Deans

Professor Karin Ruhlandt was appointed Vice-Principal (Academic) & Dean, University of Toronto Scarborough beginning July 2024 for a five-year term. Professor Ruhlandt also joined the University at the rank of Professor in the Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences. Professor Ruhlandt joins the University of Toronto Scarborough from Syracuse University where she was a Distinguished […]

Professor Antoinette Handley was appointed as Acting Dean of the Faculty of Arts & Science from July 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024, while the current Dean, Professor Melanie Woodin, is on a planned administrative leave.   Professor Handley currently serves as Vice-Dean, Graduate Education at the Faculty of Arts & Science. Her research interests include […]

Professor Lisa Robinson was appointed Dean of the Temerty Faculty of Medicine beginning July 2024 for a five-year term. Professor Robinson also oversees relationships with the University’s numerous affiliated hospitals as Vice-Provost, Relations with Health Care Institutions. Professor Robinson is a clinician scientist in the Department of Paediatrics and Institute of Medical Science who currently […]

Professor Robyn Stremler was appointed Dean of the Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing for a five-year term beginning May 2024 after serving as Acting Dean. Professor Stremler previously served as the Associate Dean, Academic in the Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing. Professor Stremler is also the former Director of the PhD program, and previously served […]

Professor Javed Mostafa was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Information beginning September 1, 2023. Professor Mostafa comes to U of T from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), where he served as a Professor and the leader of an interdisciplinary informatics training program called the Carolina Health Informatics Program (CHIP) that […]

Professor Robert Levit’s appointment as Acting Dean of the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design was extended to December 31, 2024, while the current Dean, Professor Juan Du, is on leave. Professor Levit was appointed Acting Dean on September 1, 2023. Professor Levit served as the Associate Dean, Academic from 2017-2021. He […]

Professor Ryan McClelland’s appointment as Acting Dean of the Faculty of Music was extended to December 31, 2024, while the current Dean, Professor Ellie Hisama, participates in a fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey during a six-month administrative leave. Professor McClelland was appointed Acting Dean on November 1, 2023. Professor […]

Professor Nick Rule was appointed Vice-Principal (Academic) & Dean, University of Toronto Mississauga beginning July 2023 for a four-year term. Since April 2022, Professor Rule 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, […]

Professor Erica Walker was appointed Dean of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) beginning in January 2023. Professor Walker joined the University of Toronto from the Department of Mathematics, Science, and Technology at Teachers College, Columbia University, where she was appointed the Clifford Brewster Upton Professor of Mathematical Education and the Director of the […]

Professor Laura Tam’s appointment as Interim Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry has been extended until June 30, 2025. Professor Laura Tam was appointment Interim Dean beginning in July 2022. Professor Tam served as the Associate Dean, Undergraduate Education, at the Faculty of Dentistry. She has also served as the Director of the Comprehensive Care […]