UpDate - Vol. 12, No. 3, Page 6
September 17, 1992
Associate dean for research and graduate studies named
Thomas R. Scott, chairperson of the Department of Psychology
since 1983, has been named associate dean for research and graduate
studies in the College of Arts and Science, effective Sept. 1.
The primary duties of the associate dean are to improve the
atmosphere for research and scholarship in the college, to promote the
acquisition of extramural funding and to advocate for increased
University and external support for graduate education.
In the newly established position, Scott also will participate in
determining the distribution of indirect cost recovery funds for the
college and ongoing evaluation of graduate programs.
Ralph Exline will serve as interim chairperson in psychology.
Scott, who was elected to fellowship in the American Psychological
Association and to the executive committee of the Council of Graduate
Departments of Psychology, now serves as chairperson of two national
committees on the ethical use of research subjects in neuroscience.
Scott has published 160 journal articles, book chapters,
technical reports and reviews. He was a recipient of the University's
Excellence-in-Teaching Award in 1981.
-Alisha Palmer