J-school dean search committee formed

UNC's executive associate provost, Ron Strauss, has announced the members of the Hussman School of Journalism and Media dean's search committee. The committee, fully convened and chaired by Dean Jim Dean of the Kenan-Flagler Business School, includes:

• Jim Dean – Chair – Dean, Kenan-Flagler Business School
• R. Frank Andrews IV – Alumnus, Washington, D.C.
• Napoleon Byars – Assistant Professor, UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media
• Speed Hallman – Associate Dean for Development and Alumni Affairs, UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media
• Cathy Packer – Professor, UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media
• Sheetal Patel – Doctoral student, UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media
• Erica Beshears Perel – Alumna, Chapel Hill, N.C.
• Kurt Ribisl – Associate Professor, Health Behavior and Health Education, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
• Daniel Riffe – Cole Eminent Professor, UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media
• Lucila Vargas – Professor, UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media
• Jan Yopp – Dean, Summer School and Professor, UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media

Committee chair Jim Dean will meet with journalism school faculty, staff and students to get ideas, suggestions and questions about the field and the qualities potential candidates should have. 

The first job of the search committee will be to write a position description, and advertisements for the position will follow.