Jane Hunter named CAS Interim Dean

Dear Colleagues,

I am pleased to announce that Jane Hunter, Professor of History and Associate Dean, has agreed to serve as Interim Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.

By virtue of her experience and exemplary contributions to Lewis & Clark, Jane is ideally prepared to move into the deanship when Julio de Paula steps down this summer. In 2006, when the College of Arts and Sciences adopted a new model of academic administration, Jane was selected to serve as Associate Dean, a new position that combined most of the responsibilities formerly held by three divisional deans. As the first incumbent in this position, Jane has created a highly effective office that plays a vital role in supporting the faculty and the curriculum. She has also earned the respect of colleagues campus-wide for her ability to work across institutional lines to advance shared goals and the common good.

Jane is a noted American historian. Her book /The Gospel of Gentility: American Women Missionaries in Turn-of-the-Century China/ won the Governor’s Award of Yale University Press in 1985. And in 2004, her book /How Young Ladies Became Girls: The Victorian Origins of American Girlhood/ received the Outstanding Book Award of the Society for the History of Education.

Jane holds her baccalaureate, masters, and doctoral degrees from Yale University. She served on the faculty of Colby College for 10 years before coming to Lewis & Clark in 1990.

In her 20 years at Lewis & Clark, Jane has exercised her leadership and demonstrated her administrative skills in a number of capacities. She served as director of the Gender Studies Symposium for four years; as director of the Gender Studies Program from 1998 to 2006; as chair of the History Department from 1996 to 2003; and as interim chair of the Art Department in 2005-2006.

I am confident that the talents and traits that have marked Jane’s career will serve the College well as she steps into this important new role.

I would like to thank Professors Nicole Aas-Rouxparis, Janet Davidson, and John Krussel for their hard work and valuable insights during the selection process. My thanks as well to the other candidates who explored this opportunity and to those who nominated them.

Please join me in congratulating Jane Hunter on her appointment and offering her our collective support and good wishes in her new undertaking.

Sincerely,

Jane