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Columns::April 15, 2002

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Four candidates for deanship to visit campus

By Sharron Hannon
shannon@uga.edu

Four finalists for the position of dean of UGA’s new School of Public and International Affairs will be on campus for interviews between April 15 and May 1. The candidates are:
• James L. Perry, director of the Institute for the Study of Government and the Nonprofit Sector and Chancellors’ Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University, who will interview April 15-16;
• Jack H. Knott, director of the Institute of Government and Public Affairs, University of Illinois, who will interview April 18-19;
• Thomas P. Lauth, head of UGA’s department of political science and currently serving as interim dean of the School of Public and International Affairs, who will interview April 22-23;
• Charles R. Wise, director of the Parliamentary Development Project for Ukraine, Indiana University, who will interview May 1-2.
While on campus, the candidates will meet with the search committee, with deans and senior administrators, and with faculty and directors of programs and centers that are part of the new school.
Additionally, a dessert reception open to the public is scheduled for each candidate at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education. Dates and times are: Perry, 5:15-6:15 p.m. April 15; Knott, 5-6 p.m. April 18; Lauth, 5:15-6:15 p.m. April 22; and Wise, 5:15-6:15 p.m. May 1.
Perry has spent most of his academic career at Indiana University in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs, but also has held positions with the Graduate School of Management at the University of California-Irvine. In June 2001, he was named associate dean of Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis. He also is an adjunct professor of philanthropic studies.
Knott is a former director of the Institute for Public Policy and Social Research at Michigan State University, where he was a faculty member in the political science department from 1978 to 1997.
In addition to serving as director of the Institute of Government and Public Affairs at the University of Illinois, he is a professor of public policy and management.
Lauth joined the faculty in UGA’s political science department in 1981 and has served as department head since 1988.
He was appointed interim dean of the School of Public and International Affairs last September. He is immediate past president of the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration.
Wise is a professor in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University, where he has previously served as associate dean and director of graduate and undergraduate programs in public affairs. He has been director of the Parliamentary Development Project for Ukraine since 1994.

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