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Leaders of SU: A breakdown of the deans of Syracuse University’s school and colleges

Courtesy of Stephen Sartori

There are 12 different schools and colleges at Syracuse University. Here is a breakdown of the deans for each school and college.

Here is a breakdown of the deans of Syracuse University’s 12 different schools and colleges.

School of Architecture

Name: Michael Speaks

Position: Dean

Start of Role: July 2013



Previous: Dean of the College of Design at the University of Kentucky

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College of Arts and Sciences

Name: Karin Ruhlandt

Position: Dean

Start of Role: January 2015

Previous: Interim Dean of Arts and Sciences; Chair of the Department of Chemistry at SU

Advance Grant Group Photo With Chancellor Cantor

School of Education

Name: Joanna Masingila

Position: Dean

Start of Role: March 2015

Previous: Interim Dean of Education; Chair of Teaching and Leadership Programs at SU

Joanna Masingila Interim Dean of Education SOE Informal Portraits

College of Engineering and Computer Science

Name: Teresa Dahlberg

Position: Dean

Start of Role: August 2015

Previous: Chief Academic Officer at The Cooper Union

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David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics

Name: Diane Lyden Murphy

Position: Dean

Start of Role: May 2005

Previous: Director of Women’s Studies at SU

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College of Law

Name: Craig Boise

Position: Dean

Start of Role: July 2016

Previous: Dean of the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law at Cleveland State University

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Martin J. Whitman School of Management

Name: Kenneth Kavajecz

Position: Dean

Start of Role: July 2013

Previous: Chairman for the Department of Finance at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs

Name: David Van Slyke

Position: Dean

Start of Role: July 2016

Previous: Associate Dean and Chair of Maxwell’s department of public administration and international affairs

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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: Interim Vice Chancellor and Provost at SU; faculty member and researcher in the iSchool

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S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications

Name: Lorraine Branham

Position: Dean

Start of Role: July 2008

Previous: Director of the School of Journalism and G.B. Dealey Regents Professor at the University of Texas at Austin

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College of Visual and Performing Arts

Name: Michael Tick

Position: Dean

Start of Role: July 2016

Previous: Dean of the College of Fine Arts at the University of Kentucky, Lexington

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University College

Name: Bea González

Position: Dean

Start of Role: 2007

Previous: Candidate for Syracuse Mayor in 2009 (ran while dean of University College)

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