At its meeting of December 5th, 2019, the University's Board of Governors approved a proposal to divide the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on the Okanagan Campus (also known as the Barber School of Arts and Sciences) into two autonomous new faculties. As a result, the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and the Faculty of Science will be established on the Okanagan campus in July 2020.
This an election for the remaining two (2) positions for a faculty member to serve on the Committee for the Selection for the Dean of the new Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Two faculty members were acclaimed as elected in the first round of nominations: Jan Cioe and Alison Conway.
To Vote
- Go to WebVote
- Click “CWL login” on the right hand side to login with your CWL credentials
- Click “Vote” next to the “2020 Okanagan Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Dean Search Committee”
- Vote for your preferred candidates (up to 2) by clicking on the box next to the candidate’s name
- Click on “Submit Vote” then click “ok” to confirm your submission before logging out
Polls will be open via WebVote from the afternoon of Friday, February 21, 2020 until 3:00pm on Friday, February 28, 2020.
Candidate Information
Bernard Momer, Associate Professor, Community, Culture and Global Studies
I am an Associate Professor of Geography in the Department of Community, Culture and Global Studies and currently hold the position of Associate Dean, Teaching Learning and Curriculum in the Faculty of Arts and Science. In the latter position since 2016, and as a former department chair, I have had the opportunity to work in close collaboration with four deans. This experience gives me perspective on the qualities and background a person should possess to lead our new faculty of Arts and Social Science. If elected to the selection committee, I will bring the same level of dedication and care to this task as I have when spearheading the redesign of the B.A. and B.Sc., the creation of the Bachelor of Sustainability and the numerous other academic and administrative duties I have undertaken in my 28 years in higher education.
Jessica Stites Mor, Associate Professor, History and Sociology
Jessica Stites Mor is an associate professor in the department of history and sociology. She received her PhD in history at Yale University in 2008. She is author of Transition Cinema: Political Filmmaking and the Argentine Left since 1968, and has published three edited volumes, El Pasado que miramos (The Past We View) with Claudia Feld, Human Rights and Transnational Solidarity in Cold War Latin America, and most recently, The Art of Solidarity with art historian Maria del Carmen Suescun Pozas. She currently serves as the coordinator of the Power, Conflict, and Ideas IGS theme and as editor-in-chief of the Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies.
Helen Yanacopulos, Professor, Economics, Philosophy and Political Science
I have been the Head of the Department of Economics, Philosophy and Political Science since November 2018 when I returned to Canada. Originally from Vancouver, I completed my first degree at UBC in 1986 in International Relations. I then moved to the UK where I worked in the profit and non-profit sectors for four years before doing my Masters in International Development and my PhD in Social and Political Science. I then started working at the Open University, the original distance learning university with a social justice mission, for 18 years where I taught, researched and held several management posts.
My research is interdisciplinary (International Development) and I’m deeply committed to utilising interdisciplinarity in addressing large global / community issues. Unlike universities, the world is not divided into disciplines, and while disciplines are important in a university, we should also be able to transcend them.
I am committed to putting students first in our work as academics – be it our teaching, research or service work. At UBCO, I feel that this is an exciting time in the trajectory of this campus, with new opportunities available to us, if we are open to seeing this campus as a space to develop our unique expertise. Therefore, I feel that the combination of putting students at the centre of our work, having a broader vision for the university and being the Head of a relatively large interdisciplinary department make me a good candidate for the Dean’s selection committee.
Questions
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