Lewis Named Interim Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
07/19/2019
Associate Provost Michael Lewis, Ph.D., has been named interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Lewis’s appointment is effective Saturday, Sept. 1.
Interim Provost Chester “Chet” Gillis announced the appointment on Thursday, July 18.
Lewis, an associate professor of chemistry, has been a member of the Saint Louis University faculty since 2004. He has been recognized by his colleagues in the college with the William V. Stauder, S.J., Award for Excellence in Teaching in the Natural Sciences.
He has served as associate provost since 2013, overseeing the University’s Office of Faculty Affairs. In that role, Lewis has led University-level initiatives related to faculty development, faculty hiring, contracts, promotion and tenure policies, workload policies and other efforts aimed at serving SLU faculty members and departments.
Lewis takes over the role from former dean Christopher Duncan, Ph.D. Duncan, whose term as dean ends Saturday, Aug. 31, will join the faculty in the Department of Political Science after a sabbatical.
A national search will be conducted to select the college’s next dean, with an appointment expected by July 2020.
Search Committee
- Gary Ritter, Ph.D., dean of the School of Education, committee chair
- Dana Baum, Ph.D., associate professor, Department of Chemistry
- Erin Chambers, Ph.D., professor, Department of Mathematics
- Ric Colignon, professor of sociology and chair of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology
- Laura Estes, graduate student representative
- Jonathan Fisher, Ph.D., associate professor, Department of Biology
- Cathleen Fleck, Ph.D., associate professor and chair of the Department of Fine and Performing Arts
- Dan Haybron, Ph.D., professor, Department of Philosophy
- Paul D. Kalsbeek, University Trustee
- Dan Kozlowski, Ph.D., associate professor, Department of Communication
- Joseph Reznikov, undergraduate student representative
- Michael Rozier, S.J., assistant professor, Department of Health Management and Policy
- Denise Sleet, Ph.D., assistant provost for academic advising
- Chris Tinson, Ph.D., associate professor of history and director of the African American Studies Program
- Rob Wood, Ph.D., associate provost for academic affairs