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Lawrence, Kansas
Senior vice provost
Name: Kathleen McCluskey-Fawcett
Start date: 1996
Address: Provost Office, 250 Strong, Lawrence, KS 66045
Phone: 785/864-4904
E-mail: kamf@ku.edu
McCluskey-Fawcett became senior vice provost, overseeing academic affairs and student services, this summer following a year as interim dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. She previously served as associate provost since 1996. She began her career at KU in 1985 and has served as associate dean of the CLAS, chair of the department of psychology, and associate vice chancellor for academic affairs.
Vice provost for scholarly support
Name: Don Steeples.
Start date: 2003
Address: Provost Office, 250 Strong, Lawrence, KS 66045
Phone: 785/864-4904
E-mail: don@ku.edu
A native of Palco, Steeples came to Lawrence in 1975. He has been a distinguished professor of geology since 1993. Steeples oversees policies on space allocation, faculty start-up packages, research administration, environmental health and safety and support for graduate teaching and research assistants. Steeples holds a Ph.D. in geophysics from Stanford.
Vice provost for faculty development
Name: Sandra Gautt
Start date: 1996
Address: Provost Office, 250 Strong, Lawrence, KS 66045
Phone: 785/864-4904
E-mail: sgautt@ku.edu
Gautt was assistant provost since 1996 before getting her new title of vice provost this summer. She oversees faculty and instructional development and works on faculty policy issues. She began teaching in KU's department of special education beginning in 1990. Before that, she taught at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
Vice provost for information services
Name: Marilu Goodyear
Start date: 1999
Address: 223 Strong, Lawrence, KS 66045
E-mail: goodyear@ku.edu
Goodyear was promoted to her current position after working as associate vice chancellor for Information Services at KU. A native of Independence, Mo., she came to KU in 1996 from Texas A&M University. At A&M, she led the technical implementation of a cooperative program that connected 52 public academic libraries in the state.
Vice provost for research
Name: Jim Roberts, interim
Start date: 2003
Address: 201 Youngberg,Lawrence, KS 66045
Phone: 785/864-7298
E-mail: barnhill@ukans.edu
Roberts has been associate vice provost since 1999. He was named to the post when Robert Barnhill decided to accept a prestigious yearlong assignment Sept. 1 as the National Science Foundation/Council of Graduate Schools' dean-in-residence in Washington, D.C. A national search to name a permanent vice provost is expected to be completed by July 1, 2004.
Roberts is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, a national professional association. Roberts joined KU in 1990 as chair and professor of the electrical engineering and computer science department. He previously worked 21 years for TRW Inc., now owned by Northrop Grumman, and ESL Inc. in California and Colorado. He earned his bachelor's degree at KU in 1966, a master's degree at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1968 and his doctorate in electrical engineering at Santa Clara University in 1979.
Vice provost for administration and finance
Name: Lindy Eakin
Start date: 1996
Address: 250 Strong, Lawrence, KS 66045
Phone: 785/864-4904
E-mail: leakin@ku.edu
Eakin's career at KU began in 1983, when he served as assistant to the dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. He later worked at the KU School of Medicine campus in Wichita and as director of budget management and fiscal services before becoming associate vice chancellor in 1991.
Vice provost for facilities planning and management
Name: Jim Long
Start date: 1999
Address: 223 Strong, Lawrence, KS 66045
Phone: 785/864-4705
E-mail: jlong@ku.edu
Long came to KU in 1983 as director of the Kansas and Burge Unions. He added the title associate vice chancellor for student affairs in 1994, before taking his current position in 1999. Before coming to KU, he worked at Emporia State University and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Vice provost for student success
Name: Marlesa Roney
Start date: 2003
11450 Jayhawk Blvd., 213 Strong Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045
Phone: 785/864-4381
E-mail: roney@ku.edu
Roney, a native of Concordia and graduate of Kansas State University, comes to KU after serving three years as vice president of student affairs at the University of Akron. She is looking at ways to restructure her division, formerly called "student affairs," after a study showed areas needed to work more closely together. Among her goals are improving student retention and graduation rates.
