Academic Deans
Timothy P. McNamara , Interim Dean, is Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Chair in the Social and Natural Sciences and professor of psychology. He is an expert in human memory, cognition, and decision making, with a particular focus on spatial processing, has authored numerous books and journal articles, and runs the Spatial Memory and Navigation Lab. |
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Bonnie Dow , Vice Dean and Dean of Academic Affairs, is Distinguished Professor of the Communication of Science and Technology and professor of communication studies. She is the author or editor of four books on gender, communication, and mass media, the most recent of which is Watching Women’s Liberation, 1970: Feminism’s Pivotal Year on the Network News (2014). Areas of responsibility:
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Sarah Igo , Dean of Strategic Initiatives, holds the Andrew Jackson Chair in American History and is a scholar of American intellectual, cultural, political, and legal history. Her most recent book is The Known Citizen: A History of Privacy in Modern America (2018). Areas of responsibility:
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Cindy D. Kam , Dean of Faculty Affairs, holds the William R. Kenan, Jr. Chair in Political Science. She is the author of two books and over 40 research articles studying American public opinion, political psychology, political participation, and research methodology. Kam also directs the Research on Individuals, Politics & Society Lab. Areas of responsibility:
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John A. McLean , Dean of Graduate Education and Research, is Stevenson Chair in Chemistry. He is an analytical chemist known for the development and construction of advanced mass spectrometry instrumentation for molecular analysis. Areas of responsibility:
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Roger E. Moore , Senior Associate Dean and Director of Undergraduate Education, is principal senior lecturer in English. A specialist in Renaissance and eighteenth-century literature, he is the author of Jane Austen and the Reformation: Remembering the Sacred Landscape. Areas of responsibility:
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