Final School of Education & Human Sciences dean candidate to present March 23
LAWRENCE — Joshua Newman, associate dean for research and Sara Lavinia de Keni Endowed Professor at Florida State University's Anne Spencer Daves College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences, will be the fourth and final dean candidate for the University of Kansas School of Education & Human Sciences.
His public presentation detailing his vision and strategies for the school will take place 3:45-4:45 p.m. March 23 in 150 Joseph R. Pearson Hall. The event will additionally be livestreamed, and the passcode is 842442.
Members of the KU community are encouraged to attend the presentation and provide candidate feedback to the search committee. Presentation recordings and online feedback forms for all candidates will remain available on the dean’s search page through March 26.
Additional search information, including Newman’s CV, can also be found on the search page.
As associate dean for research, Newman leads the college’s research enterprise, which includes overseeing more than $84 million in annual research expenditures, supporting 150 active research faculty and staff, 36 scientific laboratories and three K-12 laboratory schools.
Under his leadership, the college and its affiliated centers and institutes increased annual research expenditure totals from $17 million to $84 million over the past five years, increased its annual external grant proposal submission count by more than 400%, and launched five major research development, research administration and research amplification programs.
A professor of media and cultural studies in sport management, Newman previously directed both FSU's sport management doctoral program and the Center for Sport, Health, and Equitable Development. He is a fellow of the National Academy of Kinesiology and a past president of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport. He serves as co-chair of the Council for Associate Deans for Research and on multiple presidential task forces and work groups focused on student and program success and FSU’s research impact.
He previously held faculty positions at the University of Otago and Towson University.
Newman earned his doctorate in kinesiology from the University of Maryland. He also obtained his master’s in sport and leisure commerce and his bachelor’s in sport and leisure studies from the University of Memphis.
The School of Education & Human Sciences’ search committee, led by Paul Popiel, dean of the School of Music, and Tammara Durham, vice provost for Student Affairs, will review all feedback and provide a report to Provost Arash Mafi. The university expects a new dean to be announced before the end of the spring semester.