Posted on June 13: Susan Elliott appointed new Social Sciences dean

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BY Office of Public Relations

June 13, 2003

[img_inline align=”right” src=”http://padnws01.mcmaster.ca/images/Susan_Elliot_web.jpg” caption=”Susan Elliott”]After a national search, Susan Elliott has been appointed the new dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, effective July 1, 2003.

“I'm very excited about this appointment and I'm committed to the vision and mission of McMaster University,” says Elliott, “and I'm really looking forward to working with the Faculty of Social Sciences to realize that mission and vision.”

“Susan has been a member of the McMaster community for 16 years,” provost Ken Norrie says. “She earned her Masters and PhD in geography at the University and since that time has developed a stellar reputation as a world-class researcher, an innovative and dedicated teacher, and a thoughtful and progressive administrator.”

Elliott joined the School of Geography and Geology as an assistant professor in 1992 from the University of Victoria where she spent two years as an assistant professor. She has been an associate professor at McMaster since 1998, served as the School's associate director since 1999, and is a member of McMaster's Institute of Environment and Health. She also served one year as acting director of the School of Geography and Geology.

“She brings to the Faculty a strong record of undergraduate teaching and graduate supervision combined with a demonstrated belief in the value of interdisciplinary studies and research,” Norrie says. “Her own research focuses on environment and health as well as health promotion and chronic disease prevention.”

She has held a number of internal administrative positions at McMaster including roles on the University Planning Committee, the Planning Committee of the Bachelor of Health Studies Program, the University Faculty Association, and time as chair, Graduate Affairs Committee and co-ordinator of the Environmental Sciences Co-op Program. In addition, Elliott has been involved with a significant number of external professional activities. She has represented McMaster on the Golden Horseshoe Educational Alliance, the Sociobehavioural Cancer Research Network and the Health and Environmental Impacts Working Group, a part of the Clean Air Hamilton program.

Says Norrie, “Susan brings great enthusiasm and vision to the Faculty of Social Sciences and I hope you join me in welcoming her into her new role at McMaster.”