Professor Nick Rule was appointed Vice-Provost, Academic Programs beginning November 2024 for a five-year term. Since May 2023, Professor Rule served as Vice-Principal (Academic) & Dean, University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM) where he organized consultations toward an academic plan, shaped work to strengthen academic advising, and supported the development of academic programs, including a proposal for the first doctoral degree based at UTM. Previously, he served as Provostial Advisor and Chair of the University’s Resilience Project Team. In the Faculty of Arts & Science, Professor Rule supported student-centered change on the Committee for International Experience, the Working Group on Undergraduate Experience, and the Mental Health Advisory Committee, among others. He practiced the same dedication to student success as the Dean’s designate for Academic Integrity and as Interim Vice-Dean, Undergraduate through an especially challenging period at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Professor Rule also served as Chair and Associate Chair, Undergraduate in the Department of Psychology in the Faculty of Arts & Science.

Professor Rule’s research continues to earn recognition on the world stage with awards from the International Social Cognition Network, the International Academy for Intercultural Research, the Foundation for Personality and Social Psychology, and elsewhere. In the local community, Professor Rule has drawn on his research on racial bias to provide expert testimony in cases of police violence against unarmed Black men in Toronto.

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