Western appoints dean of Arts and Humanities

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By Communications Staff
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
The University of Western Ontario has announced the appointment of Donna Pennee as Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities. Pennee will serve for a five-year term, beginning on September 1, 2008 and ending June 30, 2013.

Pennee was the choice of a Senate Selection Committee drawn from the Faculty of Arts and Humanities and across the University. She is currently Associate Dean of Arts and Social Sciences and a Professor in English and Theatre Studies at the University of Guelph. 
 
 
Dean of Arts and Humanities Donna Pennee
 
Pennee holds degrees from the University of Guelph and McGill University and has studied at the School of Criticism and Theory at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire.  Her academic focus in teaching and research is in the study of Canadian Literature, Literary Theory, Literature and Social Change, and Cultural Nationalism. 
 
She has also been active in Women's Studies and in arts and humanities programs reaching across the established disciplines. Pennee is well known for her work in Canadian arts policy and funding through her role as a member of the Executive of the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, where she serves as Vice-President for Equity issues. She also currently represents the University of Guelph as its Academic Colleague at the Council of Ontario Universities.    
 
“We are very pleased to announce Donna Pennee's appointment," says Provost and Vice-President (Academic) Fred Longstaffe, Chair of the Selection Committee.  “Her great familiarity with and commitment to scholarship in the Arts and Humanities complements a background of substantial administrative experience which will serve the Faculty well.  We look forward to welcoming her as the new leader of one of Western's strongest Faculties."
 
“Western's Faculty of Arts and Humanities is a principal cornerstone of our University," says Western President Paul Davenport. "All of us expect Dr. Pennee's innovative leadership to build on Western's acknowledged excellence in arts and humanities education in this outstanding Faculty."    

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