Dean of students
Name: Richard Johnson
Start date: 2001
Address: Student Life Administration, Strong Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045
Phone: 785/864-4060
E-mail: richardj@ku.edu
Before coming to KU, Johnson was assistant to the vice chancellor for student affairs at the universities of Missouri and Vermont. Johnson was brought in to improve student retention, facilitate student development and enhance diversity. The dean of students is responsible for campus social, cultural and educational life.
Dean of libraries
Name: Stella Bentley
Start date: 2001
Address: 502 Watson Library, Lawrence, KS 66045
Phone: 785/864-4711
Email: bentley@ku.edu
Bentley oversees KU's extensive library system, which serves nearly 26,000 students and includes 3.3 million books and 27,000 current serial titles housed in seven library facilities on the Lawrence and Overland Park campuses. Bentley previously was the dean of libraries at Auburn University.
Deans of KU's Schools
School of Architecture and Urban Design
Dean: John Gaunt
Start date: 1994
Address: 206 Marvin, Lawrence, KS 66045
Phone: 785/864-3114
E-mail: jgaunt@ku.edu
Gaunt was a practicing architect for 32 years before coming to KU as dean of the School of Architecture. He is a former chief executive officer of Ellerbe Becket Inc., Minneapolis, Minn. Gaunt is leading the School of Architecture into a multiyear facilities improvement project that includes raising money for a new building that would be built next to the school's home, Marvin Hall.
School of Business
Dean: William L. Fuerst
Start date: 2000
Address: Business Administration, 203 Summerfield, Lawrence, KS 66045
Phone: 785/864-7575
E-mail: bfuerst@ku.edu
Fuerst came to KU from Texas A&M, where he had been since 1979. Fuerst heads a business school that is involved with programs to help regional businesses tackle problems. The school also has a strong international presence and has become a resource for international business education services.
Continuing Education
Dean: JoAnn Smith
Start date: 2001
Address: Continuing Education Building
Phone: 785/864-4790
E-mail: josmith@ku.edu
JoAnn Smith, a Kansas City, Kan., native, also holds the title vice provost for university outreach. She has extensive experience in leadership and development of continuing education and has earned many national awards. She came to KU from the University of Kentucky where she worked for 17 years, culminating with a position as associate dean for university extension. KU's Continuing Education program includes services at KU Medical Center, Law Enforcement Training Center in Hutchinson and fire service training in Lawrence, to mention a few.
School of Education
Dean: Angela Lumpkin
Start date: 2001
Address: 214 K J R Pearson, Lawrence, KS 66045
Phone: 785/864-4297
E-mail: alumpkin@ku.edu
Angela Lumpkin was dean of education at State University in West Georgia from 1996 to 2000. She was the head women's basketball coach for North Carolina from 1974 to 1977. The School of Education has about 80 faculty members, about 30 professional staff members and about 2,700 students.
School of Engineering
Dean: Stuart R. Bell
Start date: 2002
Address: Engineering Administration, 4010 Learned, Lawrence, KS 66045
Phone: 785/864-2977
E-mail: sbell@ku.edu
Bell was selected earlier this year to replace Carl E. Locke. Bell was professor of mechanical engineering and director of the Center for Advanced Vehicle Technologies at the University of Alabama. He joined the Alabama faculty in 1986 and had been chairman of the Alabama mechanical engineering department since 1995.
School of Fine Arts
Dean: Steve Hedden
Start date: 2003
Address: 300 Art and Design Building
1467 Jayhawk Blvd., Lawrence, KS 66045-7531
Phone: 785-864-4401
E-mail: finearts@ku.edu
Hedden, a native of Colby, started at KU in July. He previously served as dean of the College of Fine Arts at Wichita State University for one year. Prior to that, he had been at the University of Arizona since 1987, serving as College of Fine Arts vice dean since 2000. Hedden earned his bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees from KU.
