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Provost's Announcement of New Dean, College of Health and Human Services

I am pleased to announce that Dr. Monica Lounsbery has accepted our offer to become the next dean of the College of Health and Human Services. She will begin in July.

Monica LounsberyDr. Lounsbery is currently a professor and Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs in the School of Medicine at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). At UNLV, she has served as Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and Institutional Analysis, Associate Vice Provost for Faculty, Policy and Research, and Chair of the Department of Sports Education Leadership. During her tenure at UNLV she has overseen faculty annual review, promotion and tenure, and sabbatical and professional development leaves. She has provided advisory support to the Executive Vice President and Provost, Senior Vice Provost, and academic deans on all UNLV academic policies and procedures and led institutional research on faculty productivity. She developed and chaired the UNLV Leadership Development Council for vice provosts, deans, associate deans, and department chairs as well as UNLV’s department chair mentoring program.

Dr. Lounsbery’s academic disciplinary area is Kinesiology and in recognition of her scholarly contributions, she was recently inducted as a fellow in the National Academy of Kinesiology. Dr. Lounsbery established the Physical Activity Policy Research Program in which research on school physical activity policy and practices has been a major focus. Four of her most recent research projects were funded by Active Living Research, a former national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. She has published extensively on school physical education and physical activity programs and has led national, regional and local committees on school physical activity policy related issues.

Dr. Lounsbery’s experience, vision for the College and strong record of strategic planning will build upon the College of Health and Human Services’ reputation for academic excellence, innovation and community partnerships. I am confident that she will move the College forward in new and exciting ways.

I extend my deepest gratitude to Dr. James Koval for his excellent work as interim dean over the past year. He stepped into the position on very short notice and has done an excellent job in providing leadership to the College.

Thanks go to Vice Provost Lindsay and the entire search committee for their efforts throughout the search process. I also want to thank everyone who attended forums, met with the candidates and took time to provide their feedback on the candidates.

Sincerely,
David Dowell, Interim Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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