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School of Architecture |
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Dean Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk |
Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk was appointed dean of the School of Architecture at the University of Miami in 1995. She joined the faculty in 1979 after earning her Bachelor of Arts in Architecture and Urban Planning from Princeton University in 1972 and her Master in Architecture from Yale University in 1974. She has organized and promoted numerous design exercises for the benefit of communities throughout South Florida. She is a founder and board member emerita of the Congress for the New Urbanism, board member emerita of Princeton University, and currently board member of the Institute of Classical Architecture. In addition to her duties at the University, she is in practice with Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company, Architects and Town Planners.
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College of Arts and Sciences |
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Dean Jacqueline Dixon |
Jacqueline Dixon, who has served on the University of Miami faculty since 1992, was named interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences in May 2009. Dixon, a professor of geological sciences in the college, was hired in 1992 in Marine Geology and Geophysics at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science and held a joint appointment until 2006. In 2006 she was appointed senior associate dean for the life and physical sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences. Dixon received bachelor's and master's degrees from Stanford University and a Ph.D. from California Institute of Technology. She received an Early Career Development award from the National Science Foundation for excellence in research and education, and is internationally recognized for her research on the Earth's deep carbon dioxide and water budgets.| more |
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School of Business Administration |
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Dean Barbara E. Kahn |
Barbara E. Kahn became dean of the University of Miami School of Business Administration in August 2007. She was previously the Dorothy Silberberg Professor of Marketing and vice dean and director of the Undergraduate Division at The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. She was also a senior fellow of the Leonard Davis Institute and a faculty member of the Graduate Group in the Psychology Department. A noted scholar on consumer choice, variety seeking, and brand loyalty, her research provides marketing managers with a better understanding of consumer decision-making. Top academic journals have published her work and she co-authored the book Grocery Revolution: The New Focus on the Consumer, which chronicled the dramatically changing supermarket industry and outlined consumer choices. Her research has been funded by the National Science Foundation and the Marketing Science Institute. Among her many accolades, Kahn was elected president of the Association of Consumer Research, president of the Journal of Consumer Research Policy Board, and was selected as a Marketing Science Institute trustee. Kahn received her Ph.D. and M.B.A. from Columbia University and her B.A. from the University of Rochester. | more |
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School of Communications |
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Dean Sam L Grogg |
Sam L Grogg was named dean of the School of Communication at the University of Miami in 2005. He holds the Ph.D. degree with a specialization in popular culture and film from Bowling Green University. In 1972 Grogg co-founded The Journal of Popular Film and Television now in its 33rd year of continuous publication. He served as the American Film Institute's (AFI) executive director of national education during the 1970s and left in 1980 to head the USA Film Festival in Dallas, Texas. Grogg's financing and producing credits include Kiss Of The Spider Woman and The Trip To Bountiful. In 1993, Grogg was named the founding dean of the School of Filmmaking at the North Carolina School of the Arts. While dean at NCSA, Grogg continued to produce, focusing on television movies. In 1999 Grogg rejoined AFI as dean of the AFI Conservatory. | more |
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School of Education |
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Dean Isaac Prilleltensky |
Isaac Prilleltensky was appointed dean of the University of Miami School of Education in July 2006. He previously served as professor of Human and Organizational Development and director of the Ph.D. program in Community Research and Action at Peabody College at Vanderbilt University.
Born in Argentina, Prilleltensky received his M.A. in clinical child psychology from Tel Aviv University and his Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Manitoba. While working as a school psychologist, he discovered the social origins of child and family problems and soon became a community psychologist. He has written or co-edited seven books on community psychology and mental health.
From 2000 to 2002, Prilleltensky served as research chair in psychology at Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia, and prior to that, he directed the community psychology program at Wilfrid Laurier University in Canada. He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Society for Community Research and Action. In 2002, he was invited to be a fellow of the British Psychological Society. | more |
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College of Engineering |
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Dean James M. Tien |
James M. Tien became dean of the University of Miami College of Engineering in September 2007. An internationally renowned researcher, he formerly served as the Yamada Corporation Professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, was founding chair of its Department of Decision Sciences and Engineering Systems, and professor in its Department of Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering. Tien joined the Rensselaer faculty in 1977 and twice served as its acting dean of engineering. In 2001 he was elected to membership in the National Academy of Engineering, one of the highest honors accorded an engineer. His research interests include systems modeling, public policy, decision analysis, and information systems. He has served on the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Board of Directors (2000-04) and was its vice president in charge of the Publication Services and Products Board and the Educational Activities Board. Tien earned his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Rensselaer and his Ph.D. in systems engineering and operations research from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. | more |
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Graduate School |
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Dean Terri A. Scandura |
Terri A. Scandura became dean of the University of Miami Graduate School in June 2007. She joined the university in 1990 and previously served as professor of management in the School of Business Administration and director of the school’s Ph.D. Program in Business Administration. She also served on the faculty of the University of Kentucky College of Business and Economics. With interests in management, industrial/organizational psychology, and research methods, her teaching and research have focused on organizational behavior, leadership, mentoring, team building, and coaching techniques. As dean, Scandura is the chief advocate for graduate education at the University and oversees more than 150 graduate programs in the UM’s 12 schools and colleges. Scandura received a Ph.D. in organizational behavior from the School of Business Administration at the University of Cincinnati. She has been a visiting scholar in the Japan, the United Kingdom, Australia, Hong Kong, and China. She is an associate editor of the Journal of Management, Group & Organization Management and the Journal of International Business Studies. more |
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School of Law |
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Dean Paul R. Verkuil |
Patricia D. White is currently the Jack Brown Professor of Law at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, where she served as law dean from January 1999 to July 2008. During the 2008-09 academic year, White is visiting professor at the Georgetown University Law Center and is serving as special counsel to Steptoe & Johnson LLP in Washington, D.C.
