Contact the College of Arts

Dr. Samantha Brennan, PhD

Dean

Email: samantha.brennan@uoguelph.ca

Phone: 519-824-4120, Ext. 53301

Office: MacKinnon Extension 0004

Lisa O'Dwyer

Administrative Officer

Email: coado@uoguelph.ca

Phone: 519-824-4120, Ext. 53301

Office: MacKinnon Extension 0005

Reasons for Contact

• Dean’s calendar, email, and approvals
• Manage Faculty tenure & promotion
• HR/payroll guidance to academic departments

Alexis De Leon

Associate Director, Finance and Operations

Email: adeleon@uoguelph.ca

Phone: 519-824-4120, Ext. 58266

Office: MacKinnon Extension 0008

Reasons for Contact

• For Strategic and Operational questions regarding Human Resources, Financial Management or Administration

Jill Selby

Financial Officer

Email: selbyj@uoguelph.ca

Phone: 519-824-4120, Ext. 56778

Office: MacKinnon Extension 0006

Reasons for Contact

• For financial inquiries
• For grant inquiries

Ann Vandergust

Manager, Facilities & Operations

Email: avanderg@uoguelph.ca

Phone: 519-824-4120, Ext. 52455

Office: MCKN 043

Reasons for Contact

• For building access and keys
• For facilities issues and maintenance requests
• For space use, moves, and operational support

Emily Deckert

Program and Event Coordinator

Email: coaevents@uoguelph.ca

Phone: 519-824-4120, Ext. 56799

Office: MacKinnon Extension 0006

Reasons for Contact

• For event planning and support
• For building access and keys
• For space use, moves, and operational support

Dr. Ruediger Mueller, PhD

Associate Dean Academic

Email: mueller@uoguelph.ca

Phone: 519-824-4120, Ext. 54388

Office: MacKinnon Extension 0001

Reasons for Contact

• Cases of academic misconduct
• Curriculum inquiries (from faculty)
• Admittance to the part-time Dean's Honours list

Abby Scott

Administrative Assistant to the Associate Dean | COA Awards

Email: artsada@uoguelph.ca

Phone: 519-824-4120, Ext. 54388

Office: MacKinnon Extension 002

Reasons for Contact

• Academic misconduct concerns
• Associate Dean Academic (ADA) schedule inquiries

COA Student Awards

Email: coaawards@uoguelph.ca

Reasons for Contact

• College of Arts awards and scholarships related inquiries
• Dean's Honour List eligibility for part-time students

Kate Hoad-Reddick, PhD

Experiential Learning Partnership and Educational Developer

Email: hoadredk@uoguelph.ca

Reasons for Contact

• discuss the integration of Experiential Learning (EL) activities
• explore partnership opportunities

Dr. Andrew Bailey, PhD

Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Studies

Email: abailey@uoguelph.ca

Phone: 519-824-4120, Ext. 56637

Office: MacKinnon Extension 0007

Reasons for Contact

• For current graduate students with a question or concerns about their program
• For prospective graduate students looking for information about COA programs, or postdoctoral scholars interested in COA opportunities
• For researchers planning a grant application that needs support, review and/or matching funds

Jamie Campbell

Research and Graduate Studies Officer

Email: abailey@uoguelph.ca

Phone: 519-824-4120, Ext. 52991

Office: MacKinnon Extension 0007

Reasons for Contact

• For facilitating communication of COA graduate and research successes through University channels
• For support in managing comprehensive research administration, including overseeing grant proposals, ensuring policy compliance
• For managing admissions, funding, recruitment, program development, and award promotions

Rachel Ruston, M.Ed

Manager, Marketing, Communications and Student Recruitment

Email: rruston@uoguelph.ca

Office: MacKinnon Extension 0010

Reasons for Contact

• For prospective student inquiries and events (undergrad and grad)
• For faculty and staff website update requests, page development, and content strategy support
• For marketing, communications, social media, and promotion of events, recruitment initiatives, and departmental/college news

Kate Tschirhart

Communications and Outreach Specialist

Email: ktschirh@uoguelph.ca

Office: MacKinnon Extension 0013

Reasons for Contact

• For marketing, communications, social media, and promotion of events, recruitment initiatives, and departmental/college news
• For digital screen promotion in MacKinnon

Callie Gibson

Digital Communications Coordinator

Email: cgibso11@uoguelph.ca

Office: MacKinnon Extension 0013

Reasons for Contact

• For website management, changes and updates
• For digital advertising campaigns

COA Marketing and Communication

Communications and Outreach Specialist

Email: coacomms@uoguelph.ca

Office: MacKinnon Extension 0013

Erica Charlesworth, MA

Alumni Advancement Manager

Email: charlese@uoguelph.ca

Office: MacKinnon Extension 0009

Reasons for Contact

• For alumni looking to organize a class reunion or a visit back to campus
• For alumni looking to update their contact details so that they can stay in touch
• To find out how to make a donation to support the College or Arts and our students

Janice Hicks

IT Operations Manager, Shared IT Services (COA and OAC)

