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Executive

Printable PDF of the 2022-2023 MUFA Executive

MUFA Executive 2022/2023

September 1, 2022 – August 31, 2023

Katherine Cuff

President

Economics

1 (905) 525-9140 x x23827 mufapres@mcmaster.ca cuffk@mcmaster.ca

Liss Platt

Vice-President

Communication Studies and Media Arts

1 (905) 525-9140 x 27954 plattl@mcmaster.ca
Nicholas Kevlahan

Nicholas Kevlahan

Past-President

Mathematics and Statistics

1 (905) 525-9140 x 23412 kevlahan@mcmaster.ca
Kristen Culver

Kirsten Culver

Remuneration

Nursing

1 (905) 525-9140 x 24322 culverk@mcmaster.ca

Claude Eilers

Pension

Classics

1 (905) 525-9140 x 23380 eilersc@mcmaster.ca

Kim Jones

Member-at-Large

Chemical Engineering

kjones@mcmaster.ca

Aadil S. Merali Juma

Treasurer

Accounting and Financial Management

1 (905) 525-9140 x x23897 merali@mcmaster.ca

Lydia Kapiriri

Special Enquiries and Grievances

Health, Aging and Society

1 (905) 525-9140 x 27203 mufasegc@mcmaster.ca kapirir@mcmaster.ca
Gail Krantzberg

Gail Krantzberg

Tenure and Promotion

School of Engineering Practice and Technology

1 (905) 525-9140 x 22153 krantz@mcmaster.ca

Spencer Pope

Membership

Classics

1 (905) 525-9140 x 23378 spope@mcmaster.ca

Maikel Rheinstadter

Academic Affairs

Physics and Astronomy

rheinstadter@mcmaster.ca
ABB 237A

Deborah Sloboda

Human Rights and Equity

Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences

1 (905) 525-9140 x 22250 sloboda@mcmaster.ca

Kevin Veenstra

Special Enquiries and Grievances

Accounting and Financial Management

veenstk@mcmaster.ca

Council

MUFA Faculty Council

Department Contact Name Contact Email
ACCOUNTING & FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT Kevin Veenstra veenstk@mcmaster.ca
ANESTHESIA Jennifer Nash nashjv@mcmaster.ca
ANTHROPOLOGY Basit Iqbal iqbalb3@mcmaster.ca
SCHOOL OF THE ARTS Matthew Woolhouse woolhouse@mcmaster.ca
BIOCHEMISTRY& BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE Russell Bishop bishopr@mcmaster.ca
BIOLOGY Suleiman Igdoura igdoura@mcmaster.ca
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING Prashant Mhaskar mhaskar@mcmaster.ca
CHEMISTRY & CHEMICAL BIOLOGY Ryan Wylie wylier@mcmaster.ca
CIVIL ENGINEERING Samir Chidiac chidiac@mcmaster.ca
CLASSICS Claude Eilers eilersc@mcmaster.ca
COMMUNICATION STUDIES & MEDIA ARTS Andrew Mactavish mactavis@mcmaster.ca
COMPUTING & SOFTWARE Antoine Deza deza@mcmaster.ca
EARTH, ENVIRONMENT & SOCIETY Sean Carey careysk@mcmaster.ca
ECONOMICS Anastasios Papanastasiou papanasa@mcmaster.ca
ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING James Chen chihhung@ece.mcmaster.ca
ENGINEERING PHYSICS Rafael Kleiman kleiman@mcmaster.ca
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY, SCHOOL OF Konstantinos Apostolou apostol@mcmaster.ca
ENGLISH & CULTURAL STUDIES David Clark dclark@mcmaster.ca
FAMILY MEDICINE Matthew Kwan kwanmy@mcmaster.ca
FINANCE & BUSINESS ECONOMICS John Siam siamj@mcmaster.ca
FRENCH Nicholas Serruys serruys@mcmaster.ca
HEALTH, AGING & SOCIETY Meridith Griffin griffmb@mcmaster.ca
HEALTH POLICY & MANAGEMENT Glen Randall randalg@mcmaster.ca
HEALTH RESEARCH METHODS, EVIDENCE & IMPACT Amiram Gafni gafni@mcmaster.ca
HISTORY Karen Balcom balcomk@mcmaster.ca
HUMAN RESOURCES & MANAGEMENT Catherine Connelly connell@mcmaster.ca
INFORMATION SYSTEMS Ali Montazemi montazem@mcmaster.ca
INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENCE Chad Harvey harvech@mcmaster.ca
KINESIOLOGY Krista Madsen woolhouse@mcmaster.ca
LABOUR STUDIES Stephanie Premji spremji@mcmaster.ca
LIBRARY Wade Wyckoff wyckoff@mcmaster.ca
LINGUISTICS & LANGUAGES Nikolai Penner pennern@mcmaster.ca
MARKETING Marvin Ryder ryderm@mcmaster.ca
MATERIALS SCIENCE Andre Phillion andre.phillion@mcmaster.ca
MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS Megumi Harada haradam@mcmaster.ca
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Gary Bone gary@mcmaster.ca
MEDICINE VACANT
NURSING Michelle Butt buttml@mcmater.ca
OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY VACANT
OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT Mahmut Parlar parlar@mcmaster.ca
PATHOLOGY& MOLECULAR MEDICINE Laurie Doering doering@mcmaster.ca
PEDIATRICS Joyce Obeid obeidj@mcmaster.ca
PHILOSOPHY Sandra LaPointe lapointe@mcmaster.ca
PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY Maikel C. Rheinstadter rheinstadter@mcmaster.ca
POLITICAL SCIENCE Emily Merson mersone@mcmaster.ca
PSYCHIATRY & BEHAVIOURAL NEUROSCIENCE James MacKillop jmackill@mcmaster.ca
PSYCHOLOGY, NEUROSCIENCE & BEHAVIOUR Deda Gillespie dgillespie@mcmaster.ca
REHABILITATION SCIENCES Brenda Vrkljan vrkljan@mcmaster.ca
RELIGIOUS STUDIES Matthew Thiessen thiessem@mcmaster.ca
SOCIAL WORK Christine Sinding sinding@mcmaster.ca
SOCIOLOGY Karen Robson robsok2@mcmaster.ca
STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT Rita Cossa cossar@mcmaster.ca
SURGERY Janie Astephen-Wilson astephej@mcmaster.ca

