School of Allied Health and School of Nursing

Miller

Dean: Karen L. Miller

Start date: Nursing, 1996; allied health, 1998.

Address: 3901 Rainbow Blvd., School of Nursing Building, 3901 Rainbow Blvd., Kansas City 66160.

Phone: (913) 588-1601.

E-mail: kmiller@kumc.edu

Highlights: Dr. Karen L. Miller also is senior vice chancellor for academic and student affairs at the Medical Center. Prior to her dean’s appointment, Dr. Miller was vice president of nursing and clinical services at The Children’s Hospital in Denver and associate professor at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. Dr. Miller has more than 30 years of health care executive experience.

School of Architecture and Urban Design

Gaunt

Dean: John Gaunt

Start date: 1994

Address: 206 Marvin Hall, Lawrence 66045

Phone: 864-3114

E-mail: jgaunt@ku.edu

Highlights: 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 with renovations in Snow Hall and the former Broadcasting Hall, and raising funds for an addition to the school’s home, Marvin Hall.

School of Business

Fuerst

Dean: William L. Fuerst

Start date: 2000

Address: Business Administration, 203 Summerfield Hall, Lawrence 66045

Phone: 864-7575

E-mail: bfuerst@ku.edu

Highlights: Fuerst came to KU from Texas A&M, where he had been since 1979. Fuerst heads a business school that is expanding its programs with four new majors. The school also is working to emphasize international education and experiential learning by offering internships and other opportunities for both graduate and undergraduate students.

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Barbara Romzek, associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, has taken over as interim dean of the school while Kansas University seeks a replacement for Kim Wilcox.

Interim dean: Barbara Romzek

Start date: 2005

Address: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, 200 Strong Hall, Lawrence 66045

Phone: 864-3661

E-mail: b-romzek@ku.edu

Highlights: Romzek, an associate dean of the College since 2000, will take over the university’s largest academic unit this year on an interim basis. She replaces Kim Wilcox, who left to become provost at Michigan State University. Romzek has been on the KU faculty since 1979 and is a former chairwoman of the public administration department from 1988 to 1993. She also recently chaired the university’s 10-year re-accreditation review process. The university will have a national search for the position this year.

Continuing Education

Dean: JoAnn Smith

Smith

Start date: 2001

Address: Continuing Education Building, 1515 St. Andrews Drive, Lawrence 66045

Phone: 864-4790.

E-mail: josmith@ku.edu

Highlights: Smith, a Kansas City, Kan., native, also is vice provost for university outreach. Under her direction, Continuing Education recently started the KU Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, which offers programming geared toward older adults. Continuing Education program includes services at the Medical Center, Law Enforcement Training Center in Hutchinson and fire service training in Lawrence.

School of Education

Dean: Rick Ginsberg

Ginsberg

Start date: 2005

Address: 214 J. R. Pearson Hall, Lawrence 66045

Phone: 864-4297

E-mail: ginsberg@ku.edu

Highlights: Ginsberg started this summer and replaces Fred Rodriguez, who was appointed as interim dean when Angela Lumpkin resigned in October. Ginsberg had been director of the School of Education at Colorado State University since 1995. His research interests include school reform, learning disabilities, minorities in higher education, administrator training and school law.

School of Engineering

Dean: Stuart R. Bell

Bell

Start date: 2002

Address: Engineering Administration, 1 Eaton Hall, Lawrence 66045

Phone: 864-2977

E-mail: sbell@ku.edu

Highlights: Since arriving at KU, Bell has overseen the opening of Eaton Hall, as well as the announcement of two major National Science Foundation grants, which established the Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis and the Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets. In addition, 19 new faculty positions have been created in the School to address growing fields in engineering.

School of Fine Arts

Hedden

Dean: Steven Hedden

Start date: 2003

Address: 446 Murphy Hall, Lawrence 66045-7531

Phone: 864-3421

E-mail: hedden@ku.edu

Highlights: Hedden, a native of Colby, previously served as dean of the College of Fine Arts at Wichita State University for one year. Before 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.

