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“Thanks to the committed work of a multitude of
faculty on a number of committees, we have stellar
new deans joining us in Engineering, Law and Human
Kinetics,” says Dr. Groarke. “I expect them to quickly
establish themselves as key academic leaders on the
campus – in their own faculties, of course, but more
broadly too.”
Camille Cameron
will begin her five-year term as dean
of law on January 1, 2012. Professor Myra Tawfik will
serve as acting dean until Professor Cameron arrives.
Cameron is currently law professor and director of the
Civil Justice Research Group at Melbourne University in
Australia. Her distinguished career includes professional
practice, international experience, many publications and
research grants, and a number of teaching appointments.
Her areas of interest include administration of and
access to civil justice, dispute resolution, class actions,
the regulatory role of civil litigation, tobacco litigation,
comparative civil procedure, and court reform in
transitional legal systems.
Dr. Mehrdad Saif
began his term as dean of
Engineering, effective July 1, 2011. Dr. Saif most recently
served as director of the School of Engineering Science
at Simon Fraser University. His research interests lie in
systems and control theory; model-based fault detection
and diagnostics; linear and nonlinear controller and
observer design; large-scale systems; and optimal and
intelligent control. Working with a number of industries
and government organizations, he has applied the results
of his research in automotive, power systems, autonomous
systems and other areas.
Dr. Michael Khan
has accepted an appointment as dean
of the Faculty of Human Kinetics beginning September 1,
2011. Dr. Khan has served as head of the School of Sport,
Health and Exercise Sciences, University of Wales, Bangor
since 2007. His areas of research are the visual control of
target directed movement, the preparation and control of
sequential movements, the attention demands of
movement control, and reaction time and decision-making.
In addition, Dr. Groarke has announced two acting deans.
Dr. Martha Lee
will be the acting dean of Education
for a one-year appointment beginning July 1, 2011. She
is a professor of political science and the associate dean
of academic and student affairs in the Faculty of Arts and
Social Sciences.
Dr. Patricia Weir,
of the Faculty of Human Kinetics,
has accepted an appointment as acting dean of Graduate
Studies beginning August 1, 2011. Dr. Weir, a full professor,
joined UWindsor in 1991. Her research interests include
aging, physical activity and movement.
“With these appointments and the appointment of a
new nursing dean and a new provost last year, the
result should be a dynamic new academic team that
is determined to build on the successes of the deans
who have preceded them,” says Dr. Groarke.
UWINDSOR ANNOUNCES THREE MAJOR APPOINTMENTS
The University has named new deans for the faculties of Law, Engineering, Graduate Studies and Human Kinetics,
with more news to come.
Dr. Mehrdad Saif
Dr. Michael Khan
Prof. Camille Cameron
