A breakdown of the deans at Syracuse University
Each dean heads one of Syracuse University's 13 schools and colleges. Daily Orange File Photo
Here is a breakdown of the deans of Syracuse University’s 13 different schools and colleges.
School of Architecture
Name: Michael Speaks
Position: dean
Start of Role: July 2013
Previous: the University of Kentucky’s College of Design dean
College of Arts and Sciences
Name: Karin Ruhlandt
Position: dean
Start of Role: February 2015
Previous: interim Arts and Sciences dean; SU Department of Chemistry chair
School of Education
Name: Joanna Masingila
Position: dean
Start of Role: March 2015
Previous: interim School of Education dean; SU teaching and leadership programs chair
College of Engineering and Computer Science
Name: Teresa Dahlberg
Position: dean
Start of Role: August 2015
Previous: the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art chief academic officer
David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics
Name: Diane Lyden Murphy
Position: dean
Start of Role: May 2005
Previous: SU’s Women’s Studies director
College of Law
Name: Craig Boise
Position: dean
Start of Role: July 2016
Previous: Cleveland State University’s Cleveland-Marshall College of Law dean
Martin J. Whitman School of Management
Name: Gene Anderson
Position: dean
Start of Role: July 2017
Previous: the University of Miami’s School of Business Administration dean
Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
Name: David Van Slyke
Position: dean
Start of Role: July 2016
Previous: Maxwell’s Department of Public Administration and International Affairs associate dean and chair
School of Information Studies
Name: Elizabeth Liddy
Position: dean
Start of Role: February 2008 until she was appointed interim vice chancellor and provost in January 2015; she then reassumed the position in May 2016
Previous: SU’s interim vice chancellor and provost; iSchool’s faculty member and researcher
S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
Name: Lorraine Branham
Position: dean
Start of Role: July 2008
Previous: the University of Texas at Austin’s School of Journalism director and G.B. Dealey Regents Professor
College of Visual and Performing Arts
Name: Michael Tick
Position: dean
Start of Role: June 2016
Previous: the University of Kentucky, Lexington’s College of Fine Arts dean
University College
Name: Michael Frasciello
Position: interim dean
Start of Role: January 2017
Previous: SU’s College of Engineering and Computer Science online learning director
Graduate School
Name: Peter Vanable
Position: dean
Start of Role: January 2017 (had served as interim dean since October 2015)
Previous: SU’s Department of Psychology chair
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