White will begin work at UM in July. She replaces Paul R. Verkuil, who has served as acting dean for the last year, and Dennis O. Lynch, who served as law dean for a decade before stepping down in 2008. White earned her B.A., M.A., and J.D. degrees at the University of Michigan. She has published widely in the areas of tax law, bioethics, philosophy of law, legal education, and torts. She has taught at the Georgetown University Law Center, the University of Michigan, and the University of Utah, and has had extensive practice experience in tax law and in estate planning. She is a member of the District of Columbia, Michigan, and Utah bars and is an elected fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel.
White has won many awards. Just last week she was awarded the Judge Learned Hand Award for distinguished public service by the Arizona chapter of the American Jewish Committee. | more |
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Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine |
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Dean Pascal J. Goldschmidt |
Pascal J. Goldschmidt became senior vice president for medical affairs and dean of the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine in April 2006. Before coming to UM he was Edward S. Orgain Professor of Cardiology and chairman of the Department of Medicine at Duke University Medical Center. An internationally renowned cardiologist whose research applies genomics and cell therapy to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of coronary artery disease, Dr. Goldschmidt was previously chief of Duke’s Division of Cardiology. Before joining the Duke faculty in 2000 he was director of cardiology at The Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health, where he built the Heart and Lung Research Institute and a heart hospital. Dr. Goldschmidt received his medical degree from the Universite Libre de Bruxelles and completed residency and fellowship training in Brussels at Erasme Academic Hospital and in the United States at Johns Hopkins University.
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Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music |
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Dean Shelton G. Berg |
Shelton G. Berg became dean of the Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music in June 2007. Formerly the McCoy/Sample Endowed Professor of Jazz Studies at the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California, Berg is an internationally recognized pianist, composer, arranger, and educator and is widely acclaimed for his energetic and innovative approaches to jazz performance, composition, and pedagogy. He was chair of the Thornton School’s Department of Jazz Studies from 1994 to 2002 and is credited with raising the department’s profile to one of the top jazz studies programs in the nation. From 1979 to 1981 he was chair of Instrumental Music at San Jacinto College North in North Shore, Texas. He was chair of Instrumental and Commercial Music at the San Jacinto College in Pasadena, Texas from 1981 to 1991. A virtuosic jazz pianist, Berg has performed and recorded with top music industry professionals and has contributed and/or orchestrated music for major orchestras and motion picture studios. Berg received a Bachelor of Music and Master of Music in piano performance from the University of Houston. | more |
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School of Nursing and Health Studies |
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Dean Nilda P. Peragallo |
One of the nation’s foremost researchers in HIV/AIDS risk reduction and prevention in Latinos, Nilda P. Peragallo, dean of the School of Nursing and Health Studies, is recognized internationally for her leadership in the areas of health disparities, cultural competency, and the recruitment and retention of minorities in nursing. She is immediate past president of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses and co-editor of Hispanic Healthcare International. Peragallo is one of the most sought-after speakers in her field. She has authored or co-authored many peer-reviewed publications and served as principal investigator in numerous research and training grants. She was recently appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services to serve on the National Advisory Council to the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities. A fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, Peragallo holds a joint appointment in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. | more |
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Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science |
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Dean Roni Avissar |
Roni Avissar, a Duke University climatologist who has studied the way Amazon deforestation affects precipitation patterns around the world and was one of the first to employ a specially equipped helicopter to collect environmental data, today was named the new dean of the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science. He will begin his post on June 1. Born and raised in France, Avissar is a professor at Duke’s Pratt School of Engineering. He joined the Durham, North Carolina-based University in 2001, serving for five years as the W.H. Gardner Professor and chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Prior to Duke, Avissar spent 12 years at Rutgers University, including three as chair of the school’s Department of Environmental Sciences. He also founded the Center for Environmental Prediction there, which was originally based on a collaborative agreement with NASA. | more |
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Undergraduate Education |
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Senior Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Education William Scott Green, Ph.D. |
William Scott Green, Ph.D., joined the University of Miami as senior vice provost and dean of undergraduate education in July 2006. In the newly created position, he has overall responsibility for enhancing the quality of the undergraduate experience and strengthening the integration of university-wide undergraduate curricular and co-curricular initiatives. He also holds an appointment as professor of religious studies and senior fellow in the Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies. Green previously served as dean of the College at the University of Rochester and Philip S. Bernstein Professor of Judaic Studies. He led the development of Rochester’s innovative undergraduate liberal arts curriculum and founded its Department of Religion and Classics. Green earned an A.B. in religion at Dartmouth College and a Ph.D. in religion from Brown University. He has held fellowships from the National Endowment of the Humanities, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the Andrew Mellon Foundation.
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Libraries |
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William D. Walker |
William D. Walker joined the University of Miami in 2003 as the Dean of Libraries. He oversees the Otto G. Richter Library, the Marta and Austin Weeks Music Library, and the Judi Prokop Newman Information Resource Center. He has responsibility for fostering the University Libraries’ role in the teaching and learning enterprise and for building in-depth collections to support teaching, learning, and research. Before joining the University, Walker served as the senior vice president and Andrew W. Mellon Director of the research libraries at the New York Public Library, where he managed one of the nation’s largest research libraries operations. Earlier, he served as a medical librarian administrator at the University of Illinois and the Medical Library Center of New York. Walker holds a B.S. in education from Loch Haven University and an A.M.L.S. from the University of Michigan. | more
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