Dr. Suzanne Curtin, Vice-Provost and Dean
Dr. Suzanne Curtin joins Brock University as the Dean of Graduate Studies after spending the past fifteen years at the University of Calgary, where she served most recently as Associate Dean (Students) in the Faculty of Graduate Studies. She also held the position of professor in the Department of Psychology, as well as Linguistics. Prior to joining the University of Calgary, she was an assistant professor at University of Pittsburgh,
Besides her academic achievements, Curtin’s other affiliations include serving as a full member of the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute; affiliated member of the Language Sciences initiative at the University of British Columbia; and a board member at the Community Foundation of Southeastern Alberta.
Curtin’s own research has centred around infant speech perception and lexical development with a recent focus on the interface between early perception and social communication in typically and atypically developing populations.
After graduating from McGill University with an Honours BA in Linguistics (1996), Curtin went on to do graduate work at University of Southern California where she received her MA in Linguistics (1998) and a PhD specializing in Psycholinguistics (2002).
Dr. Philip Sullivan, Associate Dean (Student Success)
Sullivan has assumed the role of Associate Dean, Student Success, for a three-year term.
A faculty member at Brock since 2000, the Professor of Kinesiology has served as Chair and Graduate Program Director in Kinesiology and as head coach of the Brock men’s rugby team.
His research focuses on team dynamics, effective coaching and student-athlete mental health, including a partnership with the Canadian Mental Health Association aimed at supporting student-athletes’ well-being.
Dr. Wendy Ward, Associate Dean (Policy and Programs)
Ward, an expert in research and academic policy, will serve as Associate Dean, Policy and Programs.
As Professor of Kinesiology and Health Sciences, her research interests include nutritional sciences and bone cell biology.
Ward previously held a Canada Research Chair in Bone and Muscle Development and has played a national leadership role as part of the Nutrition Working Group for the 2023 Clinical Practice Guideline on Osteoporosis and Fracture Prevention in Canada.