- Diana Carlin, professor of communication studies and interim
assistant provost, will be the new dean of the university's Graduate
School and International Programs, KU officials announced recently.
Carlin will begin her new position July 1. She succeeds Andrew
P. Debicki, who has been dean of the school since 1993.
"I'm very pleased that Diana Carlin has accepted the position
of dean of the Graduate School and International Programs,"
said Provost David E. Shulenburger. "Her various administrative
experiences in the university have given her a solid overall
perspective of the institution as a whole, and this preparation
will serve her well. I know that she and Dean Debicki will work
well together to assure a smooth transition."
Carlin joined the KU faculty in 1987 as an instructor in the
Department of Communication Studies. She was later promoted to
assistant professor, associate professor and in 1999 was named
a full professor. She also served as the department's chair in
1997-98. Last fall, Carlin acted as associate provost for student
support services during Kathleen McCluskey-Fawcett's sabbatical
leave. For the spring 2000 semester, Carlin is replacing Richard
Givens, assistant provost, during his sabbatical.
Last August, Carlin was one of 20 KU faculty members to receive
the university's prestigious W.T. Kemper Fellowship for Teaching
Excellence, which recognizes outstanding teachers and advisers
at KU. Recipients are determined by a seven-member selection
committee and receive cash awards of $5,000.
Carlin has served on the Brown Foundation Board of Directors,
the President's Advisory Committee on the Arts of the John F.
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Advisory Board Commission
on Presidential Debates and has chaired the board of directors
of the Kids Voting project in Kansas. In 1996, she coordinated
a research project, Debate Watch '96, on the presidential debates.
In 1998, Carlin was named an "Outstanding Educator"
by the KU chapter of Mortar Board, a national senior honorary
society, and also inducted into the KU Women's Hall of Fame.
In 1995, she received the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences'
Graduate Faculty Mentor Award.
Carlin earned her bachelor's and master's degrees from KU and
her Ph.D. from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln.
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