Dean Of Fulbright College Candidates Announced

Four candidates for the position of Dean of the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences will be interviewed in separate public forums beginning tomorrow (April 20). The position was vacated last July after Bernard Madison, who had been dean since 1989, announced he would return to the faculty full-time as professor of mathematical sciences.

Interim Dean Randall B. Woods will be the first candidate to appear at the forum, to be held at 3:30 p.m. in Giffels Auditorium in Old Main. Woods, who has served as interim dean since last summer, is a distinguished professor of history and has been a UA faculty member since 1971. Woods served as associate dean of the Fulbright College from 1979-82. Woods is the John A. Cooper Professor of History (since 1984). In 1996, his book, "Fulbright: A Biography," won the Robert H. Ferrel Prize for best book on American foreign relations and the 1996 Virginia Ledbetter prize for best book, Southern studies. It also was nominated for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. Woods received his B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin. [photo available here]

Other candidates being considered include:

Charles W. White, dean of liberal arts and professor of psychology at Florida Atlantic University, will be on campus May 1-2. He received his B.A. in psychology from Rice University and Ph.D. from Stanford University.

Linda P. Brady, chair and professor of the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology, will be on campus May 9-10. Brady received an A.B. in political science from Douglass College, an M.A. in political science from Rutgers University and a Ph.D. in political science at The Ohio State University.

The final candidate, Kyle Perkins, will be on campus May 22-23. Perkins is the associate vice chancellor for academic affairs at Southern Illinois University. He received a B.A. from Union College in Kentucky, an M.A. from Southern Illinois University and a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan.

The time and location for the remaining candidates’ forums will be announced at a later date.

Faculty, staff and students in the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences and other interested parties are encouraged to attend these public forums and to provide comments to the search committee.

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