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Printable PDF of the 2024/2025 MUFA Executive.

MUFA Executive 2024/2025

September 1, 2024 – August 31, 2025

Paul Andrews

President

Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour

(905) 525-9140 x20820 mufapres@mcmaster.ca mufapres@macfaculty.ca

Bhagwati Gupta

Vice-President and OCUFA Director

Biology

(905) 525-9140 x26451 guptab@mcmaster.ca mufavp@macfaculty.ca
Nicholas Kevlahan

Nicholas Kevlahan

Past-President and Public Relations

Mathematics and Statistics

(905) 525-9140 x23412 kevlahan@mcmaster.ca

Ana Campos

Tenure and Promotion

School of Interdisciplinary Science

(905) 525-9140 x21509 camposa@mcmaster.ca

Michelle Dion

Chair, Special Enquiries and Grievances

Political Science

(905) 525-9140 x24029 mufasegc@mcmaster.ca dionm@mcmaster.ca

Qiyin Fang

Vice Chair, Special Enquiries and Grievances

Engineering Physics

(905) 525-9140 x24227 qfang@mcmaster.ca

Melinda Gough

Membership

English and Cultural Studies

(905) 525-9140 x23716 goughm@mcmaster.ca

Megumi Harada

Remuneration

Mathematics and Statistics

(905) 525-9140 x23432 haradam@mcmaster.ca

Kim Jones

Human Rights and Equity

Chemical Engineering

(905) 525-9140 x26333 kjones@mcmaster.ca

Aadil S. Merali Juma

Treasurer

Accounting and Financial Management

(905) 525-9140 x23897 merali@mcmaster.ca

Rafael Kleiman

Member at Large

Engineering Physics

(905) 525-9140 x26290 kleiman@mcmaster.ca

Suzanne Mills

Member at Large

Labour Studies

(905) 525-9140 x24810 smills@mcmaster.ca

Ali Reza Montazemi

Budget Advisory Committee

Information Systems

(905) 525-9140 x27434 montazem@mcmaster.ca

Brian Timmons

Member at Large

Pediatrics

(905) 525-9140 x77218 timmonbw@mcmaster.ca

Eugenia Zuroski

Academic Affairs

English and Cultural Studies

(905) 525-9140 x23720 zjenkin@mcmaster.ca

Council

MUFA Faculty Council

MUFA Faculty Council Terms of Reference

Department Contact Name Contact Email Term
ACCOUNTING & FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT Kevin Veenstra veenstk@mcmaster.ca 2024-2025
ANESTHESIA Li Wang wangli1@mcmaster.ca 2024-2025
ANTHROPOLOGY Kee Yong yongk@mcmaster.ca 2024-2025
SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
BIOCHEMISTRY& BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE Lindsay Kalan kalanlr@mcmaster.ca 2024-2025
BIOLOGY Robin Cameron rcamero@mcmaster.ca 2024-2025
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
CHEMISTRY & CHEMICAL BIOLOGY Alex Adronov adronov@mcmaster.ca 2024-2025
CIVIL ENGINEERING Samir Chidiac chidiac@mcmaster.ca 2024-2025
COMMUNICATION STUDIES & MEDIA ARTS David Ogborn ogbornd@mcmaster.ca 2024-2027
COMPUTING & SOFTWARE Ridha Khedri khedri@mcmaster.ca 2024-2025
EARTH, ENVIRONMENT & SOCIETY Rob Wilton wiltonr@mcmaster.ca 2024-2025
ECONOMICS Paul Contoyannis contoyp@mcmaster.ca 2024-2025
ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING Moshe Schwartz schwartz.moshe@mcmaster.ca 2024-2025
ENGINEERING PHYSICS Qiyin Fang qfang@mcmaster.ca 2024-2025
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY, SCHOOL OF Robert Fleisig robert@mcmaster.ca 2024-2025
ENGLISH & CULTURAL STUDIES
FAMILY MEDICINE Meredith Vanstone meredith.vanstone@mcmaster.ca 2024-2026
FINANCE & BUSINESS ECONOMICS Trevor Chamberlain chambert@mcmaster.ca 2024-2025
FRENCH Joelle Papillon papillj@mcmaster.ca 2024-2025
GREEK AND ROMAN STUDIES Spencer Pope spope@mcmaster.ca 2024-2025
HEALTH, AGING & SOCIETY Meridith Griffin griffmb@mcmaster.ca 2024-2025
HEALTH POLICY & MANAGEMENT Glen Randall
Jenna Evans		 randalg@mcmaster.ca
jenna.evans@mcmaster.ca		 July – Sept 2024
Oct 2024-June 2025
HEALTH RESEARCH METHODS, EVIDENCE & IMPACT Jean-Eric Tarride tarride@mcmaster.ca 2024-2025
HISTORY Karen Balcom balcomk@mcmaster.ca 2024-2025
HUMAN RESOURCES & MANAGEMENT Benson Honig bhonig@mcmaster.ca 2024-2025
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENCE Janet Pritchard pritcjm@mcmaster.ca 2024-2025
KINESIOLOGY Peter Keir pjkeir@mcmaster.ca 2024-2025
LABOUR STUDIES Stephanie Premji spremji@mcmaster.ca 2024-2025
LIBRARY Wade Wyckoff wyckoff@mcmaster.ca 2024-2025
LINGUISTICS & LANGUAGES Nikolai Penner pennern@mcmaster.ca 2024-2025
MARKETING
MATERIALS SCIENCE Andre Phillion andre.phillion@mcmaster.ca
MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS Paul McNicholas paulmc@mcmaster.ca 2024-2026
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Gary Bone gary@mcmaster.ca
MEDICINE
NURSING
OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY
OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
PATHOLOGY& MOLECULAR MEDICINE
PEDIATRICS
PHILOSOPHY Nancy Doubleday doublen@mcmaster.ca 2024-2025
PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY Alan Chen chenal@mcmaster.ca 2024-2025
POLITICAL SCIENCE Andrea Lawlor andrea.lawlor@mcmaster.ca 2024-2025
PSYCHIATRY & BEHAVIOURAL NEUROSCIENCE
PSYCHOLOGY, NEUROSCIENCE & BEHAVIOUR David Shore dshore@mcmaster.ca 2024-2025
REHABILITATION SCIENCES Rebecca Gewurtz gewurtz@mcmaster.ca 2024-2025
RELIGIOUS STUDIES Shayne Clarke clarsha@mcmaster.ca 2024-2025
SOCIAL WORK Tara LaRose larost1@mcmaster.ca 2024-2025
SOCIOLOGY
STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
SURGERY Damu Tang damut@mcmaster.ca 2024-2025

