E. Scott Adler tapped for 窪蹋勛圖 Graduate School leadership post
Senior Vice Provost for Academic Resource Management Ann Schmiesing has named E. Scott Adler dean of the and vice provost for graduate affairs effective June 17.
I am excited to welcome Scott to the Graduate School, said Schmiesing, who was dean from January 2017 through December 2018. Scotts vision for the Graduate School and knowledge of graduate education will be instrumental to his role as dean and as a member of the provosts leadership team.
New Dean of the Graduate School and Vice Provost for Graduate Affairs E. Scott Adler
Adlers vision for the future of the Graduate School focuses on opening the accessibility of 窪蹋勛圖s graduate programs to a wider range of students, while also enabling graduate students to gain knowledge and skills that go beyond a single discipline or field of study. 泭泭
I am excited for this opportunity to work with some of the finest graduate students anywhere, said Adler. I look forward to helping them reach their degree aspirations in disciplines as diverse as Art and Art History泭and Aerospace Engineering. 泭
I intend to work closely with the United Government of Graduate Students, the provosts office and other academic leaders on campus to continue to enhance the experience of graduate students and the quality of graduate education at 窪蹋勛圖, he said. One of my first orders of business will be working with the graduate task force to complete its final report this summer.
Adler is a professor and chair of the Political Science Department and serves as director of the departments American Politics Research Lab.泭He served as past director of the泭Center to Advance Research and Teaching in the Social Sciences, 201618,泭and as director of Graduate Studies in Political Science, 201316.泭He has been a CU faculty member since 1996.泭
He received his doctoral and masters degrees in political science from Columbia University, and his bachelors degree in political science from the University of Michigan.
Adler succeeds Leslie Reynolds, interim dean of the Graduate School, who will overlap with Adler until she returns to her position as senior associate dean of University Libraries on July 1.
I want to thank Leslie for her terrific job leading the Graduate School and advocating for graduate education at 窪蹋勛圖, Schmiesing said.
I also want to thank professor Bud Coleman of Theatre & Dance, our other finalist for graduate dean, and all who applied for the post. We had strong candidates with long experience at 窪蹋勛圖, and this was a difficult decision, Schmiesing said.
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