coe-staff: New Associate Deans for Academic Affairs, Equity, Research and Faculty Development

[Randy Kamphaus]

Dear Faculty and Staff,


I am pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Krista Chronister as our first Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Equity, and Professor Ed Kame'enui as Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development.  You will note immediately that we have reduced our number of associate deans by one.  While this new staffing arrangement meets our goal of fiscal responsibility, it also allow us to more firmly address our goal of becoming one of the most equitable, inclusive, and diverse research university colleges of education.  I will try to explain, briefly.


Our curricular offerings are the centerpiece of our work and mission, and our faculty and students have made strides toward meeting our aforementioned goals through continuous improvement of our curriculum.  Faculty have made coursework requirement and sequencing modifications that are already showing evidence of creating greater access for students from diverse groups.  In some academic programs, these changes are already showing signs of increasing both the quantity and quality of student applications.  Krista will now be in a better position to work with faculty to accelerate these efforts and consolidate these gains.  We think that this new associate dean position also reflects our valuing of equity, inclusiveness, diversity, and social justice.  These are not added or ancillary activities.  They are central to our core mission of academic excellence.


Ed brings national and international research leadership to his position.  He also has the advantage of building on his prior legacy as Associate Dean for Research, and the excellent work of Lauren Lindstrom and Leslie Leve.  These three scholars have taken our high performing college research mission to the highest levels of performance.  I will also work with Ed to ensure that the outcomes of our research, the good that it produces for children, schools, families, and society, is communicated widely to the public and translated into improving practice at scale.


Brief biographies are below.


Enjoy summer!


Randy


Professor Krista Chronister

Krista M. Chronister, PhD is currently Professor and Associate Dean Equity and Inclusion for the College of Education.  Among numerous other leadership positions at the university, she has served as Interim Secretary for the Asian American Psychological Association, Director of the UO Center for Diversity and Community, and Program Director of the counseling psychology doctoral program.  Recognitions of her work include The Counseling Psychologist Outstanding Major Contribution Award and the American Psychological Association’s Fritz and Linn Kuder Early Career Scientist/Practitioner Award.  Her research and development work has achieved national impact and prominence.  Most recently, her methods for improving the lives of women in the correctional system has been chosen as the program of choice by the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

Professor Ed Kame'enui

Dr. Kame’enui Ph.D., is Dean-Knight Professor Emeritus in the College of Education and Founding Director of the Center on Teaching and Learning (CTL) at the University of Oregon as well as the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs. Prior to his appointment at the University of Oregon in 1987, Ed served on the faculty at Purdue University (1983-1987), and the University of Montana (1980-1983).  From 2005 to 2007, he served as the Founding Commissioner of the National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER) in the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), the primary research, statistical and evaluation arm of the U. S. Department of Education. As the first Commissioner for NCSER, he was responsible for managing a $100M budget to hire the inaugural staff, establish research priorities, and ensure a transparent and rigorous process of scientific research integrity. Ed has spoken at the White House, participated in presentations with First Lady Laura Bush both nationally and internationally, and directed several national federal research initiatives on reading and early interventions. He also served on the original advisory boards for the PBS television shows “Between the Lions” and WETA’s “Reading Rockets.”

Dr. Kame’enui has co-authored 20 college textbooks on reading, curriculum design, vocabulary learning, higher-order thinking, and classroom management. He has more than 190 publications including more than 160 refereed research articles and book chapters. He has also served as Principal Investigator (PI) or Co-PI for more than $70 million of federal and private research and training grant awards, including several national technical assistance centers.



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