ISGP Faculty Advisory Committee (FAC)

The Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate Program (ISGP) is supported by its own Faculty Advisory Committee (FAC), with representatives from different disciplines across UBC. The main function of the FAC is to facilitate in the governance of the program by evaluating program policies and procedures, in addition to evaluating applications to program admission and awards, and to ensure the continued high quality and integrity of the graduate programs in the ISGP. The FAC advises the ISGP on setting priorities, procedures, and direction for interdisciplinary education.


Dr. Helen Brown
School of Nursing

Dr. Lorne Whitehead
Department of Physics and Astronomy

Dr. Susan Cox
School of Population and Public Health

Dr. Barbara Weber
(ISGP Chair)
Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education

Dr. Laurie Ford
Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education

Dr. Hillel Goelman
Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education

Dr. Peter Graf
Department of Psychology

Dr. Michael Griffin
Department of Philosophy

Dr. Judy Illes
School of Population and Public Health/Neuroethics

Dr. Thomas Kemple
Department of Sociology

Dr. Thomas Kerr
School of Population and Public Health

Dr. Jude Kornelsen
Department of Family Practice

Dr. Kirk Madison
Department of Physics and Astronomy

Dr. Michael Meitner
Department of Forest Resources Management

Dr. Sam Rocha
Department of Educational Studies

Dr. Mohsen Sadatsafavi
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Dr. Tom Scholte
Department of Theatre and Film
Dr. Kate Shannon
School of Population and Public Health

Dr. Steven Taubeneck
Department of Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies

Dr. Tamara Vanderwal
Department of Psychiatry
Dr. Andrzej Wiercinski
Faculty of Artes Liberales, University of Warsaw
Dr. Murali Chandrashekaran
The Sauder School of Business