Baki, Mohammed
Bhandari, Gokul
Brykman, Kyle
Elsaid, Eahab
Fatemi-Shariatpanahi, Hajar
Fredette, Christopher
Guo, Xiaolei
Kerr, Gerry
Li, Wu (Kevin)
Ma, Zhenzhong
Mahajan , Ashish - until April 30, 2022.
Ong, Audra
Pandher, Gurupdesh
Robson, Karen
Samnani, Al- Karim
Schlosser, Francine
Snowdon, Anne
Voyer, Peter
Walker, Kent
Zhong, Ligang

Affiliate Graduate Faculty:

Bussière, David - until December 31, 2025
AbdulHussein, Ali
Mohebshahedin , Mahmood - Until December 31, 2025
Sterling, Maureen - until December 31, 2025

Education

Full Graduate Faculty:

Affiliate Graduate Faculty:

Butt, Mahreen Nasir – until March 30, 2026
Elkord, Nesreen – until June 30, 2027
Freer, John - until June 30, 2026
Gupta, Anoop – until June 30, 2028
Sirek, Danielle - until June 30, 2026
Stanley, Darren - Until December 31, 2025
Tabrizi, Sirous - until June 30, 2027

Engineering

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Mechanical, Automotive and Materials Engineering

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Civ = Civil Engineering Programs

Env = Environmental Engineering Programs

Full Graduate Faculty:

Affiliate Graduate Faculty:

Asfour, Abdui-Fattah (Env) - until December 31, 2025
Ghaednia, Hossein (Civ) – until Sept. 30, 2026
Jasim, Saad (Env.) - until April 30, 2026
Lalman, Jerald (Env) - until December 31, 2025

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Full Graduate Faculty:

Affiliate Graduate Faculty:

Ahmadi, Arash - until June 30, 2026
Awad, Ahmed – until June 30, 2027
Hassanzadeh, Mohammad - until June 30, 2026
Iyer, Lakshmi Varaha - until Dec. 31, 2026
Li, Ze – until June 30, 2027
Mohammadi, Hossain - until June 30, 2030
Nasiri-Zarandi, Reza – until June 30, 2030
Rashidzadeh, Rashid – until September 30, 2026
Razavi-Far, Roozbeh
Viana, Caniggia - until June 30, 2030

Mechanical, Automotive and Materials Engineering

Full Graduate Faculty:

Mech= Mechanical Engineering programs

Mat= Materials Engineering programs

Ind= MASc Industrial Engineering and PhD Industrial & Manufacturing Systems Engineering programs

Abdul-Kader, Walid (Mech/Ind)
Ahamed, Mohammed Jalal (Mech)
Alirezaee, Shahpour (Mech)
Alpas, Ahmet (Mech/Mat)
Altenhof, William (Mech/Mat)
Azab, Ahmed (Mech/Ind)
Baki, Fazle - cross-appointed (Ind) - until December 31, 2029
Balachandar, Ram - cross-appointed – until December 31, 2026
Bruck, Lucas
Cherniaev, Aleksandr (Mech)
Defoe, Jeffrey (Mech)
Eaves, Nicholas (Mat/Mech)
Edrisy, Afsaneh (Mat/Mech)
ElMaraghy, Hoda (Ind)
ElMaraghy, Waguih (Mech/Ind)
Fartaj, Amir (Mech)
Green, Daniel (Mech/Mat)
Hu, Henry (Mat)
Jianu, Ofelia (Mech)
Johrendt, Jennifer (Mech/Mat)
Kim, Eunsik (Mech/Ind)
Minaker, Bruce (Mech)
Nie, Xueyuan (Mat)
Northwood, Derek (Mat)
Novak, Colin (Mech)
Pasek, Zbigniew (Ind)
Rahimi, Afshin (Mech)
Rankin, Gary (Mech)
Reader, Graham (Mech)
Riahi, Reza (Mat/Mech)
Roussinova, Vesselina (Mech)
Schuelke-Leech, Beth-Anne (Mech/Ind)
Stoilov, Vesselin (Mech/Mat)
Tam, Edwin (Mech) - cross-appointed (perpetuity)
Ting, David (Mech)
Urbanic, Jill (Mech/Ind)
Wang, Hunglin (Michael) (Mech/Ind)
Zamani, Nader (Mech)
Zhang, Guoqing (Mech/Ind)
Zheng, Ming (Mech)
Zhou, Biao (Mech)

Affiliate Graduate Faculty:

