The Office of Dean offers academic, administrative and community leadership in our Faculty, within York University and with various external stakeholders. Individual undergraduate and graduate programs within the Faculty are led by directors or coordinators.
Deans & Associate Deans

Alice Hovorka
Dean

Philip Kelly
Associate Dean (Research, Graduate and Global Affairs)

Justin Podur
Associate Dean (Teaching and Learning)
Program Directors

Abidin Kusno
Director, Undergraduate Program

Alison L Bain
Director, Graduate Program in Geography

Liette Gilbert
Director, Graduate Program in Environmental Studies
Coordinators

Mark Winfield
Coordinator, MES and MES/JD

Laura Taylor
Coordinator, Planning Program

Cate Sandilands
Coordinator, PhD program in Environmental Studies

Lisa Myers
Coordinator, Environmental Arts & Justice program

Joshua Thienpont
Coordinator, Environmental Science program

Teresa Abbruzzese
Coordinator, Cities, Regions, Planning Program

Gregory Thiemann
Coordinator, Sustainable Environmental Management program

Peter Timmerman
Coordinator, Environmental Education Diploma

Lina Brand Correa
Coordinator, Business and Environment Diploma

Joseph Mensah
Coordinator, Global Geography program