In the past month, two Syracuse University deans have announced they are stepping down from their positions at the end of the 2015-16 academic year. Here’s a look at the current deans of the 12 major SU schools and colleges.

School of Architecture

Name: Michael Speaks
Position: Dean
Start of Role: July 2013
Previous: Dean of the College of Design at the University of Kentucky

College of Arts and Sciences

Name: Karin Ruhlandt
Position: Dean
Start of Role: January 2015
Previous: Interim Dean of Arts and Sciences; Chair of the Department of Chemistry at SU

School of Education

Name: Joanna Masingila
Position: Dean
Start of Role: March 2015
Previous: Interim Dean of Education; Chair of Teaching and Leadership Programs at SU

College of Engineering and Computer Science

Name: Teresa Dahlberg
Position: Dean
Start of Role: August 2015
Previous: Chief Academic Officer at The Cooper Union

David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics

Name: Diane Lyden Murphy
Position: Dean
Start of Role: May 2005
Previous: Director of Women’s Studies at SU

School of Information Studies

Name: Jeffery Stanton
Position: Interim Dean
Start of Role: January 2015
Previous: Associate Vice President for Research at SU
Status of Search: Unknown

College of Law

Name: William Banks
Position: Interim Dean
Start of Role: August 2015
Previous: Founding Director of the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism
Status of Search: LaVonda Reed, associate provost for faculty affairs in the College of Law, is chairing the search committee. SU has also hired an outside firm.

Martin J. Whitman School of Management

Name: Kenneth Kavajecz
Position: Dean
Start of Role: July 2013
Previous: Chairman for the Department of Finance at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs

Name: James Steinberg
Position: Dean
Start of Role: July 2011
End of Role: End of 2015-16 academic year
Previous: Deputy Secretary of State for Hillary Clinton
Status of Search: Interim Vice Chancellor and Provost Liz Liddy and Chancellor Kent Syverud will be creating a timetable for the search process for the next dean.

S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications

Name: Lorraine Branham
Position: Dean
Start of Role: July 2008
Previous: Director of the School of Journalism and G.B. Dealey Regents Professor at the University of Texas at Austin

College of Visual and Performing Arts

Name: Ann Clarke
Position: Dean
Start of Role: March 2008
End of Role: End of 2015-16 academic year
Previous: Associate Dean of the Visual Arts for VPA
Status of Search: Interim Vice Chancellor and Provost Liz Liddy and Chancellor Kent Syverud will be creating a timetable for the search process for the next dean.

University College

Name: Bea González
Position: Dean
Start of Role: 2007
Previous: Candidate for Syracuse Mayor in 2009

Published on September 28, 2015 at 9:21 pm

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