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Provost Michael McRobbie names four dean search committees
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 5, 2006
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Indiana University Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Michael McRobbie today (May 5) announced the formation of search committees for deans in four IU schools: the School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation; the School of Continuing Studies; the School of Informatics and the University Graduate School.
School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation:
Daniel Smith, dean of the Kelley School of Business and professor of marketing, will head the 12-person search committee to fill the position of dean of the School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation. David L. Gallahue currently is dean of the Bloomington school. He will retire from his position within the next academic year. Committee members (with their departments) who have been invited to serve are:
1. Dan Smith (Kelley School of Business)
2. Jim Sherman (Psychological & Brain Sciences)
3. Alyce Fly (Applied Health Science, HPER)
4. Elizabeth Shea (Kinesiology, HPER)
5. Jackie Puterbaugh (Recreational Sports, SRSC)
6. Barbara Hawkins (Recreation & Park Administration, HPER)
7. Alan Ewert (Recreation & Park Administration, HPER)
8. Lloyd Kolbe (Applied Health Science, HPER)
9. Betty Haven (Kinesiology, HPER)
10. Jody Vaught (Bloomington Professional Council, HPER)
11. Amy Lorek (Graduate and Professional Student Organization, HPER)
12. Barnett Frank (IU Student Association, HPER)
School of Informatics:
Brad Wheeler, acting chief information officer and dean for information technology, IUB, associate vice president for community source initiatives and associate professor of information systems in the Kelley School of Business, will head the search for dean of the School of Informatics. J. Michael Dunn, who will retire within the next academic year, now is dean of the School of Informatics. Degrees in informatics currently are available on the Bloomington, IUPUI and South Bend campuses. Programs on other IU campuses are planned. Committee members (with their departments) who have been invited to serve are:
1. Brad Wheeler (Information Technology, Kelley School of Business)
2. Dennis Gannon (Computer Science, IUB)
3. Beth Plale (Computer Science, IUB)
4. Erik Stolterman (Informatics, IUB)
5. Geoffrey Fox (Informatics, IUB)
6. Steven Wallace (University Computing Services, IUB)
7. Darrell Bailey (Informatics, IUPUI)
8. Polly Baker (Informatics, IUPUI)
9. Anna McDaniel (Nursing, IUPUI)
10. Joseph DeFazio (Informatics, IUPUI)
11. Mitch Rice (CWA Local 4730, IUB)
12. Jeremy Engle (Graduate and Professional Student Organization)
School of Continuing Studies:
Gerardo Gonzalez, dean of the School of Education, will chair the 10-person search committee for dean of the School of Continuing Studies. Judith B. Wertheim currently is interim dean of the School of Continuing Studies, a system-wide school. Committee members (with their departments) who have been invited to serve are:
1. Gerardo Gonzalez (Education)
2. Kurt Zorn (Public and Environmental Affairs, IUB)
3. Jeff Gould (College of Arts and Sciences, IUB)
4. Bryan McCormick (Health, Physical Education and Recreation, IUB)
5. Henry Merrill (Continuing Studies, IUPUI)
6. Garland Elmore (Informatics, IUPUI)
7. Robert Lovely (Continuing Studies, IUN)
8. Paul Joray (Continuing Studies, IUSB)
9. Sheryl Lentz (Continuing Studies, CWA Local 4730, IUB)
10. Rebecca Nikoli (Community Member, Ivy Tech)
University Graduate School:
Sarita Soni, vice provost for research and professor of optometry, will chair the 12-person search committee for dean of the University Graduate School. John T. Slattery vacated the position last fall to become vice dean of research and graduate education at the School of Medicine at the University of Washington. Two associate deans of the IU University Graduate School, Eugene Kintgen, professor of English at IUB, and Sherry Queener, professor of pharmacology at IUPUI, have been serving in an interim role. Committee members (with their departments) who have been invited to serve are:
1. Sarita Soni (Graduate School, Optometry, IUB)
2. Patricia McDougall (Kelley School of Business, IUB)
3. Catherine Pilachowski (College of Arts and Sciences, IUB)
4. Claude Clegg (History, IUB)
5. Martha McCarthy (Education, IUB)
6. Simon Rhodes (Medicine, IUPUI)
7. David Ford (Sociology, IUPUI)
8. Robin Fankhauser (Education, IUSE)
9. Eric Zeemering (College of Arts and Sciences, Graduate and Professional Student Organization, IUB)
10. Omar El-Mounayri (School of Medicine, Graduate and Professional Student Organization, IUPUI)
11. James Brown (Psychological & Brain Sciences, IUB)
12. Jeff White (Public and Environmental Affairs, IUB)