Acar, Canan (Mech) - until December 31, 2027
Alami, Darwish (Ind) - until March 31, 2026
Barron, Ronald (Mech)- until June 30, 2027
Carriveau, Rupp (Mech)
Damodaran, Vijay (Mech) - until July 31, 2026
Etemadi, Majed (Mech) - until July 31, 2026
Kar, Narayan (Ind/Mech/Mat)
Nasif, Ghassan (Mech) - until Aug. 31, 2027
Olivares Aguila, Jessica (Ind) – until June 30, 2028
Pini, Matteo (Mech) - until Oct. 31, 2026
Stagner, Jacqueline (Mech/Ind) - until June 20, 2029
Tjong, Jimi (Mech) - until June 30, 2029
Tyler, Harrison (Mech) – until Dec. 31, 2027
Yu, Xiao (Mech)- until July 31, 2026

Human Kinetics

Full Graduate Faculty:

Affiliate Graduate Faculty:

Bloom, Gordon – until June 30, 2029
Martyn, Scott
Sutherland, Chad
Tymko, Michael – until June 30, 2027

Law

Full Graduate Faculty:

Affiliate Graduate Faculty:

Mummé, Claire - until December 31, 2025
Ocheje, Paul

Nursing

Full Graduate Faculty:

Science

Biological Sciences graduate programs

Full Graduate Faculty:

Bain, Anthony - cross-appointed (until February 13, 2027)
Barrette-Ng, Isabelle
Buchanan, Lori - cross-appointed (until January 2027)
Crawford, Michael J.
Dason, Jeffrey
DeVeale, Brian
Doucet, Stéphanie
Febria, Catherine
Haffner, G. Douglas
Heath, Daniel
Higgs, Dennis M.
Hudson, John W.
Hussey, Nigel
Karpowicz, Phillip
Love, Oliver P.
Mennill, Daniel
Pitcher, Trevor E.l
Porter, Lisa A.
Rahim, Mir Munir
Semeniuk, Christina A.D.
Sharma, Vijendra
Swan, Andrew
ter Hofstede, Hannah
VanLaerhoven, Sherah
Zhang, Huiming
Zielinski, Barbara

Affiliate Graduate Faculty:

Fidalgo da Silva, Elizabeth – until February 28, 2026
Cavallo-Medved, Dora
Chiblow, Susan – until June 20, 2028
Hennin, Holly - until January 31, 2026
Hubberstey, Andrew V. - until December 31, 2025
McKinnon, Emily – until December 31, 2027
Kozarova, Anna – until June 30, 2026
Pollett, Ingrid - until Dec. 31, 2027
Turko, Andy – until February 28, 2027
Vergara, Valeria – until June 30, 2027

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Full Graduate Faculty:

Affiliate Graduate Faculty:

Amtul, Zareen
Chandrasekera, Charu – until December 31, 2026

Computer Science

Full Graduate Faculty:

Affiliate Graduate Faculty:

Assaf, Hussein – until Feb. 28, 2027
Kargar, Mehdi - until November 30, 2026
Khan, Naimul Mefraz - until February 28, 2027
Ksantini, Riadh - until November 30, 2026
Mamun, Mohammad – until November 30, 2025
Mir, Usama – until June 30, 2025
Rahman, Md Zamilur – until September 30, 2027
Salem, Mohammed Abdel-Megeed - until April 30, 2027

Earth Sciences (EES) and Environmental Science (ES)

Full Graduate Faculty:

Affiliate Graduate Faculty:

Cioppa, Maria (EES) - until December 31, 2025.
Morris, Todd (ES) - until December 31, 2027
Phillips, Lori (ES) – until Feb. 28, 2027
Stammler, Katie (ES) - until Sept. 30, 2027
Weidman , Paul (ES) – until June 30, 2026

Economics

Full Graduate Faculty:

Affiliate Graduate Faculty:

Suh, Sang-Chul - until December 31, 2025

Mathematics and Statistics

Full Graduate Faculty:

Affiliate Graduate Faculty:

Ahmed, Ejaz - until June 30, 2027
Alfakih, Abdo Y. - until December 31, 2025
Brill, Percy - until December 31, 2025
Hu, Zhiguo - until December 31, 2025
Yee, Wai Ling - until December 31, 2025

Physics

Full Graduate Faculty:

Affiliate Graduate Faculty:

Pan, Ming - until April 30, 2027

Graduate Faculty Members from other programs

Full Graduate Faculty:

Affiliate Graduate Faculty:

Meloche, Jaclyn - until June 30, 2026