Committee: COAS dean to be named in coming weeks

The next Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences should be announced in coming weeks, search officials said.\nLaw School Dean and search chairwoman Lauren Robel said the selection of the candidate to lead IU's largest school should be expected within a couple weeks.\n"Provost (Michael) McRobbie is negotiating with a finalist, but for a number of reasons beyond his control, the process has not been completed," said IU Director of Media Relations Larry MacIntyre in an e-mail.\nIn a May 8 article, the Indiana Daily Student reported the finalists for the position were Bennett Bertenthal, professor of psychology and computational neuroscience at the University of Chicago, Edward Donnerstein, dean of the College of Social & Behavioral \nSciences at the University of Arizona and Eric Friedlander, professor of mathematics at Northwestern University.\nIU President Adam Herbert said he expected a recommendation from the search committee by early June, according to the article.\nKumble Subbaswamy vacated the COAS dean position earlier this year after being passed over for the IU-Bloomington chancellor job. Professor of sociology David Zaret is currently acting as interim COAS dean.