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Printable PDF of the 2022-2023 MUFA Executive
MUFA Executive 2022/2023
September 1, 2022 – August 31, 2023
Liss Platt
Vice-President
Communication Studies and Media Arts

Liss Platt
Vice-President
Communication Studies and Media Arts
Nicholas Kevlahan
Past-President
Mathematics and Statistics

Nicholas Kevlahan
Past-President
Mathematics and Statistics
Aadil S. Merali Juma
Treasurer
Accounting and Financial Management

Aadil S. Merali Juma
Treasurer
Accounting and Financial Management
Lydia Kapiriri
Special Enquiries and Grievances
Health, Aging and Society

Lydia Kapiriri
Special Enquiries and Grievances
Health, Aging and Society
Gail Krantzberg
Tenure and Promotion
School of Engineering Practice and Technology

Gail Krantzberg
Tenure and Promotion
School of Engineering Practice and Technology
Deborah Sloboda
Human Rights and Equity
Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences

Deborah Sloboda
Human Rights and Equity
Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences
Kevin Veenstra
Special Enquiries and Grievances
Accounting and Financial Management

Kevin Veenstra
Special Enquiries and Grievances
Accounting and Financial Management
Liss Platt
Vice-President
Communication Studies and Media Arts
Liss Platt
Vice-President
Communication Studies and Media Arts
Nicholas Kevlahan
Past-President
Mathematics and Statistics
Nicholas Kevlahan
Past-President
Mathematics and Statistics
Aadil S. Merali Juma
Treasurer
Accounting and Financial Management
Aadil S. Merali Juma
Treasurer
Accounting and Financial Management
Lydia Kapiriri
Special Enquiries and Grievances
Health, Aging and Society
Lydia Kapiriri
Special Enquiries and Grievances
Health, Aging and Society
Gail Krantzberg
Tenure and Promotion
School of Engineering Practice and Technology
Gail Krantzberg
Tenure and Promotion
School of Engineering Practice and Technology
Deborah Sloboda
Human Rights and Equity
Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences
Deborah Sloboda
Human Rights and Equity
Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences
Kevin Veenstra
Special Enquiries and Grievances
Accounting and Financial Management
Kevin Veenstra
Special Enquiries and Grievances
Accounting and Financial Management
Council
MUFA Faculty Council
Department | Contact Name | Contact Email |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Kirsten Culver* | Nursing | culverk@mcmaster.ca |
Special Enquiries and Grievances Committee
Contact Name | Department | Contact Email |
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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 |
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Sara Bannerman | Communication Studies & Media Arts | banners@mcmaster.ca |
Honour M Selection Committee
Contact Name | Department | Contact Email |
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Todd Alway | Political Science | alway@mcmaster.ca |
Pension Trust
Contact Name | Department | Contact Email |
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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 |
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Elisabet Service | Linguistics and Languages | eservic@mcmaster.ca |
President’s Advisory Committee on Relations with Community
Contact Name | Department | Contact Email |
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Deda Gillespie | Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour | gilles@mcmaster.ca |
Rudy Heinzl Award of Excellence Committee
Contact Name | Department | Contact Email |
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Neil McLaughlin | Sociology | nmcglaugh@mcmaster.ca |
* Chair
Note: These committees are effective as of September 1, 2022