Search Begins for Graduate School Associate Dean

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Patricia Koski, dean of the Graduate School and International Education, announced that a search committee has been formed to seek an associate dean for the Graduate School. The individual selected for the post will have supervisory responsibility for the following units: Graduate and International Recruitment and Admissions (shared with the Associate Dean for International Education), Graduate Fellowships and Program Support, Graduate Student Support, Testing Services, Registration, Graduation and Commencement, and the interdisciplinary graduate degree programs. 

"The individual who takes on this position will become part of a collaborative team to promote graduate education," Koski said. "I am confident that the internal search will generate a strong and competitive pool of applicants from within the campus community, and I am grateful to the members of the search committee who have agreed to participate in this important process."

Applications submitted by Nov. 16 will be given full consideration. More information about the position can be found at the job posting on Workday.

The search committee, chaired by Curt Rom, associate dean for International Education, is composed of the following members:

• Mark E. Arnold, associate professor, Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, and director of Statistics and Analytics, Graduate School and International Education
• James DiLoreto-Hill, president, Graduate and Professional Student Congress
• Cassie Franklin, assistant to the dean, Graduate School and International Education
• Patricia Gamboa, director for international recruitment and graduate and international admissions, Graduate School and International Education
• Sarah Malloy, director, Study Abroad and International Exchange, Graduate School and International Education
• Bill McComas, Distinguished Professor, College of Education and Health Professions
• Julie Olsen, director of development for Graduate School and International Education, Research and Economic Development
• Lona J. Robertson, associate dean, Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences
• Warrington Sebree, president, Black Graduate Student Association
• Amy Unruh, director of communications, Graduate School and International Education
• Romona West, director of diversity and inclusion, Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences

The U of A began offering graduate education in 1927 and doctoral degrees in the late 1940s. Ten years ago, the Graduate School was combined with international education to become the Graduate School and International Education. The school offers degrees in more than 130 areas of study and is the home for six interdisciplinary graduate programs: Cell and Molecular Biology, Environmental Dynamics, Materials Science and Engineering, Public Policy, Space and Planetary Sciences, and Statistics and Analytics. Graduate education is an important component of the infrastructure of the U of A campus, with a record-high enrollment of 4,354 students in Fall 2020.