CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 10, 2014. Bonnie Gunzenhauser, a Roosevelt University English professor and interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences since July 2013, has been appointed as the College’s dean.
An Evanston resident, Gunzenhauser is recognized for her commitment to the liberal arts and her love for teaching and learning. As interim dean of Roosevelt’s largest college, she has led a strategic planning effort, begun an initiative to help undeclared students identify a major that’s right for them, created new structures in the college for interdisciplinary teaching and learning and enhanced opportunities for international education.
“I am honored to serve as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences,” said Gunzenhauser. “I’ve been inspired by the talent of the college’s faculty and their commitment to Roosevelt students. I look forward to working with my colleagues in the college and across the University as we build on our strengths and identify compelling new ways to translate Roosevelt’s core values into transformational educational experiences.”
Since joining the University as an assistant professor in 2003, Gunzenhauser has held several key academic and administrative positions in the College of Arts and Sciences, which has 60 distinct majors and graduate programs across 10 departments. Her assignments have included: assistant director of English Composition, chair of the Department of Literature and Languages, associate dean and interim dean. She has also been a scholar-in-residence at Chicago’s Newberry Library.
Gunzenhauser has a BA degree in English, philosophy and political science from Luther College and an MA and PhD in English from the University of Chicago. She is an expert on the way literacy shapes political identity and is the author of numerous scholarly publications, including the recent monograph Reading in History: New Methodologies from the Anglo-American Tradition.
Source: roosevelt.edu
