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".
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Supervisor Directory
| Name | Role Sort ascending | Faculty | Academic Unit(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Julie Cool | Associate Professor | Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship | Department of Wood Science |
| Wei Li | Associate Professor | Faculty of Arts | Vancouver School of Economics |
| Anne Murphy | Associate Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of History |
| Camden Hutchison | Associate Professor | Peter A. Allard School of Law | |
| Michael-John Milloy | Associate Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Division of Social Medicine |
| Bingshuang Zou | Associate Professor | Faculty of Dentistry | Department of Oral Health Sciences |
| Mark Gilbert | Associate Professor | Faculty of Medicine | School of Population and Public Health |
| David Fung | Associate Professor | Faculty of Arts | School of Music |
| Mark Turin | Associate Professor | Faculty of Arts | Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies, Department of Anthropology |
| Hotze Rullmann | Associate Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Linguistics |
| Manuel Pina Baldoquin | Associate Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory |
| Christopher Stephens | Associate Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Philosophy |
| Eva Oberle | Associate Professor | Faculty of Medicine | |
| Lyndia Wu | Associate Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Alexander Wyatt | Associate Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Urologic Sciences |
| Kathleen Deering | Associate Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Division of Social Medicine |
| Christos Thrampoulidis | Associate Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering |
| Maged Senbel | Associate Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | School of Community and Regional Planning |
| Kavita Mathu-Muju | Associate Professor | Faculty of Dentistry | Department of Oral Health Sciences |