Deans Search

National Search for Deans is Underway

The University has launched a national search for the position of dean for the following colleges and schools:  the College of Arts and Sciences, School of Business and Public Administration, College of Agriculture, Urban Sustainability and Environmental Sciences (CAUSES), and School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.  A search firm, RPA, Inc., has been retained to assist in the four searches.  Search committees have been appointed and have begun to work in earnest.  Attached you will find the names of the search committee members.  The chairs are available to receive your comments and input.  The search is nationwide and recruitment ads are now appearing in the online and printed edition of The Chronicle of Higher Education.  Prospective candidates must forward their name and resume to RPA, Inc., at 800-922-9277 or udcdeans@rpainc.org.

UDC Deans’ Search Committees (by college)

Business & Public Administration (SBPA)

• Antonia Nowell (Committee Chair), SBPA - anowell@udc.edu
• O. Xavier Hixon, UDC Alumnus
• Jian Hua, Assoc. Professor, SBPA  
• Kathy A. Raffa, Raffa Accounting and Consulting (External Community Member)
• Muhammad Samhan, Professor, SBPA
• Meena Srinivasan, Assoc. Professor, SBPA
• Leslie Vermillion, Assoc. Professor, SBPA
• William White, Professor, SBPA

Agriculture, Urban Sustainability & Environmental Sciences (CAUSES)

• Clarence Pearson (Committee Chair), CAUSES - cpearson@udc.edu
• David Blockstein (External Community Member)
• Tolessa Deksissa, Research Associate, CAUSES
• Joanne Favors, Research Associate, CAUSES
• Beverly Hartline, Associate Provost and Acting Dean of SEAS
• Lillie Monroe-Lord, Head of Nutrition and Diet Health Center, CAUSES

Engineering & Applied Sciences (SEAS)

• Segun Adebayo (Committee Chair), Professor, SEAS - aadebayo@udc.edu
• Rachel Petty, Professor and Dean, CAS
• Pradeep Behera, Associate Professor, SEAS
• Paul Cotae, Associate Professor, SEAS
• Catherine Didion (External Member), National Academy of Engineering
• Sasan Haghani, Assistant Professor, SEAS
• Roland Kamden, Graduate Student, SEAS
• Joi Upton, Undergraduate Student, SEAS
• Lilly Liang, Associate Professor, SEAS

Arts & Sciences (CAS)

• Shiela Harmon-Martin (Committee Chair), CAS - smartin@udc.edu
• Arnold Bigger, Undergraduate Student
• Maddy L. Wallace, Graduate Student
• Albert Casciero, Dean, LRD
• Abdollah Darai, Associate Professor, CAS
• Willie F. Garrett, Professor, CAS
• Sylvia Hill, Professor, CAS
• Pamela Hinds (External Community Member), Professor, GWU, & Director of Nursing, National Children’s Hospital
• Xueqing Song, Assistant Professor, CAS
• Lena Walton, Associate Professor, CAS
• Connie Webster, Professor, CAS
• Wynn Yarbrough, Assistant Professor, CAS