Staff

Rita Parmar
Manager, Academic and Administrative Services
Advisor, Undergraduate Studies

Phone: 778-782-5739
Office: RCB 9200 | Office Hours: Monday to Friday (9:30am 鈥� 4:00pm)

Advising email: lingadv@sfu.ca (Include 911吃瓜 ID number & advising transcript)
Manager email: lingmgr@sfu.ca

Contact Rita for assistance with:

Management of staff for LING and INLP
Undergraduate and graduate course planning
Undergraduate and graduate course scheduling
Faculty space assignments
SI space assignments
Department expense approvals
Department budgets
Payroll timesheets (staff)
Undergraduate Academic Advising
Administrative support for the Undergraduate Studies Committee (UCC)

Mehrnaz Nazemzadeh Harandi
Secretary to the Chair and Graduate Program Chair
Email: lingasst@sfu.ca

Phone: 778-782-4585
Office: RCB 9103 | Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday (9:00 am 鈥� 4:30 pm)

Contact Mehrnaz for assistance with:

Appointments with the Chair
TSSU Collective Agreement processes
Sessional and TA contract administration
TA/Marker and Time Use guidelines
Faculty appointments
Renewal, tenure and promotion
Salary review
Study leaves and other leaves
Faculty and employment website updates
Grade deadlines
Course evaluations

Tina Cusmano
Department Secretary

Email: lingdept@sfu.ca
Phone: 778-782-4585
Office: RCB 9201| Office Hours: Tuesday to Friday (9:15 am 鈥� 2:45 pm)

Contact Tina for assistance with:

Internal event coordination such as department socials, volunteer appreciation, summer barbecue
General departmental assistance/Campus directions
General information about undergraduate program admissions and courses
Maintenance requests
Textbook orders and desk copies
Course evaluations
Room Bookings (RCB 9100 and 7402)
Assistance with office equipment
Budget and accounting records
orders
Office supply inventory and ordering
Renewal of sponsored computing IDs
Facilities requisitions
Course outlines
Confidential shredding
Registration
Course adds/drops/swaps

Lee Gellatly
Graduate Program Secretary

LING email: ling_gsec@sfu.ca
INLP email: inllgrad@sfu.ca
Office: RCB 9202 | Office Hours: Monday to Thursday (8:45 am 鈥� 3:45 pm)

Contact Lee for assistance with:

Linguistics graduate program application and admission inquiries (prospective students)
Indigenous Languages graduate program application and admission inquiries (prospective students)
Course information for grad studies (current students)
Graduate course enrollment requests
Awards timelines and application (GA3) for grad studies
Graduate student RA contract processing (department entrance funding)
Graduate thesis defence requirements and process

Brigid Portner
Research Grants and Projects Coordinator

Email: lingrsch@sfu.ca
Office: RCB 8122 | Office Hours: Monday to Thursday (9:45am 鈥� 4:00pm); Friday (9:15am 鈥� 12:30pm)

Contact Brigid for assistance with:

Applications for research funding
Research assistant recruitment and hiring
Grant-funded RA contracts
Research conferences and workshops
Financial, reporting and administrative needs for research grants and projects
Administrative support for grant holders and project RAs
Procurement of non-technical, research-related equipment/supplies
Laboratory outreach activities
Support for Indigenous Languages program research grants

Nicole North
Communications and Events Coordinator

Email: lingcomm@sfu.ca

Contact Nicole for assistance with:

LING and Indigenous Languages website design, content and maintenance
External events such as colloquia, Convocation reception, retirements, Multilingual Week
Student, faculty, lab and alumni news features
Social media: , , , and
Videography, photography and graphic design requests