secondment of Associate Dean Kate Bezanson<\/a> to the Office of the Prime Minister of Canada earlier this fall.<\/p>\nFOSS Associate Dean, Graduate Studies and Research Dawn Zinga has been Acting Associate Dean, Undergraduate Studies during the Fall Term. She will hand the reins to Raby after the holidays.<\/p>\n
Dean Ingrid Makus is thrilled to welcome Raby to the Dean\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n
\u201cDr. Raby has shown impressive leadership and involvement in the Faculty and across the University for many years, and we are delighted that she will now be bringing her experience, dedication and insight to this role,\u201d says Makus.<\/p>\n
Raby\u2019s extensive leadership experience includes having served most recently as the Director of the Social Justice Research Institute (SJRI) from 2018 to 2022, a body she helped to create.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs a director of the SJRI, I got to meet a lot of people from around the University and in the community,\u201d says Raby. \u201cThat position has given me insight into some of the ways the University works and some of the possibilities there, so I\u2019m looking forward to learning a lot more about administration in the Faculty of Social Sciences and what I can do in my new role to support students and faculty.\u201d<\/p>\n
Raby says she is preparing for a \u201chuge learning curve\u201d but also looking forward to finding ways to support and enhance opportunities for undergraduate students to succeed from the moment they choose to study in the social sciences and beyond.<\/p>\n
\u201cRecruitment is a big part of the role, and it\u2019s exciting to meet new incoming students or prospective students, to talk to them about the great things that we have to offer, and to engage with their enthusiasm and answer their questions,\u201d she says. \u201cI\u2019ll also be thinking a lot about how to communicate what we have to offer and how best to champion our programs and departments when consulting with prospective students and their parents.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another key responsibility of the Associate Dean, Undergraduate Studies is supporting students in their efforts to maintain academic integrity. Raby, who served as her department\u2019s Chair from 2012 to 2015, is familiar with the challenges students face in this regard.<\/p>\n
\u201cI will be reinforcing the importance of academic integrity and, after I\u2019ve learned more, I hope I might be able to bring some additional ideas on how to prevent misconduct,\u201d says Raby. \u201cI have experience with the issue from my time as Chair, and I know that it\u2019s a very upsetting process when a student gets called in for academic misconduct \u2014 so preferably, I\u2019d like to try to think about ways to avoid it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Overall, Raby says she hopes to make a lasting contribution to the Faculty community through her work as Associate Dean, a responsibility she takes seriously.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s really important to learn the ropes first, but I do feel that there is space even in an interim position for some potential visioning,\u201d she says. \u201cIn the past and in other roles, I’ve tried to tackle problems by looking at other vantage points, and I think that some of my visioning will resonate well with what is already happening in the Faculty. It\u2019s exciting to be able to potentially shape processes that have really profound, positive effects on students\u2019 lives.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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