97-07-08 Koroscik Named Dean of Arts

JUDITH KOROSCIK NOMINATED TO HEAD COLLEGE OF THE ARTS

     COLUMBUS -- Judith Smith Koroscik has been nominated as dean
of the College of the Arts at The Ohio State University.  Richard
Sisson, senior vice president and provost, announced Tuesday
(7/8) that he will recommend Koroscik to President E. Gordon Gee
and the university's Board of Trustees for a five-year, renewable
appointment as dean.  Subject to trustee approval, her
appointment will be effective on Aug. 1.

     "Her teaching and scholarly credentials are highly regarded,
and she has a proven track record as an extremely able
administrator in an academic institution and center for the
arts,” Sisson said.  “After an extensive national search, we
found that Dr. Koroscik is the best match for the college, and I
am very pleased that she will now serve as dean."

     Koroscik will succeed Donald Harris, who is retiring from
his administrative duties as dean and returning to the faculty.

     "Dean Harris is a strong and eloquent advocate for the arts.
We are keenly aware of his contributions to the college, the
university, and the art world, and we feel very fortunate that he
will continue as an active member of our faculty," Gee said.

     Koroscik, 46, has served as associate dean of the College of
the Arts since 1990.  She joined Ohio State in 1981 and has
served in several administrative roles, including acting
administrative head of the Advanced Computing Center for the Arts
and Design and as acting chair of the Department of Art
Education.  She also has overseen technology initiatives for
research and teaching in the college.

     In addition to her administrative duties, Koroscik has
maintained an active teaching and research role at Ohio State.
She has published extensively on arts and public policy and has
contributed more than 30 articles to professional journals.  She
has frequently been an invited participant and lecturer at
international symposia; most recently, in June, she presented a
paper at an art education symposium at the University of British
Columbia in Vancouver.

     She has recently completed the Management Development
Program for academic administrators at Harvard University and was
formerly a senior research fellow in the Office of Educational
Research and Improvement of the U. S. Department of Education.

     Koroscik holds a bachelor's degree in the visual arts from
the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, and both a master's and
doctorate in art education from Arizona State University.

     She is the recipient of many awards, including Ohio State's
Arts and Sciences Student Council Award for Outstanding
Achievement in Teaching.

     "I am proud and honored to accept the position of dean, and
I look forward to leading our college to expanded horizons,”
Koroscik said.  “I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the
further advancement of the college's programs on state, national,
and international levels."

     The College of the Arts includes seven degree-granting
academic units: the departments of Art; Art Education; Dance;
History of Art; Industrial, Interior and Visual Communication
Design; Theatre; and the School of Music.  In addition, the
college encompasses the Advanced Computing Center for the Arts
and Design, the Lawrence and Lee Theatre Research Institute, the
History of Art Visual Resources Library, the Huntington
Photographic Archive of Buddhist and Related Arts, the Hopkins
Hall Gallery, the Bosendorfer Piano Laboratory, and the Dance
Notation Bureau Extension.

     The college maintains close partnerships with the Wexner
Center for the Arts and the Martin Luther King Jr. Performing and
Cultural Arts Complex.

     The college has approximately 150 faculty members, 1,300
undergraduate majors and 500 graduate students.  A significant
number of undergraduates from other Ohio State colleges also take
courses in the College of the Arts.

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Contact:  Richard Sisson, (614) 292-5881
          Judith Koroscik, (614) 292-5171


[Submitted by: Von Vargas  (vargas.12@osu.edu)
               
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