David Parkinson Appointed Vice-Dean, Humanities and Fine Arts

Dr. David Parkinson has accepted the appointment as Vice-Dean, Humanities and Fine Arts in the College of Arts & Science for a five-year term, effective July 1, 2010.

Dr. Parkinson comes to the Vice-Dean appointment after a term as the inaugural Director of the
Interdisciplinary Centre for Culture and Creativity, in the Humanities and Fine Arts. He pursued
studies in English literature at the University of Victoria, McMaster University and the University
of Toronto, earning a PhD at the University of Toronto. His dissertation titled “Flyting and Abuse
in Scots Verse 1450–1580,” concerned the exchange of insults in literary form; his research now
concerns elements of continuity in late-medieval and early modern Scottish literary culture. Since
1983, Dr. Parkinson has been a member of the Department of English in our College. In 1995, he
was awarded the Teaching Excellence Award by the University of Saskatchewan Students’ Union.
Dr. Parkinson considers the opportunity to work with colleagues across and beyond the College of
Arts & Science on interdisciplinary initiatives in research and programming as a highlight of his
career.

Please join Dean Jo-Anne Dillon in welcoming Dr. Parkinson to his new position in our College.