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CFA Faculty Promoted to Associate Professors

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CFA Faculty Promoted to Associate Professors

Diana Dansereau, Associate Professor of Music and Music Education, and Nancy Leary, Associate Professor of Costume Design, are two of 27 Charles River Campus faculty promoted to Associate Professor

June 29, 2023
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This article was first published in BU Today on June 27, 2023. By BU Today staff

Excerpt

What do a biologist studying how human diseases alter gene expression, a philosophy scholar specializing in Aristotle’s views on knowledge, a sociologist focusing on how religion shapes politics and collective well-being, and a researcher combining advances in robotics and other fields to design rehabilitation treatments for patients with neuromotor impairments all have in common? They are among the 27 faculty on Boston University’s Charles River Campus who have recently been promoted to the rank of associate professor, including 25 with tenure.


We have had the pleasure of watching these talented colleagues develop from promising junior faculty into teachers and scholars of national impact and recognition. In fields as diverse as the natural, health, and social sciences, the arts, history, engineering, economics, and communication, these faculty members have fulfilled the promise we saw in them as they began their careers at Boston University.

-Jean Morrison, BU provost and chief academic officer

Promoted to associate professors at CFA are Diana Dansereau and Nancy Leary!

Diana Dansereau
Diana Dansereau, CFA associate professor of music and music education

Diana Dansereau, College of Fine Arts associate professor of music and music education, specializes in children’s music education, implementing innovative experiences in early childhood and elementary settings, working with pre- and in-service music teachers to critically analyze research and practice, and evaluating arts organizations’ and schools’ music programs for children. Regarded as an international leader in her field, she is an elected member of the editorial committee for the Journal of Music Teacher Education, principal editor of the International Journal of Music in Early Childhood, and on the advisory committee for the Music Educators Journal. She is a regular presenter at national and international conferences and has published a book, a book chapter, and over 40 scholarly articles in leading music education journals.

Nancy Leary Costume Design
Nancy Leary, CFA associate professor of costume design

Nancy Leary, CFA associate professor of costume design, is an expert in costume design and production for live performance, whose teaching connects design both to artisanal techniques and to the historical, anthropological, sociopolitical, and psychological research behind each story and narrative. She has designed award-winning costumes for professional opera and theater productions throughout the world, including Royal Opera at Versailles, Glimmerglass Festival in Cooperstown, N.Y., the Pittsburgh Symphony, Virginia Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Juilliard Opera, Opera Boston, Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, and New York Live Arts.

meet the newest Charles river campus associate professors

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