[Asis-l] Andy Dillion to to resign as Dean

[Richard Hill]

Andrew Dillon has announced he will resign as dean of the School of
Information in 2017 to return to the faculty.

 

In an announcement to the UT Austin campus, Provost Maurie McInnis thanked
Dillon for a decade and a half of service to the iSchool.

 

?The School of Information is consistently ranked among the best in the
nation thanks in large part to Andrew's leadership over the past 14 years,"
she said. "He is a leader in the field of the human response to information
technology, and we are fortunate to benefit from his continued scholarly
contributions and leadership at UT Austin."

 

Since joining the iSchool in 2002, Dillon has led major revisions of the
school's mission, curriculum and organizational structure. The school
changed its name in 2003 to the School of Information, and it has
strengthened its research and teaching focus, leading to new emphases on
human-computer interaction, digital curation, information retrieval and
contemporary information work.

 

In 2009 the school moved to new facilities in its current building, which is
home to dedicated research labs, classrooms and offices, and houses the
school in one space after years of separation across multiple sites on
campus. Research funding grew more than tenfold over these years, and the
school's endowment has more than doubled since 2005.

 

"Leading the iSchool has been an honor, and it's hard to believe nearly 15
years have passed," Dillon said. "I feel enormously privileged to have had
the support of an incredible staff and faculty over this period, and I stand
in admiration of our graduates and the changes they are leading in the
world."

 

After a period of leave, Dillon will return to the faculty in 2018 to resume
his scholarly career as a professor.

 

"I always said my ultimate goal was to create the best possible environment
in which to be a faculty member, and then to join as a professor myself," he
said. "My administrative career was fascinating but at heart, I am a
scholar, and I look forward to concentrating on research and teaching
again."

 

 

(https://www.ischool.utexas.edu/news/ut-ischool-dean-stepping-down-2017)

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Philip Doty

Associate Dean

 

Associate Professor

School of Information

http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/

 

Associate Director, Technology and Information Policy Institute

http://www.utexas.edu/research/tipi/

 

Faculty Affiliate, Center for Women's and Gender Studies

http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/cwgs/

 

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