Valerie Korinek appointed vice-dean

Valerie Korinek, professor in the Department of History, has been appointed vice-dean faculty relations in the College of Arts & Science for a five-year term beginning July 1, 2018.

Korinek has gained substantial administrative experience since joining the college in 1996. She served as head of the Department of History from 2008–11 and held several other administrative appointments within the department. Nationally, she has been a committee member for the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) in Ottawa and an elected council member of the Canadian Historical Association.

After receiving a BA from the University of Toronto at Mississauga, Korinek earned her MA and PhD in Canadian cultural history from the University of Toronto in 1996. Her research focuses on Canadian cultural history with an emphasis on popular culture, histories of gender and sexuality, and food studies. She is the author of four books and anthologies, including the award-winning Roughing It in the Suburbs: Reading Chatelaine Magazine in the Fifties and Sixties. Her most recent academic book, Prairie Fairies: A History of Queer Communities and People in Western Canada, 1930-1985, is a SSHRC-funded study of gay, lesbian and queer people in the five major prairie cities. It is forthcoming this spring from the University of Toronto Press.

Korinek has supervised 16 graduate students, two of whom went on to positions as Tier 2 Canada Research Chairs. In 2017, Korinek won the Provost’s College Award for Outstanding Teaching.

As vice-dean faculty relations, Korinek will provide vision and leadership in the areas of faculty relations and faculty complement planning for the College of Arts & Science.

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