{"id":1192,"date":"2024-07-30T16:14:16","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T16:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/psychology\/?p=1192"},"modified":"2024-09-09T21:36:03","modified_gmt":"2024-09-09T21:36:03","slug":"tim-mcnamara-named-dean-of-college-of-arts-and-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/psychology\/2024\/07\/30\/tim-mcnamara-named-dean-of-college-of-arts-and-science\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim McNamara named Dean of College of Arts and Science"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-1194 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2024\/07\/30160940\/Tim-McNamara-1-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Tim McNamara\" width=\"262\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2024\/07\/30160940\/Tim-McNamara-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2024\/07\/30160940\/Tim-McNamara-1.jpg 399w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 262px) 100vw, 262px\" \/>Vanderbilt University has named Timothy P. McNamara, as Ginny and Conner Searcy Dean of the College of Arts and Science. McNamara\u2019s appointment for a two-year term, announced by C. Cybele Raver, provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs, follows McNamara\u2019s exemplary service as interim dean since July 2023. <span data-contrast=\"auto\">McNamara, whose appointment is effective July 1 pending approval from the Board of Trust Compensation Committee, currently holds the Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Chair in Social and Natural Sciences. He will advance the mission of Arts and Science with priorities that include pursuing capital projects that provide research support and student support, further expanding the college\u2019s portfolios in research and creative expression, implementing the college\u2019s new core curriculum, recruiting new faculty, and supporting and recognizing existing faculty.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/news.vanderbilt.edu\/2024\/04\/18\/cognitive-scientist-and-respected-leader-tim-mcnamara-named-dean-of-college-of-arts-and-science\/\" data-type=\"url\" data-name=\"Read more\">Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vanderbilt University has named Timothy P. McNamara, as Ginny and Conner Searcy Dean of the College of Arts and Science. McNamara\u2019s appointment for a two-year term, announced by C. Cybele Raver, provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs, follows McNamara\u2019s exemplary service as interim dean since July 2023. McNamara, whose appointment is effective July 1&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":159,"featured_media":1397,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[3],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2024\/07\/09213549\/Tim-McNamara-Spotlight.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1192"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1192"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1279,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1192\/revisions\/1279"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}