Gender and diversity scholar appointed as Vice-Dean, Undergraduate

Professor Kelly Hannah-Moffatt has been appointed as the next Vice-Dean, Undergraduate, to succeed Professor Angela Lange, effective August 15, 2011 - June 30, 2015.

We are delighted that Kelly will be assuming the vice-dean's role with her formidable record of excellence in administration, teaching and scholarship, says Professor Amy Mullin, dean and vice-principal academic. She has demonstrated a deep commitment to equity and social justice in both her scholarship and professional and university service, and as a department chair, she has been very responsive to students' academic interests.

Hannah-Moffat has an impressive scholarly and administrative record. She has published numerous articles and books on risk, punishment, gender and diversity, and criminal justice decision-making. Her research has traced the historical and conceptual antecedents of women-centered punishment and the application of actuarially based, risk models in various segments of the criminal justice system. Her current SSHRC funded research project examines issues of procedural fairness in specialized courts and parole decision-making. Of particular interest to her are the relationships between social disadvantage, human rights and risk management decisions. She is a Massey College Senior Fellow, has been a policy advisor for Madame Justice Arbour on the Commission of Inquiry into Certain Events at the Prison for Women in Kingston, and was the President of the Toronto Elizabeth Fry Society.

Hannah-Moffat was a nominee for the 2008 OCUFA Teaching award) and has been a strong supporter of pedagogical and instructional excellence and innovation in her own department and a contributor to discussions about curriculum development at U of T Mississauga. She is an mentor to junior faculty and an inspiration to both her undergraduate and graduate students.

She has been chair of U of T Mississauga's Department of Sociology since 2008 and was acting chair for 18 months in 2006-07. She was the inaugural co-chair of U of T Mississauga's Positive Space Committee for 3 years and has been the U of T Mississauga Hearing Office for the Code of Student Conduct for nearly a decade. She served a two-year term on the Principal's Advisory Committee on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. She is well-respected both within and outside the University, presenting workshops for the Provost's office and having a strong civic presence in her field of expertise: gender, risk and punishment.