Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Liberal arts education is at the heart of the University of Denver. Our faculty, staff and students come together in a shared quest for knowledge of the human condition.
Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Dean of AHSS
Spring 2013
After Five Years of Service, Dean McCall Announces Resignation
Professor Anne McCall, dean of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences, has announced that she will leave DU effective June 2013 to become dean of Harpur College of Arts and Sciences at Binghamton University.
Dean McCall joined the University of Denver's senior academic administration in the fall of 2008, when she was recruited to head the largest academic program at DU. Her leadership of AHSS in the last five years produced a number of initiatives. She launched the Liberal Arts Advantage, which includes academic programming, advising and career counseling for AHSS students. New curricular programs include Sociolegal Studies, Emergent Digital Practices and Intercultural Global Studies. AHSS experienced a 30 percent increase in undergraduate majors over this period. In addition, McCall secured new faculty positions, created a Lecturer-Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow program and enhanced faculty and staff development opportunities. She also established the AHSS Advisory Board with a national reach, consisting of alumni, faculty and staff members to generate ideas to improve the quality of AHSS programs.
"It has been a joy partnering with you – the impressive and inspiring students, alumni, faculty, staff and friends of AHSS – to advance knowledge and creativity with our students. You are a remarkably talented group, and it has been an honor serving as your dean," said Dean McCall.
"Thank you for all that you have done to support our shared mission. I am proud of our joint accomplishments over the last five years in enriching liberal arts studies at DU. We can all be optimistic about the continued growth in quality and excellence for AHSS moving forward."
The Provost will appoint an interim dean in mid-May.
Please contact the dean's office or the provost's office if you have questions or comments.