An assignment drop-off box is assigned for each course to be used when students are unable to submit assignments in class. The boxes, which course directors should check on a regular basis, are opposite S 748 Ross; a key is available from the staff in the Main Office. (Please note that Department regulations prohibit the Main Office staff from receiving coursework from students.)

Contact: The Social Science Main office staff, 416-736-5054 for further assistance

For inquiries about the possibility of classroom changes please contact Alda Lone via e-mail. A request for classroom change must contain an explanation of the defficiencies of the current classroom assignment, the course number, date, time and current location of the class. If possible please also include any alternative rooms that would be acceptable. Please note that there is no guarantee that classroom change request can be fulfilled.

Contact: Alda Lone, ext. 77797, alone@yorku.ca for further assistance

The Department has a fax machine in S 745 Ross. Teaching staff will be given an account number at the start of each session, and long-distance charges for faxes will be billed to the account monthly.

CONTACT: The Social Science Main office staff, 416-736-5054 for further assistance

CUPE Teaching staff receive keys for their offices at the start of each teaching session. We require a small deposit that will be refunded at the end of the academic session when the key is returned.

CONTACT: Anna Hoffmann, ext. 33809, ahoffman@yorku.ca for further assistance

The listserv is our main medium of communication. We ask that all teaching faculty subscribe to it. (The listserv address is sosc@yorku.ca; everyone is advised to send personal responses to a message to the sender not the entire listserv.)

CONTACT: Leah Dunton, ext. 33430, ldunton@yorku.ca ( who will add or delete your name from the listserv.)

The lounge in S 752 Ross and S 710 Ross is used exclusively for various Social Science meetings. (If there are any special requests for the use of this room other than for a meeting, it must be approved by the Chair of the Department; the lounge may not be used as classroom space.)

CONTACT: The Social Science Main office staff, 416-736-5054 for further assistance

Mailboxes in S 745 Ross are available for teaching staff with offices in the Ross Building. If you are not housed in the Ross Building and require a mailbox there, contact the Social Science Main office. For security reasons, S 745 Ross is not accessible to students; it is against Division regulations to suggest to students that they deliver any kind of coursework or mail to a box in the mail room. Drop boxes in the corridor are available for this purpose.

CONTACT: The Social Science Main office staff, 416-736-5054 for further assistance

The Division of Social Science is open for student inquiries from 9:00 - 4:00 p.m. For faculty inquiries the main office is open from 8:30 - 4:30 p.m.

CONTACT: The Social Science Main office staff, 416-736-5054 for further assistance

If you experience maintenance difficulties in an office in the Ross Building or any other Seventh Floor space, please notify the Social Science office.

CONTACT: Anna Hoffmann, ext. 33809, ahoffman@yorku.ca for further assistance

Teaching staff not housed in another building on campus are provided an office on the Seventh Floor of the Ross Building. Notify Anna Hoffmann if you have office space elsewhere.

CONTACT: Anna Hoffmann, ext. 33809, ahoffman@yorku.ca.

All teaching staff are expected to make themselves available to students outside of class-time. A memo will be sent out to all teaching staff by Alda Lone at the beginning of September. Asking for your office hours, office location, email address, home address and telephone number and whether any of these components given out to students. This must be filled out as soon as possible and returned. Please post office hours on your office door and let the course secretary know the time(s). If you are available to students at other times or in a different location please make sure you indicate this as well.

Contact: Alda Lone, ext. 77797, alone@yorku.ca and course secretary of your course.
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Academic Administration

Social Science Department Committees – 2011-12

Executive Committee                                     

Kimberley White, Peggy Keall, Linda Peake, Alina Marquez, Nalini Persram,   

Sharada Srinivasan, Fahim Quadir            

Tenure & Promotion Committees

Adjudication Committee                   

Linda Peake (Chair), Kimberley White (ex officio/non-voting), Joseph Mensah (for Uwa Idemudia), Nalini Persram for Sharada Srinivasan), Jon Caulfield (for Stephanie Ross), Eduardo Canel,          Harini Sivalingam (Graduate Rep), Kevin Hurley (Undergrad Rep)

File Preparation Committees

 Sharada Srinivasan (T&P)        

(Chair) Annie Bunting, (Teaching and AC rep) Nalini Persram, (Service) Shubra Guruani (ANTH/IDS)

Uwa Idemudia (T&P)                

(Chair) Darryl Reed, (AC Rep and Teaching) Joseph Mensah, (Service/ AC Rep) Eduardo Canel

Stephanie Ross (T&P)                

(Chair/Teaching/AC rep) Jon Caulfield, (Professional Contribution) Paul Craven,                        (Service/ AC Rep) Richard Wellen

Nominations Committee                                    

Nalini Persram

Department Council Chair                           

Miriam Smith

Curriculum Committee                                     

Alina Marquez (Chair), Doug Young, Ben Lowinski                 

Foundations/ Gen Ed Coordinator                 

Nalini Persram

Research and Ethics                                      

Kamala Kempadoo (Chair), Eduardo Canel, Jaime Llambias-Wolff                                         

Events Coordinator                                            

Uwa Idemudia             

Teaching Development                                      

James Williams (Chair), Lykke De la Cour, Livy Visano                                                                                                                                                      

Academic Honesty                                                

Mark Peacock   (Chair), Cameron Johnston, J.J. McMurtry, Ben Lowinski, Jennifer Hyndman (Winter)

Grades Reappraisal                                             

Alina Marquez (Chair), Jon Caulfield

Affirmative Action & Equity Officers         

Kamala Kempadoo, Stephanie Ross, JJ McMurtry

LA&PS Council Representative                      

Richard Wellen

YUFA Stewards                                                   

Jan Kainer, Miriam Smith