Lesley Cormack
Lesley Cormack | |
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| Born | 1957 (age 66–67) |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation(s) | Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of British Columbia (Okanagan Campus) |
| Awards | International Academy of the History of Science |
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Lesley B. Cormack (born 1957)[1] is a Canadian historian of science and academic administrator specializing in the history of mathematics and of geography. She is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of British Columbia's Okanagan Campus.[2]
Education and career
[edit]Cormack obtained her BA from the University of Calgary and her MA from the University of Toronto before earning her Ph.D. at the University of Toronto in 1988.[3][2][4] She was a faculty member at the University of Alberta until 2007, when she moved to Simon Fraser University as Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. She returned to Alberta as Dean of the Faculty of Arts in 2010. While there, she increased the Indigenous student population by 100 percent.[5] She moved to UBC Okanagan as Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Principal in 2020.[2][4]
Cormack specializes in 16th century English geography and mathematics.
Recognition
[edit]Cormack became a corresponding member of the International Academy of the History of Science in 2010, and a full member in 2015.[6]
Other Work
[edit]Cormack served as director of the Citadel Theatre for nine years.[5]
Books
[edit]Cormack is the author or editor of books including:
- Charting an Empire: Geography at the English Universities 1580-1620 (University of Chicago Press, 1997)[7]
- Making Contact: Maps, Identity, and Travel (edited with Glenn Burger, Jonathan Hart, and Natalia Pylypiuk, University of Alberta Press, 2003)[8]
- A History of Science in Society: From Philosophy to Utility (with Andrew Ede, 2 vols., Broadview Press, 2004; 2nd ed., University of Toronto Press, 2012; 3rd ed., 2016 and 2017)[9]
- Mathematical Practitioners and the Transformation of Natural Knowledge in Early Modern Europe (edited with Stephen A. Walton and John A. Schuster, Springer, 2017)[10]
References
[edit]- ^ Birth year from copyright page of A History of Science in Society (2nd ed.)
- ^ a b c UBC announces new Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Principal of Okanagan campus, University of British Columbia, 14 February 2020, retrieved 2020-09-08
- ^ "Lesley Cormack, PhD University of Toronto, MA University of Toronto, BA Honors University of Calgary - Directory@UAlberta". apps.ualberta.ca. Retrieved 2023-07-28.
- ^ a b McKinnon, Donna (24 June 2020), Farewell to Dean Lesley Cormack, University of Alberta
- ^ a b "Biography". principal.ok.ubc.ca. Retrieved 2023-07-28.
- ^ Lesley Cormack, International Academy of the History of Science, retrieved 2020-09-12
- ^ Reviews of Charting an Empire:
- Martin, Geoffrey J. (April 1998), Geographical Review, 88 (2): 321–323, doi:10.2307/215815, JSTOR 215815
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Woolf, D. R. (September 1998), The International History Review, 20 (3): 650–652, JSTOR 40101330
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Armitage, David (September 1998), The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, 26 (3): 96–98, doi:10.1080/03086539808583042
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Mcleod, Bruce (Fall 1998), Renaissance and Reformation, New Series, 22 (4): 101–103, JSTOR 43445204
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Mayhew, Robert J. (October 1998), Ecumene, 5 (4): 487–488, doi:10.1177/096746089800500413, S2CID 220805677
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Hiffe, Robert (December 1998), Canadian Journal of History, 33 (3): 450–451, doi:10.3138/cjh.33.3.450
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Headley, John M. (Winter 1998), Sixteenth Century Journal, 29 (4): 1207–1209, doi:10.2307/2543426, JSTOR 2543426
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Sorrenson, Richard (January 1999), Early Science and Medicine, 4 (3): 259–260, doi:10.1163/157338299X00193, JSTOR 4130366
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Levy, F. J. (Spring 1999), Albion, 31 (1): 91–93, doi:10.2307/4052828, JSTOR 4052828
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Black, Jeremy (April 1999), The American Historical Review, 104 (2): 632, doi:10.2307/2650494, JSTOR 2650494
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Black, Jeremy (April 1999), The English Historical Review, 114 (456): 435, doi:10.1093/ehr/114.456.435, JSTOR 580132
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Conley, Tom (April 1999), William and Mary Quarterly, 56 (2): 425–428, doi:10.2307/2674128, JSTOR 2674128
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Helgerson, Richard (Summer 1999), Renaissance Quarterly, 52 (2): 570–571, doi:10.2307/2902098, JSTOR 2902098, S2CID 151607716
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Johnston, Ron (September 1999), Progress in Human Geography, 23 (3): 469–470, doi:10.1177/030913259902300314, S2CID 210497206
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Shapin, Steven (Fall 1999), Journal of Interdisciplinary History, 30 (2): 311–312, doi:10.1162/jinh.1999.30.2.311, JSTOR 207211, S2CID 143352280
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Bertram, Benjamin (March 2001), Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 91 (1): 213–215, JSTOR 3651204
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Marchitello, Howard (December 2003), Isis, 94 (4): 721–722, doi:10.1086/386436, JSTOR 10.1086/386436
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- Martin, Geoffrey J. (April 1998), Geographical Review, 88 (2): 321–323, doi:10.2307/215815, JSTOR 215815
- ^ Reviews of Making Contact:
- Bak, Greg (November 2003), "Review", Histoire Sociale / Social History, 36 (72): 527–528
- Perdue, Peter C. (June 2004), The International History Review, 26 (2): 371–373, JSTOR 40109484
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Reinink, Martin (Winter 2004–2005), University of Toronto Quarterly, 74 (1): 607–608, doi:10.1353/utq.2005.0192, S2CID 161193215
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- ^ Reviews of A History of Science in Society:
- Hessenbruch, Arne (2005), "On the history of science in society: From ivory tower to utility", Scientia Canadensis: Canadian Journal of the History of Science, Technology and Medicine, 28: 51, doi:10.7202/800478ar
- Parsons, Glenn (2005), History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences, 27 (3–4): 545–546, JSTOR 23333932
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Hamblin, Jacob Darwin (August 2005), The History Teacher, 38 (4): 546–547, doi:10.2307/30036722, JSTOR 30036722, S2CID 142953244
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Wigelsworth, Jeffrey R. (2006), University of Toronto Quarterly, 75 (1): 165–166, doi:10.1353/utq.2006.0239, S2CID 144062994
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Crowther‐Heyck, Hunter (December 2006), Isis, 97 (4): 731–732, doi:10.1086/512866, JSTOR 10.1086/512866
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- ^ Reviews of Mathematical Practitioners and the Transformation of Natural Knowledge in Early Modern Europe:
- Morel, Thomas (2018), "Review", Revue d'histoire des sciences, 71 (1): 114
- Abou-Nemeh, Catherine (June 2018), Isis, 109 (2): 398–400, doi:10.1086/698152
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Ciocci, Argante (November 2018), Nuncius, 33 (3): 641–644, doi:10.1163/18253911-03303012
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Dobre, Mihnea (September 2019), Early Science and Medicine, 24 (3): 292–295, doi:10.1163/15733823-00243p05, S2CID 203555991
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