Dean’s Office

Associate Dean, Research, Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies

Alison Conway
Professor, English and Cultural Studies, Gender and Women’s Studies
alison.conway@ubc.ca
ASC 449

• Provides leadership for designing, reviewing, and implementing a Faculty research plan;
• Explores, promotes, and facilitates research and funding opportunities for faculty members;
• Is accountable for any Indirect Costs of Research or overhead funds that may accrue from faculty members’ research or contracts;
• Facilitates inter- and intra-Faculty scholarly collaborations as well as broader scholarly initiatives;
• Coordinates the development and implementation of policies and procedures for supporting post-doctoral training and fellows;
• Provides leadership that helps to develop, sustain, and support a culture of post-doctoral training across the Faculty;
• Provides guidance for the management of post-doctoral fellowships and fellows.
• Represents the Faculty on the College of Graduate and Post-doctoral Studies Council· and other bodies, and at events, pertaining to graduate studies;
• Addresses complaints and concerns about graduate student academic and non- academic misconduct; appeals of grades and academic standing; and supervision;
• Is an advocate and leader for both disciplinary and interdisciplinary pedagogy and curriculum for graduate studies;
• Supports the building of a community of graduate students in the Faculty
• Coordinates the preparation and submission of calendar material for graduate programs in collaboration with Associate Deans (Teaching, Learning and Curriculum) and Heads;
• Coordinates the preparation of publicity material for graduate programs, in collaboration with Heads and the Faculty’s Communications Manager;
• Provides overall coordination of Interdisciplinary graduate studies themes in FASS, which includes duties such as:
• Works with department heads and theme coordinators to set up the course schedule and instructors for the upcoming academic year;
• Works with department heads and theme coordinators to process admissions, department head workload approvals for supervision;
• Works with department heads and theme coordinators for TA positions, based on priority pool, and cross-faculty appointments;
• Liaises with other faculties as required on issues related to IGS and themes specifically;
• Serves as the FASS rep on the IGS Program and Curriculum committee;
• Works with the FASS Finance Manager to oversee IGS resource allocations.

Colin McKay
Manager of Research, Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
colin.mckay@ubc.ca
250.807.9841
ASC 406

Associate Dean, Teaching, Learning and Curriculum

Bernard Momer
Associate Professor, Geography
bernard.momer@ubc.ca
250.807.9406
ASC 450

Portfolio: Provides leadership for the development, implementation, and sustenance of a strategic approach to teaching, learning, and curriculum that is of the highest quality, pedagogically sound, fiscally prudent, socially responsive and adaptive; and facilitates the realization of competencies and outcomes that reflect our core mission and values through, among others:

• facilitation of curriculum innovation and renewal within the Faculty, of cross-Faculty and cross-institutional collaborative programs, and of related consultation, approval, and implementation processes;
• ongoing monitoring of curriculum effectiveness;
• formal, regularly-scheduled self-studies and external reviews of academic programs;
• promotion of effective and efficient experiential and co-curricular learning programs;
• support for, and enhancement of, innovative teaching and learning initiatives;
• promotion of a culture of recognition for innovative curricula and pedagogical accomplishments.
• coordinating undergraduate awards and recognitions that are not related to research.

Department email: fasscurriculum.ubco@ubc.ca.

Laura Wyllie
Curriculum Development & Academic Programs Manager
laura.wyllie@ubc.ca
fasscurriculum.ubco@ubc.ca.
250.807.9580
ASC 406

Ashley Loura
Curriculum, Awards and Academic Programs Coordinator
fasscurriculum.ubco@ubc.ca
ikbawardsandevents.ubco@ubc.ca
250.807.9316
ASC 406

For assistance with research-related finance or student hiring questions and transactions, please email fass.finance.ubco@ubc.ca.

Katelyn Singler (On Leave)
Finance Manager

Barbara Stein-Zarchikoff
Finance Assistant
barbara.steinzarchikoff@ubc.ca
250 807-8394
ASC 447