Committee in place for GSE dean search

A search committee to find a new dean for the Graduate School of Education will be officially named this week, Interim Provost Marvin Lazerson said Friday at a meeting of the University Board of Trustees. Lazerson served as GSE dean for six years before assuming the position of provost in April. He was replaced by Acting Dean Nancy Hornberger. The search committee will be chaired by GSE and Annenberg School of Communication Professor Rebecca Maynard, Executive Assistant to the Provost Linda Koons said yesterday. Educational Leadership Division Chairperson Charles Dwyer, Psychology in Education Professor Margaret Beale Spencer and Educational Leadership Professor Morton Botel will be among the other GSE faculty members serving on the committee. The GSE student representatives on the committee will be James Citron and Meredith Kelsey. Administration appointments to the committee include Assistant Education Professor Howard Stevenson and Material Science and Engineering Professor Wayne Worrell. The GSE Board of Overseers representative on the Committee is Benjamin Ashcom, and the dean on the committee is School of Social Work Dean Ira Schwartz. Koons said the Provost's office is still looking to fill one more position on the committee. Because of his previous relationship with the school, Lazerson will have minimal contact with the search committee, Koons said. The committee will be supervised by Interim President Claire Fagin's office and Deputy Provost Walter Wales. Once the Committee is fully in place, it will be briefed by Fagin and Wales and a time frame will be discussed for the completion of the search, Koons said. Hornberger has agreed to stay on as acting dean until a permanent replacement is chosen.