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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clare Crowston | Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of History |
| Jill Zwicker | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy |
| Hannu Larjava | Professor | Faculty of Dentistry | Department of Oral Biological & Medical Sciences |
| Jeremy Seamans | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Psychiatry |
| Danielle van Jaarsveld | Professor | Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration | Division of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources |
| Nicholas Charles Coops | Professor | Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship | Department of Forest Resources Management |
| David Metzer | Professor | Faculty of Arts | School of Music |
| Eric Margolis | Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Philosophy |
| Victoria Lemieux | Professor | Faculty of Arts | School of Information |
| Judy Wong | Professor | Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences | |
| Steven Hallam | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Microbiology & Immunology |
| Lang Wu | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Statistics |
| Thomas Lemieux | Professor | Faculty of Arts | Vancouver School of Economics |
| Molly Babel | Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Linguistics |
| Ralph Rothstein | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Pediatrics |
| Srikantha Phani | Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Risa Sargent | Professor | Faculty of Land and Food Systems | Applied Biology |
| Alice Te Punga Somerville | Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of English Language and Literatures, Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies |
| Nicholas Harvey | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Computer Science |
| Savvas Hatzikiriakos | Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering |
| Francois Benard | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Radiology |
| Geoffrey Cundiff | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology |
| Alan Kingstone | Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Psychology |
| Andrei Krassioukov | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation |
| Kristin Campbell | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Physical Therapy |
| Gage Averill | Professor | Faculty of Arts | |
| David Duff | Professor | Peter A. Allard School of Law | |
| Shannon Hagerman | Professor | Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship | Department of Forest Resources Management |
| Trevor Dummer | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | School of Population and Public Health |
| Nathan Hesselink | Professor | Faculty of Arts | School of Music |
| Katherine White | Professor | Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration | Division of Marketing and Behavioural Science |
| Guy Lemieux | Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering |
| Daniel Roehr | Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture |
| Bruce Shepherd | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Computer Science |
| Steve Dierker | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Physics & Astronomy |
| Orlando Rojas | Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Department of Wood Science |
| Christoph Ortner | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Mathematics |
| Amy Kim | Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Civil Engineering |
| Ariel Zhitnitsky | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Physics & Astronomy |
| Brad Nelson | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Medical Genetics |
| Younes Alila | Professor | Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship | Department of Forest Resources Management |
| Hannah Wittman | Professor | Faculty of Land and Food Systems | Applied Biology, Institute for Resources, Environment & Sustainability |
| Vinay Ramnath Kamat | Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of Anthropology |
| Courtney Booker | Professor | Faculty of Arts | Department of History |
| John Mancini | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Divisions of Cardiology & Cardiovascular Surgery |
| Martin Ordonez | Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering |
| Pamela Hoodless | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Medical Genetics, School of Biomedical Engineering |
| Bruce Verchere | Professor | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Surgery, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine |
| Susan Baldwin | Professor | Faculty of Applied Science | Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering |
| Andrew Rechnitzer | Professor | Faculty of Science | Department of Mathematics |