Bill Ju
Associate Dean, Student Affairs
Associate Professor (Teaching Stream), Human Biology Program
Contact
Email: assocdeanundergrad.artsci@utoronto.ca
Tel: 416-978-3453
Executive Assistant: Alison Terpstra
Office: SS2005, Office of the Dean, Sidney Smith Hall, 100 St. George Street
Portfolio
The Associate Dean, Student Affairs works closely with colleagues in student affairs at the Colleges, academic units, student groups, and the Office of the Faculty Registrar to create a positive experience for all undergraduate Arts & Science students.
Areas of Responsibility
- Student appeals and petitions (formal and informal)
- Overall student experience, including the Faculty’s role in supporting mental health and well-being
- Accessibility Services, divisional lead
- Co-Curricular Record (CCR), divisional lead
Biography
Professor William (Bill) Ju joined the Human Biology Program in the Faculty of Arts & Science at the University of Toronto in 2009 as a Lecturer, having received his PhD from U of T’s Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology in 2005.
Ju’s doctoral and postdoctoral research focused on the examination of the cellular and molecular pathways underlying motivation, learning and memory, neurodegeneration and stroke and Alzheimer’s disease.
In 2014, Ju was promoted to Senior Lecturer and in January 2016, he was awarded Continuing Status and awarded the rank of Associate Professor, Teaching Stream.
His substantial efforts to create a student-focused approach to teaching has been recognized by the ASSU Ranjini (Rini) Ghosh Excellence in Teaching Award in 2013–14 and the Faculty of Arts & Science Outstanding Teaching Award in 2015. He is currently a University of Toronto Teaching Fellow as well as an Open Education Fellow with eCampusOntario.
Additionally, Professor Ju is a current member of the Academic Board of Governing Council and the University of Toronto Library Advisory Committee, a member of the Presidential Task Force on Student Mental Health, previously a member of New College Council, the advisory committee for the First Year Learning Community (FLC), the Committee on Standing within the Faculty of Arts & Science, and is currently active within various teaching and research communities of practice both at the University of Toronto and abroad.