Academic Affairs staff

Dean of the College (Pareena Lawrence)

Office: Founders Hall
(309)794-7312
PareenaLawrence@augustana.edu

• Academic Affairs Office and staff
• Academic planning
• Oversight of all academic departments, programs, and offices
• Tenure track hiring
• Budget
• Tredway Library
• Swenson Center
• Art Museum
• Faculty loads
• Alumni Assistantship Awards
• Consultation with Faculty Senate
• Working with the Board of Trustees
• Committees: President's Cabinet, Faculty Welfare Committee, Retention Task Force

Associate Dean for Faculty Development (Margaret Farrar)

Office: Founders 116
(309) 794-7313
MargaretFarrar@augustana.edu

• Program review
• Visiting and fellow faculty hires
• New Faculty Orientation and ACTL programming (2012-13)
• Faculty Development
• Faculty Retreat
• Faculty grants (including Humanities Fund)
• Friday Conversations
• Grade appeals
• Student and faculty grievances, including attendance disputes
• Title IX Officer
• Competitive student awards
• Committees: Diversity Initiatives, Transfer Initiatives

Associate Dean for Curriculum and Student Success (Kristin Douglas)

Office: Founders Hall
(309) 794-3443
KristinDouglas@augustana.edu

• Advising and retention/persistence initiatives
• General education curriculum, instruction, and assessment
• Honor Code and Honor Council
• Reading and Writing Center
• Institute for Leadership and Service (ILS)
• College Symposia
• Celebration of Learning
• Undergraduate research 
• Summer Academy and Summer School
• Summer Connection
• Committees: Educational Policies Committee, General Education, Student Policies Committee