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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tamara Cohen | Associate Professor | Faculty of Land and Food Systems | Food, Nutrition & Health |
| Susan James | Associate Professor | Faculty of Education | Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, and Special Education |
| Kota Mizumoto | Associate Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Zoology |
| Mari Fujita | Associate Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture |
| Erez Aloni | Associate Professor | Peter A. Allard School of Law | |
| Farinaz Havaei | Associate Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | School of Nursing |
| Roberto Sassi | Associate Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Psychiatry |
| Lianne Tomfohr-Madsen | Associate Professor | Faculty of Education | Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, and Special Education |
| Markus Baldauf | Associate Professor | Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration | Division of Finance |
| Kavita Mathu-Muju | Associate Professor | Faculty of Dentistry | Department of Oral Health Sciences |
| Eduardo Jovel Ayala | Associate Professor | Faculty of Land and Food Systems | Applied Biology |
| Abel Rosado Rey | Associate Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Botany |
| Werner Antweiler | Associate Professor | Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration | Division of Strategy and Business Economics |
| Jasmin Jelovica | Associate Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering |
| Geoffrey Schiebinger | Associate Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Mathematics |
| Jordy Rosenberg | Associate Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of English Language and Literatures |
| 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 |
| James Tansey | Associate Professor | Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration | |
| John Christopoulos | Associate Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of History |
| Gene Lee | Associate Professor | Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration | Division of Accounting and Information Systems |
| Tracey Heatherington | Associate Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Anthropology |
| Sandra Lauck | Associate Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | School of Nursing |