Thomas Chase has been appointed dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Regina. Chase replaces Robin Fisher, who has served as dean since 2002. 

Chase has served as the associate dean of arts (research and graduate) for the past two years. In that role, he was responsible for supporting the research agenda in the faculty through development of new strategies and protocols aimed at increasing success with federal granting agencies; the promotion of faculty and student research success to the community at large; the development of other initiatives that have given Arts research a public dimension; and the successful nomination of the University's first member of the Royal Society of Canada. 

Chase has been at the University of Regina since 1984. He has served as a faculty member in the Department of English and was instrumental in the design, creation, and support of the Centre for Academic Technologies, of which he was founding director. A graduate of the University of Regina, he holds a doctorate from Glasgow University (Scotland) and a licentiate diploma from Trinity College, London. In 2004, he was awarded an honorary fellowship by the Royal Canadian College of Organists.