Meet The Team

The Provost and VPA team provides vision and leadership to academic activities. We serve a large and diverse audience across SFU, and our team is equally diverse and spread out across all three campuses.

Applied Sciences

Eugene Fiume

Dean

efiume@sfu.ca
778-782-6775

Term: Sept 1/22 - Feb 29/28

Parvaneh Saeedi

Associate Dean, Research & Graduate Studies

fas_adean_research@sfu.ca
778-782-4746

Term: Jan 1/19 - Dec 31/24

Michael Sjoerdsma

Associate Dean, Undergraduate Studies

fas_adean_academic@sfu.ca
778-782-8662

Term: Sept 1/24 - Aug 31/27

Arts and Social Sciences

Laurel Weldon

Dean

fassdean@sfu.ca
778-782-4415

Term: Jan 1/23 - Dec 31/27

Jennifer Spear

Associate Dean, Strategic Academic Planning, Enrollment and Budget

fassplan@sfu.ca
778-782-9739

Term: Sept 1/23 - Aug 31/25

Dai Heide

Associate Dean, Learning and Teaching, Student Experience

fassadlt@sfu.ca
778-782-4414

Term: Jan 1/24 - Dec 31/26

Steeve Mongrain

Associate Dean, Research & International

fassadri@sfu.ca
778-782-9982

Term: Sept 1/23 - Aug 31/25

Kate Slaney

Associate Dean, Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies

fassadgs@sfu.ca
778-782-6635

Term: Sept 1/22 - Aug 31/25

Melek Ortabasi

Associate Dean, Undergraduate Programming

fassadu@sfu.ca
778-782-4416

Term: Sept 1/24 - Aug 31/26

Beedie School of Business

Carolyn Egri

Dean pro tem, SFU Beedie School of Business

beedie_dean@sfu.ca

Term: Jan 29/24 - Aug 30/25

ANDREW GEMINO

Associate Dean, Executive Education

gemino@sfu.ca
778-782-5156

Term: May 1/23 - Apr 30/26

Pek-Hooi Soh

Associate Dean, Faculty Development

psa28@sfu.ca

Term: Jan 1/24 - Dec 31/26

sudheer gupta

Associate Dean, Graduate Programs

sudheer_gupta@sfu.ca 
778-782-9321

Term: May 1/2 - Apr 30/26

christina atanasova

Associate Dean, Research & International

christina_atanasova@sfu.ca
778-782-9689

Term: Sept 1/22 - Aug 31/25

kamal masri

Associate Dean, Undergraduate Programs

kmasri@sfu.ca 
78-782-9377 or 7078

Term: Sept 1/23 - Aug 31/26

Communication, Art and Technology

Carman Neustaedter

Dean

fcatdean@sfu.ca
778-782-7441

Term: Dec 1/20 - Aug 31/25

Arne Eigenfeldt

Associate Dean, Academic

fcatada@sfu.ca

Term: Sept 1/22 - Aug 31/25

Katherine Reilly

Associate Dean, Research

fcat_adr@sfu.ca
778-782-8845

Term: Sept 1/22 - Aug 31/25

Education

Dan laitsch

Dean

eddean@sfu.ca
778-782-3148

Term: Sep 1/23 - Aug 31/28

CéCile Bullock

Associate Dean, Academic and Faculty Development

cecile_bullock@sfu.ca
778-782-8216

Term: Aug 1/23 - Jun 30/24

Lucy Le Mare

Associate Dean, Graduate Studies

lemare@sfu.ca
778-782-3001

Term: Sept 1/21 - Aug 31/24

Steve Marshall

Associate Dean, Research and International

sj_marshall@sfu.ca
778-782-7666

Term: Sept 1/23 - Aug 31/26

Environment

Naomi Krogman

Dean

envdean@sfu.ca
778-782-2004

Term: Sept 1/19 - Jun 30/25