Committee Structure 2022/2023*

 

Standing Committees

Joint Committee

Contact Name Department Contact Email
Katherine Cuff* Economics mufapres@mcmaster.ca
Kirsten Culver Nursing culverk@mcmaster.ca
Liss Platt Communication Studies and Media Arts plattl@mcmaster.ca

Nominating Committee

Contact Name Department Contact Email
Rita Cossa Strategic Management cossar@mcmaster.ca
Katherine Cuff* Economics cuffk@mcmaster.ca
Nicholas Kevlahan Mathematics & Statistics kevlahan@mcmaster.ca
Liss Platt Communication Studies and Media Arts plattl@mcmaster.ca
Leslie MacNeil Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences macneil@mcmaster.ca
Michael Tait Civil Engineering taitm@mcmaster.ca

Remuneration

Contact Name Department Contact Email
Kirsten Culver* Nursing culverk@mcmaster.ca

Special Enquiries and Grievances Committee

Contact Name Department Contact Email
Kirsten Culver Nursing culverk@mcmaster.ca
Lydia Kapiriri* Health, Aging and Society mufasegc@mcmaster.ca
Liss Platt Communication Studies and Media Arts plattl@mcmaster.ca
Kevin Veenstra Accounting and Financial Management veenstk@mcmaster.ca

 

University committees and boards

Copyright Working Group

Contact Name Department Contact Email
Sara Bannerman Communication Studies & Media Arts banners@mcmaster.ca

Honour M Selection Committee

Contact Name Department Contact Email
Todd Alway Political Science alway@mcmaster.ca

Pension Trust

Contact Name Department Contact Email
Claude Eilers Classics eilersc@mcmaster.ca
Rafael Kleiman Engineering Physics kleiman@mcmaster.ca
Herb Schellhorn Biology schell@mcmaster.ca

President’s Advisory Committee on Building an Inclusive Community

Contact Name Department Contact Email
Elisabet Service Linguistics and Languages eservic@mcmaster.ca

President’s Advisory Committee on Relations with Community

Contact Name Department Contact Email
Deda Gillespie Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour gilles@mcmaster.ca

Rudy Heinzl Award of Excellence Committee

Contact Name Department Contact Email
Neil McLaughlin Sociology nmcglaugh@mcmaster.ca

* Chair

Note: These committees are effective as of September 1, 2022

Budget Advisory Committee Terms of Reference