I am pleased to announce two appointments in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences effective September 1. I am delighted to share that Sean McNabney has accepted the position of Associate Dean, School of Humanities and Creativity. Sean has provided exemplary leadership to the School over the past two years as the Acting Associate Dean, and will be taking on the role on a permanent basis. Sean joined Sheridan as a faculty member in 2008 and has taught Communications courses, literary studies electives, and has served as Coordinator in three separate portfolios: English Communications, General Education, and Degree Breadth. A member of College Council from 2010-2013, he served as the Council’s Chair for the 2012-2013 academic year; he has also been a member of the FHASS’ Local Academic Council since 2011 and is currently the Chair of the Program Quality Assurance subcommittee of the LAC.
Sean holds a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from the University of Western Ontario, where he also completed his Master of Arts degree with a focus on the study of American Literature. He is currently pursuing doctoral studies at York University, where he continues to focus on his research interests in the Western and Detective Fiction genres, gender and cultural studies, historiography, creativity, and narrativity.
It is also a great pleasure to announce that Stephanie Samboo has accepted the position of Associate Dean, School of Communication and Literary Studies. Stephanie has led the School over the past 15 months with great success, and I am delighted that she will continue to provide leadership in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Stephanie joined Sheridan as a faculty member in 2004, and has served in the capacity of Coordinator of ESL and, subsequently, of English Communication. She was one of the key members involved in the start-up of the Learning Centre at Sheridan in 2011, and has been an active member of Sheridan’s Senate, of the Academic Pathways Standing Committee of the Senate, of FHASS’s LAC, among others. Stephanie is currently the Chair of FHASS’ Pathways and Academic Partnerships subcommittee of the LAC.
Stephanie holds a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts (English Studies) from the National University of Singapore. She is also TESL (Teaching English as Second Language) certified, a CLBPT (Canadian Language Benchmarks Placement Test) assessor and became a certified ISW (Instructional Skills Workshop) facilitator in April 2013. Her research interests include Language Acquisition, Intercultural Rhetoric, Composition Pedagogy and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Stephanie is currently pursuing her PhD in English with a focus on Intercultural Rhetoric at the University of Waterloo.
Please join me in congratulating Sean McNabney and Stephanie Samboo on their roles!
Has Malik, Dean
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences