Announcement of the Search Advisory Committee for the Dean of the School of Education
From Dr. Jean Morrison, University Provost and Chief Academic Officer
As you know, I announced the formation last month of a Search Advisory Committee to identify a new dean for the School of Education (SED). The process for constituting a Dean Search Advisory Committee, outlined in the BU Faculty Handbook, specifies that: “the advisory committee shall consist of three faculty members elected by the faculty of the School for which a dean is to be selected, two faculty members elected by the Faculty Council from other Schools, and as many as three members designated by the provost.”
I am pleased to announce that we have completed this initial step, and the membership of the Search Advisory Committee for the Dean of the Boston University School of Education is listed below.
I would like to give special thanks to the SED Faculty and the University’s Faculty Council for their swift efforts in electing members to serve on the committee. I also want to thank the members of the committee for their service, and give special acknowledgement to Professor Cathy O’Connor who has agreed to serve as Chair.
As outlined in my memo of August 24, the selection of a new dean is among the most important decisions we make. The SED Dean Search Advisory Committee will immediately begin its work of soliciting nominations for candidates from within the University and evaluating the qualifications and assessing the strengths of nominees and applicants. We look forward to receiving the Committee’s recommendations of 2-3 qualified candidates by Friday, March 17, 2017, for final selection by President Brown and approval by the Board of Trustees.
Search Advisory Committee for the Dean of the Boston University School of Education
Chair:
Cathy O’Connor, Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs and Professor of Education, School of Education; and Professor, Department of Linguistics, College of Arts & Sciences (elected by the School of Education)
Members:
Kimberly Howard, Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology and Applied Human Development, School of Education (elected by the School of Education)
Gene Jarrett, Associate Dean of the Faculty, Humanities; and Professor, Department of English, College of Arts & Sciences (selected by the University Provost)
Ken Lutchen, Dean, College of Engineering (selected by the University Provost)
Hee-Young Park, Assistant Dean for Graduate Medical Sciences; and Professor and Chair, Department of Medical Sciences & Education, School of Medicine (elected by the Faculty Council)
Scott Seider, Associate Professor of English Education, School of Education (elected by the School of Education)
David Somers, Professor and Chair, Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, College of Arts & Sciences (selected by the University Provost)
Megan Sullivan, Associate Dean for Faculty Research and Development; Associate Professor, Division of Rhetoric; and Director, Center for Interdisciplinary Teaching and Learning, College of General Studies (elected by the Faculty Council)
Announcement of the Search Advisory Committee for the Dean of the School of Education – 9.30.16