Carlin

Graduate School and International Programs

Dean: Diana Carlin

Start date: 2000

Address: Graduate School, 300 Strong, Lawrence, KS 66045

Phone: 864-6161

E-mail: dbcarlin@ukans.edu

School of Journalism and Mass Communications

Brill

Dean: Ann Brill

Start date: July 2004

Address: Journalism Administration, 200 Stauffer-Flint, Lawrence, KS 66045

Phone: 864-4755

E-mail: abrill@ku.edu

Highlights: Brill was named dean of journalism in November after being appointed as interim dean to replace James Gentry, who is returning to full-time teaching and research at KU. Brill has taught at KU since 2000 and taught for eight years at the University of Missouri-Columbia. She also worked for newspapers in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Montana.

School of Law

Interim dean: Mike Davis

Davis

Start date: 2005

Address: Law Administration, 202B Green, Lawrence, KS 66045

Phone: 864-9236

E-mail: micdavis@ku.edu

Highlights: Davis officially takes over at the School of Law on Monday when Steve McAllister steps down to resume full-time teaching. Davis has been at KU since 1971, serving as general counsel from 1974-1980 and as dean of the law school from 1980-1989. He recently served as chairman of the American Bar Assn. accreditation and standards committees, and is chairman of the Douglas County Community Foundation. The university will conduct a national search for the position this year.

Audus

School of Pharmacy

Dean: Ken Audus

Start date: April 2004

Address: School of Pharmacy, 2056 Malott Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045

Phone: 864-3591

E-mail: audus@ku.edu

Highlights: Ken Audus started his career at KU in 1984 as a postdoctoral fellow and was hired on the faculty two years later. Before being named dean, the South Dakota native was chairman of the department of pharmaceutical chemistry for six years. His research focuses on the way drugs pass through the placenta and blood-brain barrier.

School of Social Welfare

Weick

Dean: Ann Weick

Start date: 1988

Address: Social Welfare Administration, Twente Hall, 1545 Lilac Lane, Lawrence, KS 66045

Phone: 864-4720

E-mail: annw@ukans.edu

Highlights: Weick is entering her final year as dean, having announced earlier this year she’ll retire next summer. She is KU’s longest-tenured dean. She came to KU in 1976 as an assistant professor, and her accolades include being inducted into the KU Women’s Hall of Fame and receiving the Outstanding Social Work Faculty Award.

School of Medicine

Atkinson

Executive Dean: Barbara F. Atkinson

Start date: 2002

Address: 3015 Murphy Administration Building, 3901 Rainbow Blvd., Kansas City, KS 66160-7300

E-mail: batkinson@kumc.edu

Highlights: In addition to her role as executive dean of the School of Medicine, Atkinson this year was named executive vice chancellor for the Medical Center. She previous served as professor and chairwoman of the department of pathology and laboratory medicine at Kansas University Medical Center. Atkinson has edited several books on cytopatholgy, 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

Clark

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

Highlights: Clark is overseeing a $70 million, long-term expansion project on the Overland Park campus. That included the opening of the $17.8 million Regnier Hall a year ago and the opening of a student union this month. Plans call for the campus’ 25 programs to increase to 40 in the next 10 years, and for enrollment to double.

Non-academic deans

Interim dean of students

DeSalvo

Name: Frank DeSalvo

Start date: 2005

Address: Student Life Administration, Strong Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045

Phone: 864-4060.

E-mail: frankd@ku.edu

Highlights: DeSalvo was named interim dean of students and interim associate vice provost for student life in April, after the university fired Richard Johnson for unspecified reasons. DeSalvo has been director of Counseling and Psychological Services at KU since 1991. The university will launch a search for a permanent dean of students this academic year.

Dean of libraries

Bentley

Name: Stella Bentley

Start date: 2002

Address: 502 Watson Library, Lawrence, KS 66045

Phone: 864-4711

E-mail: bentley@ku.edu

Bentley oversees KU’s extensive library system, which serves nearly 26,000 students and includes 4 million books and 36,000 current serial titles housed in seven library facilities on the Lawrence and Overland Park campuses. Bentley is working to upgrade library facilities by adding user space. A library annex, to hold 1.5 million lesser-used volumes, is set to open in April.