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For Immediate Release
Carol S. Long
Named Provost at SUNY Geneseo GENESEO,
N.Y. -- Carol S. Long, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and School of
Education at Willamette University in Salem, Ore., has been appointed provost
and vice president for academic affairs at the State University of New York at
Geneseo. She will begin her duties July
1. As
Geneseo’s chief academic officer, she will oversee 21 academic departments, the
dean of the college office, libraries, computing and information technology,
sponsored and institutional research and other offices supporting Geneseo’s academic
program. The provost reports directly to
President Christopher C. Dahl. “Carol
Long is a successful and highly accomplished academic administrator but also is
an academic leader who thoroughly understands our mission and identity as a public
liberal arts college,” said Dahl. “She
is eager to work with every member of the Geneseo community to realize our full
potential for true excellence in undergraduate education. I am very pleased she is joining us.” Long was
associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts prior to accepting the deanship
at Willamette. She has taught in the English department there since 1972 and served
as chair of the department. While at
Willamette, she established the Oregon Writing Project in partnership with surrounding
K-12 schools and colleges and has directed the project for 14 years. "I
am extremely honored to be joining SUNY Geneseo as the college’s next provost,”
said Long. “The mission of Geneseo as an excellent public liberal arts college
is a crucial one today in providing the highest quality education to a broadly
diverse student body through active engagement with an outstanding faculty and
with the world. This is a mission close to my heart and one that I will
be fortunate to pursue in the company of President Dahl and other excellent
colleagues at Geneseo." Long
earned her doctorate and master’s degree in English from Northwestern
University. She received her bachelor’s
degree in English, magna cum laude, from Pomona College in California, where
she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Her
scholarly interests initially focused on modern British and American literature
but are now more wide-ranging and interdisciplinary. Her recent publications address the rhetoric
of science. Long’s
appointment concludes a nationwide search that attracted more than 70 applicants. Chairing the search committee was chemistry
Professor Wendy Pogozelski. |
