{"id":427657,"date":"2026-10-14T14:46:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T14:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/427657\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T14:46:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T14:46:08","slug":"miami-launches-search-for-next-graduate-school-dean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/427657\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami launches search for next Graduate School dean"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Miami University has launched its search for the next dean of the <a href=\"https:\/\/miamioh.edu\/graduate-school\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Graduate School<\/a>. Jason Abbitt currently serves as interim dean of the Graduate School.<\/p>\n<p>Amity Noltemeyer, dean of the College of Education, Health, and Society, is chair of the search committee. Other members of the search committee include:<\/p>\n<p>Ayodeji Adedeji, graduate student, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry;<br \/>\nValerie Carmichael, director of graduate admission, Enrollment Management and Student Success;<br \/>\nAlyssa Ezell, graduate student, Department of Sport Leadership and Management;<br \/>\nBlake Faulkner, assistant vice president for Online Learning and Professional Education;<br \/>\nNikki Ferrell, director of enrollment marketing and communication, University Communication and Marketing;<br \/>\nJill Korach, assistant director of field programs and instructor, Project Dragonfly;<br \/>\nLiz Martin-Malikian, chair and professor, Department of Architecture and Interior Design;<br \/>\nClaire McLeod, associate professor, Department of Geology and Environmental Earth Science;<br \/>\nAndrew Reffett, associate dean of Farmer School of Business and professor of Accountancy;<br \/>\nJen Rode, professor, Department of Nursing; and<br \/>\nAndrew Sommers, professor, Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/miamioh.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com\/miamioh-staff\/job\/Laws-Hall\/Dean-of-the-Graduate-School_JR104963\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More information on the position<\/a> is available online.<\/p>\n<p>Students in the Graduate School are immersed in the heart of the Miami experience through interdisciplinary research and collaborative inquiry. The Graduate School offers 61 master\u2019s degree programs, 14 doctoral degree programs, and 12 online graduate degree programs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Miami University has launched its search for the next dean of the Graduate School. Jason Abbitt currently serves&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":427658,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-427657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427657\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}