School of Journalism and Mass Communications
Dean: James Gentry
Start date: 1997
Address: Journalism Administration, 200 Stauffer-Flint, Lawrence, KS 66045
Phone: 785/864-4755
E-mail: jgentry@ku.edu
Gentry came to KU from the University of Nevada, Reno, where he was dean of its School of Journalism for five years. Before that, he served on the faculty of the University of Missouri at Columbia School of Journalism. He also has experience working for newspapers. The KU School of Journalism is considered one of the top schools in the country.
Graduate School and International Programs
Dean: Diana Carlin
Start date: 2000
Address: Graduate School, 300 Strong, Lawrence, KS 66045
Phone: 785/864-6161
E-mail: dbcarlin@ukans.edu
Carlin joined the KU faculty in 1987. She has specialized in the study of political communications. She has served on the advisory board to the commission that sets up the presidential debates every four years.
School of Law
Dean: Stephen McAllister
Start date: 2000
Address: Law Administration, 202B Green, Lawrence, KS 66045
Phone: 785/864-9236
E-mail: stever@ku.edu
Before coming to KU's law faculty in 1993, McAllister was a clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justices Byron White and Clarence Thomas and Judge Richard Posner of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. He also was in private practice in Washington D.C. McAllister also has earned several awards, including the W.T. Kemper Fellowship for Teaching excellence in 1999.
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Dean: Kim Wilcox
Start date: 2002
Address: College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, 200 Strong, Lawrence, KS 66045
Phone: 785/864-3661
E-mail: kwilcox@ku.edu
Wilcox was president and chief executive officer of the Kansas Board of Regents when he was named earlier this year as the new dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS). He is a former chair of KU's speech-language-hearing department. The CLAS is the largest of KU's 14 schools with annual budget of nearly $60 million in state-allocated funds and more than $27 million in grants and contract monies.
School of Pharmacy
Ken Audus
Start date: 2004
Address: School of Pharmacy, 2056 Malott Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045
Phone: 864-3591
E-mail: audus@ku.edu
Ken Audus started his career at KU in 1984 as a post-doctoral fellow and was hired on the faculty two years later. The South Dakota native had been chairman of the department of pharmaceutical chemistry for six years when named dean. His research focuses on the way drugs pass through the placenta and blood-brain barrier.
School of Social Welfare
Dean: Ann Weick
Start date: 1988
Address: Social Welfare Administration, 212 Twente, Lawrence, KS 66045
Phone: 785/864-4720
E-mail: annw@ukans.edu
Weick joined KU's social work faculty in 1976 and has spent almost her entire academic career at KU. Her areas of interest include social policy, social work theory and women's issues. From 1981 to 1988 she served as chair of the doctoral programs.
School of Allied Health
School of Nursing
Dean: Karen Miller
Start date: Nursing, 1996; Allied Health,1998
Address: 1004 Murphy Administration Building, 3901 Rainbow Boulevard,
Kansas City, KS 66160
Phone: (913) 588-5235
E-mail:kmiller@kumc.edu
Miller has more than 20 years in hospital administration and academic teaching, including research and publications in the areas of health systems and financial management of clinical services. In one of her recent research projects, Miller investigated organizational and clinical outcomes of pain management for hospitalized children.
School of Medicine
Dean: Barbara F. Atkinson
Start date: 2002
Address: 3015 Murphy Administration Building, 3901 Rainbow Boulevard,
Kansas City, KS 66160-7300
E-mail:
Atkinson replaces Deborah Powell, who left the School of Medicine in summer 2002. Atkinson had been professor and chair of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Kansas University Medical Center. Atkinson has edited several books on cytophatholgy, the diagnosis of disease based on cellular analysis. She came to KU in January 2000 from the MCP Hahnemann School of Medicine in Philadelphia.
Edwards Campus
Dean and Vice Chancellor: Robert Clark
Start date: 1997
Address: 12600 Quivira, Overland Park, KS 66213
Phone: (913) 897-8400
E-mail: rmclark@ku.edu
Clark was dean of the School of Management at Rockhurst College in Kansas City, Mo., prior to his appointment as dean of KU's Overland Park campus. Clark oversaw an $8 million fund-raising campaign for the Rockhurst management school.