Email: coait@uoguelph.ca

Phone: 519-824-4120, Ext. 54738

Office: MacKinnon 038

Reasons for Contact

• For IT requests or issues please contact COAITHelp@uoguelph.ca and IT services will respond as soon as possible
• For inquiries related to upcoming or current IT initiatives within the College of Arts
• For questions related to IT requests that have been submitted to COAITHelp@uoguelph.ca

Abdul Kusebati

IT Services Technician

Email: akusebat@uoguelph.ca | Phone: 519-824-4120, Ext. 5681

Office: MacKinnon 051

Reasons for Contact

• For IT requests or issues please contact COAITHelp@uoguelph.ca and IT services will respond as soon as possible
• For supporting all IT requests and incidents through the ticketing system
• For helping with all IT equipment installation

Jade Ferguson

Director of Interdisciplinary Programs

Email: jfergu05@uoguelph.ca

Phone: 519-824-4120, Ext. 56726

Office: MacKinnon 129

Marie Ann O'Neill

Administrative Assistant to the Director
Administrative and Academic Program Assistant for IMPR

Email: artsidp@uoguelph.ca

Phone: 519-824-4120, Ext. 54388

Office: MacKinnon 128

Reasons for Contact

• For SXGN, CTS, and BLCK program inquiries (students and faculty)
• Graduate students can contact to discuss their program, HR matters pertaining to their GTA and Gryphforms.
• For program administration including grade submission and exam scheduling (for faculty)

John Walsh

Director of the School of Languages and Literatures

Email: waljo@uoguelph.ca

Phone: 519-824-4120, Ext. 53167

Office: MacKinnon 266

Angelina Candotti

Administrative Assistant to the Director, School of Languages and Literatures

Email: candotti@uoguelph.ca

Phone: 519-824-4120, Ext. 53883

Office: MacKinnon 269

Darren Sargent

Academic Program Assistant

Email: dsarge02@uoguelph.ca

Phone: 519-824-4120, Ext. 56887

Office: MacKinnon 267

Sally Hickson

Director of the School of English and Theatre Studies

Email: shickson@uoguelph.ca

Phone: 519-824-4120, Ext. 53881

Office: MacKinnon 425

Olga Petrik

Administrative Assistant to the Director, School of English and Theatre Studies

Email: petriko@uoguelph.ca

Phone: 519-824-4120, Ext. 53882

Office: MacKinnon 424

Pam Keegan

Academic Programs Assistant

Email: SOTECundergrad@uoguelph.ca and SOTECgrad@uoguelph.ca

Office: MacKinnon 429

Libby Johnstone

Creative Writing MFA Program Administrator

Email: cwmfa@uoguelph.ca

Office: MacKinnon 432

Kimberly Francis

Director of the School of Fine Art and Music

Email: kfranc02@uoguelph.ca

Phone: 519-824-4120, Ext. 52362

Office: Zavitz 407

Nicola Ferguson

Administrative Assistant to the Director, School of Fine Art and Music

Email: nifergus@uoguelph.ca

Phone: 519-824-4120, Ext. 53988

Office: Zavitz 204

Barb Merrill

Academic Programs Assistant, School of Fine Art and Music

Email: bmerrill@uoguelph.ca

Phone: 519-824-4120, Ext. 54671

Office: Zavitz 201

Matthew Hayday

Chair of the Department of History

Email: mhayday@uoguelph.ca

Phone: 519-824-4120, Ext. 56052

Office: MacKinnon Extension 2013

Farrah Trahan

Administrative Assistant to the Director, Department of History

Email: histadmin@uoguelph.ca

Phone: 519-824-4120, Ext. 53888

Office: MacKinnon Extension 2014

Nicole Grimaldi

Academic Programs Assistant, Department of History

Email: histacademic@uoguelph.ca

Office: MacKinnon Extension

Don Dedrick

Chair of the Department of Philosophy

Email: ddedrick@uoguelph.ca

Phone: 519-824-4120, Ext. 53203

Office: MacKinnon 347

Vanessa Joy

Administrative Assistant to the Chair, Department of Philosophy

Email: philosad@uoguelph.ca

Phone: 519-824-4120, Ext. 54253

Office: MacKinnon 350

Working Hours: 10:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.

Priyanka Jhanjee

Academic Program Assistant, Department of Philosophy

Email: pjhanjee@uoguelph.ca

Phone: 519-824-4120, Ext. 56265

Office: MacKinnon 348

Patrick Barclay

Bachelor of Arts and Sciences Program Coordinator

Email: don.bruce@uoguelph.ca

Phone: 519-824-4120, Ext. 519-824-4120, Ext. 58247

Office: MacKinnon 3009

Sarah Bradley

BAS Program Counsellor

Email: bas@uoguelph.ca

Phone: 519-824-4120, Ext. 56385

Office: MacKinnon 128

Marie Ann O'Neill

BAS Administrative Assistant to the Director

Email: artsidp@uoguelph.ca

Phone: 519-824-4120, Ext. 54388

Office: MacKinnon 128