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Acting dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences to be named permanent dean
Andrea
Lynn, Humanities Editor
217-333-2177; andreal@uiuc.edu
1/13/06
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. —
Sarah C. Mangelsdorf, the acting dean of the College
of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
has been named dean of the college, pending approval of the U. of I.
Board of Trustees at its Jan. 19 meeting in Chicago.
“As interim dean Sarah Mangelsdorf has administered the college
with considerable wisdom, all the while bringing along the college strategic
plan and contributing notably to the broad campus effort,” said
Chancellor Richard H. Herman.
“She has the considerable endorsement of the faculty and the college
executive committee. I am most pleased to be bringing her name to the
board and believe that she will build on all that has been accomplished
over recent years,” he said.
“As an associate provost, she guided policy and priorities concerning
undergraduate education across the campus,” Herman said. “As
the head of psychology,
she led one of our most eminent departments and largest undergraduate
and graduate programs. As a professor, she has received her college’s
highest award for teaching. She has demonstrated a deep understanding
of the breadth of campus, the needs of disciplines from the sciences
to the social sciences and the humanities, and the importance of excellence
in teaching and research.”
Mangelsdorf was named acting dean in September 2004, succeeding Jesse
G. Delia, who had served for 10 years.
Delia was appointed acting provost and vice chancellor for academic
affairs on the Urbana campus, filling the position left by Herman, who
was named interim chancellor in June 2004. Herman was named chancellor
in April 2005.
Mangelsdorf earned her bachelor's degree in psychology in 1980 from
Oberlin College in Ohio and her doctorate in 1988 in child psychology
from the University of Minnesota.
She joined the Illinois psychology department faculty in 1991, after
teaching at the University of Michigan for four years.
She studies social and emotional development in infancy and early childhood
and is the author of numerous articles in developmental psychology.
She also has served on the editorial boards of five academic journals.
Mangelsdorf has been honored several times for her teaching, winning,
for example, the William Prokasy Teaching Award in 1998, the highest
award for teaching in LAS. She also has appeared consistently on the
campus list of excellent teachers.
Mangelsdorf previously served as associate head of the department of
psychology from 2000-2001, associate provost for the campus from 2001-2003
and head of the department of psychology from 2003-2004.
