Committee Information (SOSC) | Department of Social Science

Our faculty members participate in various committees to ensure the smooth functioning and continuous development of our department and LA&PS as a whole.

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Executive Committee

Faculty Member	Position
Gamal Abdel-Shehid	Department Chair
James Williams	Undergraduate Program Director
Laura Kwak	Adjudication Committee Rep.
Tanja Juric	Curriculum Committee Chair
Amelie Barras (Fall)	Graduate Program Rep.
Nalini Persram	AAE Rep.
Merouan Mekouar	At Large Rep. (small program)
Vanessa Lamb	At Large Rep. (large program)

Departmental Committees

Laura Kwak (Chair)
(Dept Chair, ex officio, non voting)

FPC Reps for:
Miguel Gonzalez (Eduardo Canel)
Jeannie Samuel (Sonya Scott)

Members at large:
Mohamed Sesay
Sonya Scott
Vanessa Lamb
Kenton Kroker
Nalini Persram
Natasha Tusikov
Paul Baxter

Caitlin Miller (Undergrad Student Rep – LASO)
Sophia Martensen (Graduate Student Rep – SLST)

Richard Wellen

Jaqueline Krikorian (Chair)
Safiyah Rochelle
Lykke de la Cour

Katherine Nastovski (Chair)	  
Antulio Rosales  
Asmita Vij  
Ivan Dario Vargas Roncancio 
Matt Tegelberg 
Jeannie Samuel

Jay Ramasubramanyam (Chair)
Amelie Barras
Jessica Braimoh
Soren Frederiksen

(Dept Chair)
Miguel Gonzalez

Mohamed Sesay (AFST)
Sonya Scott (BUSO)
Ozgun Topak (CRIM)
Tanja Juric (Foundations)
Jeannie Samuel (HESO)
Matt Tegelberg (ISS)
Miguel Gonzalez (IDS)
Tyler Totten (LASO)
Katherine Nastovski (WKLS)

(Dept Chair, ex officio)
Salewa Olawoye (Chair)
Jacqueline Krikorian

Tanja Juric (Chair)
James Williams, (UPD, ex-officio)
Tyler Totten
Jessica Braimoh

Mohamed Sesay
Steffi Hamann
Kenton Kroker

Tyler Totten (chair)  
Tanja Juric  
Marsha Rampersaud

Annie Bunting 
David Szablowski  
Jay Ramasubramanyam 
Paul Baxter 
Nalini Persram 
Richard Wellen 
Lykke de la Cour

Recruitment & Retention (NEW, ad hoc)

Final cte on hold until after April council mtg

(Dept chair)
(UPD)
(AAE Chair)
(Curriculum Chair)
(At Large Rep, small program)
(At Large Rep, large program)
(Graduate Program Rep)

J.T Tremblay (SPTH)
Mary Goitom (DVST)
Amelie Barras (SLST)

Faculty of LA&PS Standing Committees

Faculty Member	Position
Department Chair	SOSC Representatives (LA&PS Council)
TBD	Executive Committee
TBD	Academic Policy and Planning Committee
TBD	Curriculum, Curricular Policy and Standards
TBD	General Education Sub-Committee
TBD	Tenure and Promotions
TBD	Research Policy and Planning
Katherine Nastovski	Student Academic Petitions and Appeals
TBD	Teaching, Learning and Student Success
Miguel Gonzales	Graduate Committee
TBD	Senate Appeals Committee

YUFA

Merouan Mekouar

YUFA Stewards (2)

Asmita Bhutani Vij
Merouan Mekouar