Welcome to our new Principal

Professor Chin is an accomplished researcher and teacher and brings exceptional experience in academic leadership and governance at the University of Toronto to her responsibilities as the Principal.  Since joining the University in 2008, she has amassed a notable record of service. In terms of academic leadership experience, she served as the Acting Principal of Woodsworth College from 2015 to 2016; Acting Chair, Department of History (July–December 2018), and Associate Chair Undergraduate, Department of History (2010–15). Professor Chin holds degrees from Harvard University (B.A. 1977), and Ohio State University (M.A. 1996; Ph.D. 2001) and is an associate professor in the Department of History. Her research and teaching interests are in late nineteenth through twentieth-century American foreign relations, specializing in U.S.- East Asian relations. Welcome Carol!