NSCAD is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Kim Morgan as the university’s interim academic dean. This is a full-time appointment for a 13-month term effective June 1, 2026.
“We are thrilled to have Kim take on this important role at a pivotal time for NSCAD as we identify areas for investments in academic programs that are aligned with priorities within our bilateral agreement with the province,” says NSCAD’s Provost and Vice-President (Academic + Research) Kyla Mallett. “With increased scrutiny and performance-based government funding as the new normal, collective effort and accountability across the university will be essential for our sustainability. I know Kim’s commitment and character will help lead the way forward.”
“I’m looking forward to closely collaborating with our students, faculty, staff and leaders to creatively imagine how we will work transparently through this challenging time together and promote a culture of shared responsibility for NSCAD’s future,” says Professor Morgan.
“I am eager to welcome Kim to NSCAD’s senior management team,” says NSCAD Interim President David B. Smith. “I believe that our students’ needs, faculty needs and university-wide strategic priorities will be well served by her personable leadership on academic, programmatic, managerial, and fiscal matters.
Kim joined NSCAD’s Fine Arts Division in 2008 and has been working as a full professor in sculpture, installation and public art. She previously served as NSCAD’s associate academic dean from January to July 2024, a role in which she supported curricular planning and academic staffing, academic matters related to teaching and curriculum, and stewarding articulation agreements and memorandums of understanding.
Her artworks over the past 10 years have explored materiality and the body using interdisciplinary methods of working. She has collaborated with other researchers and institutes to bring these ideas into public spaces, including a partnership with Dalhousie Art Gallery to create public art installations outside the gallery space in the Halifax community.