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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Matthews | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Zoology |
| Lindsay Lachance | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Theatre & Film |
| Helena Wu | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Asian Studies |
| AJ Chen | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration | Division of Accounting and Information Systems |
| Kevin Duan | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Division of Respiratory Medicine |
| Kimberly Yazzie | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship | Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences |
| Sophie Borwein | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Political Science |
| Jeff Dong | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Microbiology & Immunology |
| Naveena Naqvi | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Asian Studies |
| Kwang Moo Yi | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Computer Science |
| Devon Greyson | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | School of Population and Public Health |
| Anshula Ambasta | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics |
| Joy Wu | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration | Division of Accounting and Information Systems |
| Mohamed Gebril | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Dentistry | Department of Oral Health Sciences |
| Alexander Ross | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | School of Information |
| Alexia Yavicoli | Assistant Professor | Department of Mathematics | |
| Kirsten Marchand | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | School of Population and Public Health |
| James Lan | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Department of Medicine |
| Shoufu Yin | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of History |
| Desmond McEwan | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Education | School of Kinesiology |
| Michael Chen | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine |
| Brett Schrewe | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Pediatrics |
| Yacoub Kassouri | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship | Department of Forest Resources Management |
| Kay Duffy | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Asian Studies |
| Seth Parker | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
| Tabitha Robin | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Land and Food Systems | Applied Biology |
| Ahmet Alacaoglu | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Mathematics |
| Amy Jamieson | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology |
| Holly Hummer | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Sociology |
| David Harriman | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Urologic Sciences |
| Monika Fischer | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Botany, Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences |
| Genelle Lunken | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Pediatrics |
| Joseph Dupris | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Education | Department of Language & Literacy Education |
| CJ Park | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Education | Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, and Special Education |
| Henry Kilgore | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences | |
| Jamie McCasland | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Vancouver School of Economics |
| Camellia Bryan | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration | Division of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources |
| Elif Sari | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Anthropology |
| Cheryl Peters | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | School of Population and Public Health |
| Alex Marzano-Lesnevich | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | School of Creative Writing |
| Saifuddin Syed | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Statistics |
| Ilija Miskovic | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering |
| Amanda Cheong | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Sociology |
| Ryan Bochnak | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Linguistics |
| Julia Harten | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | School of Community and Regional Planning |
| Aynur Kadir | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Asian Studies, Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies |
| Eric Lees | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering |
| Desiree Valadares | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Geography |
| Trevor Goodyear | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | School of Nursing |
| Connor Forbes | Assistant Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Urologic Sciences |