From: Trevor Young, Vice-President & Provost
Date: June 26, 2026
Re: Appointment of Professor Mark Schmuckler as Interim Vice-Principal, Academic and Dean, University of Toronto Scarborough (PDAD&C #54)

Further to PDADC&C #53 (2025-26), I am pleased to announce that the Agenda Committee of the Academic Board has approved the appointment of Professor Mark Schmuckler as Interim Vice-Principal, Academic and Dean, University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC), for a one-year term effective July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027.

Professor Schmuckler is a distinguished academic and administrative leader. He has held numerous senior administrative appointments at U of T including: Interim Associate Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation, Research Facilities and Infrastructure, UTSC;  Acting Chair of Health and Society, UTSC; Acting Vice-Provost, Academic Programs and Innovations in Undergraduate Education; Vice-Provostial Advisor, Academic Programs; Vice-Dean, Undergraduate, UTSC; and Interim Vice-Principal, Research, UTSC.

As a Professor of Psychology at UTSC since 2000, Professor Schmuckler’s research spans infant perceptual-motor development, multisensory perception, cognition, and music perception and cognition. His work has been continuously supported by major external funding agencies, particularly the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), with multiple long-term Discovery Grants and collaborative international projects. His teaching accomplishments include co-authoring three Canadian editions of the widely used textbook Child Psychology: A Contemporary Viewpoint. He has made substantial professional service contributions through editorial leadership, including serving as Editor-in-Chief of Psychomusicology (2018–2023), Associate Editor of Music Perception, and reviewer for numerous prestigious journals and granting agencies. His achievements have been recognized through awards such as the UTSC Principal’s Research Award and Fellowship in the Association for Psychological Science.

Please join me in thanking Professor Schmuckler for assuming this interim role.