The supervisor is the key person in a thesis-based graduate degree program. The principal role of the supervisor is to help students achieve their scholastic potential and to chair the student’s Supervisory Committee. The Supervisor will provide reasonable commitment, accessibility, professionalism, stimulation, guidance, respect and consistent encouragement to the student. Learn more
Graduate programs have different expectations regarding prospective students contacting faculty members. Some require commitment of a faculty member as thesis supervisor prior to applying while others assign supervisors in the first year. Please review the requirements for each program in the degree listing under the heading "Admission Information & Requirements" in step 3 "Prepare Application" under "Thesis Supervision".
Supervisor Directory
| Name | Role Sort descending | Faculty | Academic Unit(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Bass | Associate Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture |
| Frederick Cutler | Associate Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Political Science |
| Jesse Perla | Associate Professor | Faculty of Arts | Vancouver School of Economics |
| Althea Thauberger | Associate Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory |
| H.Monty Montgomery | Associate Professor | Faculty of Arts | School of Social Work |
| Michael Zulyniak | Associate Professor | Faculty of Land and Food Systems | Food, Nutrition & Health |
| Sarah Benson-Amram | Associate Professor | Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship | Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences, Department of Zoology |
| Fidel Vila-Rodriguez | Associate Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Psychiatry |
| Laurie Ford | Associate Professor | Faculty of Education | Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, and Special Education |
| Jessica de Villiers | Associate Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of English Language and Literatures |
| Thomas Mattison | Associate Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Physics & Astronomy |
| Moss Norman | Associate Professor | Faculty of Education | School of Kinesiology |
| Nika Shakiba | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | School of Biomedical Engineering |
| Ryan Davis | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | School of Music |
| Danya Fast | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Division of Social Medicine |
| Carol Chen | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
| Mi Jung Park | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Computer Science |
| Kaylee Byers | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | School of Population and Public Health |
| Jennifer Grenz | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship | Department of Forest Resources Management |
| Felix Wiesner | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship | Department of Wood Science |
| Anil Maharaj | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences | |
| Katey Enfield | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine |
| Nathan Lack | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Urologic Sciences |
| Cassady Harraden | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences |
| Vered Shwartz | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Computer Science |
| Keren Zaiontz | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Theatre & Film |
| Jian Zhu | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Linguistics |
| Allison Man | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Physics & Astronomy |
| Yanpu He | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | School of Biomedical Engineering |
| Sofia Bartlett | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | School of Population and Public Health |
| Julia Henderson | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy |
| Munir Squires | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Vancouver School of Economics |
| Kathryn Isaac | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Surgery |
| Allen Hu | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration | Division of Finance |
| Ethan Greenblatt | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
| Jonathan Seinen | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Theatre & Film |
| Andrew Ivsins | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Division of Social Medicine |
| Aryan Karimi | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Sociology |
| Jessica Barudin | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | School of Community and Regional Planning |
| Carles Vilarino-Guell | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Medical Genetics |
| Valerie Whitney | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | School of Music |
| Michelle Kunimoto | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Physics & Astronomy |
| Yilin Pan | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Education | Department of Educational Studies |
| Adi Steif | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Medical Genetics |
| Wade Thompson | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics |
| Cecily Nicholson | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | School of Creative Writing |
| Glory Ovie | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Education | Department of Educational Studies |
| Peter West | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Computer Science |
| Gorkem Bostanci | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Vancouver School of Economics |
| Zachary Pennington | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Psychology |