SHSU creates new COFAMC dean search committee

The search committee has been set for the new dean of the College of Fine Arts and Mass Communication, university officials said.

College of Humanities and Social Sciences dean John de Castro will chair the committee made up of 10 faculty members across five departments, one representative of the dean’s office and one outside member.

Members include Becky Finley and Annie Strader (art department), Cindy Gratz and Andy Noble (dance department), Jean Bodon and Robin Johnson (mass communication department), Kevin Clifton and Kathy Daniel (school of music), Laura Avery and Tom Prior (theatre and musical theatre department), Julie Schwab (Dean’s office), and Pam Markham (outside representative).

The former dean of COFAMC, Roberta Sloan, Ph.D., resigned in February 2012 for medical reasons. Some sources say Sloan was asked to resign for various reasons.