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U of M announces three finalists for dean of the College of Liberal Arts
MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL ( 8/29/2008 ) -- University of Minnesota Provost Tom Sullivan today announced that significant progress has been made in the search for a new dean for the College of Liberal Arts. "From among a diverse and highly talented pool of applicants interviewed, the committee has identified three finalists. Each candidate will visit the College of Liberal Arts for two days in September to engage in a rigorous interview process and make a public presentation," Sullivan said. All candidates' public presentations will take place in the Coffman Theater, 300 Washington Ave. S.E., Minneapolis. The three finalists are: Judith Howard - Public presentation is from 12:20 to 1:45 p.m. Monday, Sept. 8. Howard is divisional dean of social sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences and professor of sociology at the University of Washington. In addition, she is an adjunct faculty member in women studies and a previous chair of the department. Her research interests include: social psychology of social inequalities, micro-level sociology of gender, self and identity, attribution theory, feminist pedagogies using interviews, surveys and content analyses. She has a doctoral degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. James Parente, Jr. - Public presentation is from 12:20 to 1:45 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 10. Parente is currently the interim dean in the College of Liberal Arts and professor of German, Scandinavian and Dutch at the University of Minnesota. Parente previously served as associate dean for faculty and research in the College of Liberal Arts. His research interests include: early modern literature and culture in Germany, the Netherlands and Scandinavia, and he has published on several early modern German, Dutch and Latin writers; German and Dutch humanism; and Scandinavian drama. He has a doctoral degree from Yale University. Daniel Herwitz - Public presentation is from 12:20 to 1:45 p.m. Monday, Sept. 22. Herwitz is director of the Humanities Institute in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts and Mary Fair Croushore Professor of Humanities at the University of Michigan. He also holds professorships in comparative literature, philosophy and history of art in the college and is adjunct professor in screen arts and culture; he also has tenure in the School of Art and Design. Before coming to Michigan, Herwitz worked in South Africa, where he was chair in philosophy at the University of Natal and director of the Center for Knowledge and Innovation. He has a doctoral degree from the University of Chicago. Each candidate's curriculum vitae and photograph is posted on the provost's Web site: www.academic.umn.edu/provost and linked at the CLA website: www.cla.umn.edu. The public is invited to participate in the public presentation and Q & A forum for each of the three candidates in person or live via UMConnect (the URL will be posted on the provost's Web site). "I encourage all members of the College of Liberal Arts community to participate in the interview process and to provide written feedback directly to the committee on this important hiring decision," Sullivan said. Candidate evaluation forms will be available at each meeting, or you may submit comments via e-mail to findclad@umn.edu. (You can also download the form from the above Web site.) Comments should be submitted by 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 26. All comments will be reviewed by the search committee before the committee's recommendations are shared with the provost. Please direct questions about logistical details to Kristen Gandrow, administrator for the search committee, at (612) 626-5048 or kgandrow@umn.edu. ---------- |
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