Brehm to fill new position as senior adviser to Herbert, continue as psychology professor

IU-Bloomington Chancellor Sharon Brehm will take on a new role at IU after resigning from her position Wednesday.\nBrehm will officially step down as chancellor Dec. 31 and become a senior adviser to President Adam Herbert, while also conducting studies on women in higher education. She will continue to teach a course for Wells Scholars.\n"After she asked to step down, I immediately asked her if she would agree to become senior adviser to the president," Herbert said. "I think that she has had a set of experiences that can be very valuable to me as we go through this very thoughtful and analytical process."\nAs senior adviser, Brehm will assist the president in reviewing the chancellor position along with the role of vice president for academic affairs.\n"I will talk to the president throughout the year and help him as he does his administrative reviews," Brehm said. "I am eager to be of assistance."\nBrehm will continue to receive the same salary of $261,375 for the rest of her contract. She is currently two-and-a-half years into her five-year contract.\nIn her research, Brehm will visit existing centers and institutes that address women in higher education with hopes of creating a similar institute or program at IU.\n"Most of these centers focus on women in higher education only in America," Brehm said. "I think cross-cultural comparisons are particularly important."\nOnce all her data is compiled, she will prepare a report for Herbert.\n"I think it is an important project that she is working on with women in higher education," said Moya Andrews, vice chancellor for academic affairs and dean of the faculties. "I think that is something that Chancellor Brehm cares deeply about and is well qualified to research. It is a wonderful project, because there aren't a lot of women in higher-level positions in higher education."\nBrehm also will begin teaching a class in psychology in 2005.\n"I am going to have to tool up and get ready to get back in the classroom," Brehm said. "They are going to expect me to be ready to go."\nBrehm has a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Duke University. \n-- Contact staff writer Brian Janosch at bjanosch@indiana.edu.