Committee Structure 2024/2025*

 

Standing Committees

Joint Committee

Contact Name Department Contact Email
Paul Andrews* Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour mufapres@mcmaster.ca
Bhagwati Gupta Biology guptab@mcmaster.ca
Megumi Harada Mathematics and Statistics haradam@mcmaster.ca

Nominating Committee

Contact Name Department Contact Email
Paul Andrews* Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour mufapres@mcmaster.ca
Bhagwati Gupta Biology guptab@mcmaster.ca
Nicholas Kevlahan Mathematics and Statistics kevlahan@mcmaster.ca
David Ogborn Communication Studies and Media Arts ogbornd@mcmaster.ca
Saara Greene Social Work greenes@mcmaster.ca
Meena Andiappan Human Resources and Management andiappm@mcmaster.ca

Remuneration Committee

Contact Name Department Contact Email
Paul Andrews Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour mufapres@mcmaster.ca
Russell Bishop Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences bishopr@mcmaster.ca
Megumi Harada* Mathematics and Statistics haradam@mcmaster.ca
Bhagwati Gupta Biology guptab@mcmaster.ca
Suzanne Mills Labour Studies smills@mcmaster.ca
Rafael Kleiman Engineering Physics kleiman@mcmaster.ca
Khalid Nainar Accounting and Financial Management nainar@mcmaster.ca
Mat Savelli Health, Aging and Society savellm@mcmaster.ca

Budget Advisory Committee

Contact Name Department Contact Email
Paul Andrews Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour mufapres@mcmaster.ca
Trevor Chamberlain Finance and Business Economics chambert@mcmaster.ca
Ali Reza Montazemi* Information Systems montazem@mcmaster.ca
Khalid Nainar Accounting and Financial Management nainar@mcmaster.ca

Special Enquiries and Grievances Committee

Contact Name Department Contact Email
Michelle Dion* Political Science mufasegc@mcmaster.ca or dionm@mcmaster.ca
Bhagwati Gupta Biology guptab@mcmaster.ca
Qiyin Fang Engineering Physics qfang@mcmaster.ca
Suzanne Mills Political Science smills@mcmaster.ca

 

University committees and boards

Copyright Working Group

Contact Name Department Contact Email
VACANT

Honour M Selection Committee

Contact Name Department Contact Email
Lynn Martin Nursing martl@mcmaster.ca

McMaster Children’s Centre

Contact Name Department Contact Email
Ramla Qureshi Civil Engineering quresr11@mcmaster.ca

Pension Trust

Contact Name Department Contact Email
Claude Eilers Classics eilersc@mcmaster.ca
Adam Lavecchia Economics laveccha@mcmaster.ca
Kevin Veenstra Accounting and Financial Management veenstk@mcmaster.ca

President’s Advisory Committee on Building an Inclusive Community

Contact Name Department Contact Email
VACANT

President’s Advisory Committee on Relations with Community

Contact Name Department Contact Email
Charles De Lannoy Chemical Engineering delannoc@mcmaster.ca

Rudy Heinzl Award of Excellence Committee

Contact Name Department Contact Email
Trevor Chamberlain Finance and Business Economics chambert@mcmaster.ca

University Planning Committee

Contact Name Department Contact Email
David Ogborn Communication Studies and Media Arts ogbornd@mcmaster.ca

Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Task Force (SVPR)

Contact Name Department Contact Email
Bruce Milliken Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour millike@mcmaster.ca

Enrolment Management Team

Contact Name Department Contact Email
Suleiman Igdoura Biology igdoura@mcmaster.ca

Joint Health & Safety Committee

Contact Name Department Contact Email
VACANT

* Chair

Note: These committees are effective as of September 1, 2024