Christina Giovas

Associate Dean, Graduate and Research

christina_giovas@sfu.ca
778-782-5828

Term: Sept 1/23 - Aug 31/26

Paul T. Kingsbury

Associate Dean, Undergraduate

kingsbury@sfu.ca
778-782-3717

Term: Jan 1/19 - Dec 31/24

Graduate Studies

mary o'brien

Dean and Vice Provost

gsdean@sfu.ca

Term: Aug 1/23 - Jul 31/28

Elise Chenier

Associate Dean, Scholarship

adschol@sfu.ca
778-782-8573

Term: Jan 1/24 - Dec 31/26

MalcoLm Kennett

Associate Dean, Student Affairs

ad_studentaffairs@sfu.ca

Term: May 1/24 - Apr 30/27

Pam Stern

Associate Dean, Policy and Curriculum Development 

adpolicy@sfu.ca
778-782-4677

Term: Jan 1/24 - Dec 31/26

Malcom Kennett

Associate Dean, Student Affairs 

malcolmk@sfu.ca
778-782-4826

Term: May 1/24 - Apr 30/27

Health Sciences

Jeremy Snyder

Dean, pro tem

fhsdean@sfu.ca
778-782-5361

Term: Apr 13/24 - Apr 30/25

Robert Hogg

Associate Dean, Research

robert_hogg@sfu.ca
778-782-7629

Term: Jan 1/24 - Dec 31/26

Scott Venners

Associate Dean, Education

scott_venners@sfu.ca
778-782-8494

Term: Sept 1/25 - Aug 31/28

Library

Gohar Ashoughian

Dean of Libraries

gashough@sfu.ca
778-782-5753

Term:  

Leanne Jantzi (Acting)

Associate Dean of Libraries, Administrative Services

ljantzi@sfu.ca
778-782-7417

Term: Sept 23/24 - Mar 31/25

Mar González Palacios

Associate Dean of Libraries, Collections & Content Strategy

margp@sfu.ca
778-782-3263

Term: Nov 1/22 - Oct 31/27

Mark Jordan

Associate Dean of Libraries, Digital Strategy

mjordan@sfu.ca
778-782-5753

Term: Jan 1/24 - Dec 31/28

Ebony Magnus

Associate Dean of Libraries, Academic Engagement

ebonym@sfu.ca
778-782-3252

Term: Jan 1/23 - Dec 31/28

Lifelong Learning

Julia Denholm

Dean

jdenholm@sfu.ca
778-782-5147

Term: July 1/18 - ongoing

Judy Smith

Executive Director, Academic Planning and Strategic Projects

judy_smith@sfu.ca
778-782-7464

Term: Nov 25/19 - ongoing

School of Medicine 

David price

Acting Dean and Special Advisor to the Provost & VP Academic

msdean@sfu.ca

Term: Sept 5/23 - Dec 31/24

maria hubinette

Acting Associate Dean, Academic and Faculty Development and Special Advisor to the Provost

medical_school_associate_academic@sfu.ca

Term: Nov 13/23 - Oct 31/24

Science

Angela Brooks-Wilson

Dean

scsec@sfu.ca

Term: Oct 31/22 - Aug 31/27

Nancy Hawkins

Associate Dean, Academic

sciadean@sfu.ca
778-782-5366

Term: Sept 1/24 - Aug 31/25

Vance Williams

Associate Dean, Research & Graduate Studies

sci_adgs@sfu.ca
778-782-8059

Term: Sept 1/22 to Aug 31/25

Donald Estep

Associate Dean, Research

sciadr@sfu.ca

Term: Sept 1/23 - Aug 31/ 26

Sarah Johnson

Associate Dean, Learning

sciadl@sfu.ca
778-782-3978

Term: Sept 1/24 - Aug 31/27

Marni Mishna

Associate Dean, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI)

mmishna@sfu.ca
778-782-3569

Term: May 1/23 - Apr 30/25