New CLAS associate dean selected
Gretchen Galbraith has been selected as the new associate dean for
Faculty Resources and Scheduling in the College of Liberal Arts and
Sciences. She will begin her new position in May, succeeding Gary
Stark who has held the position for the past 10 years.
Galbraith is well known at Grand Valley for her roles as chair
of Department of History from 2007-2011, and interim director of the
Honors College from August 2005 to December 2006. CLAS Dean Fred
Antczak noted her commitment to equity and service on the Faculty
Salary and Budget Committee, as co-chair of the Ombuds Taskforce, and
on the Ad Hoc Committee on Family & Maternity Policy. She is also
a member of Allies & Advocates and is an Inclusion Champion. Her
work has been recognized in many ways including the Barbara Jordan
Award in 2011.
In her scholarly interest areas of European, British, Gender and
Family History, Comparative Women’s and Social History, she is the
author of many articles, encyclopedia entries, presentations, reviews,
and the book Reading Lives: Reconstructing British Childhoods,
1860-1914 (St. Martin’s Press, 1997).
Antczak thanked all who applied, and the many people who
participated in the search. “Thanks also to Gary Stark, who for 10
years has kept his sense of humor, been an acknowledged key resource
person for faculty, and made a hard job remain attractive to our
emerging leaders,” said Antczak.
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