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THREE
CAHNRS DEAN FINALISTS ARE SLATED TO VISIT
Released
from the Provost's Office, January 28, 2005
A
search for the new dean of the College of Agricultural, Human,
and Natural Resource Sciences is heading for completion as the
search committee and administration have selected three finalists
who will be invited to visit Washington.
While
numerous visits and interviews are slated during the visits, all
faculty and staff are invited to attend the open sessions. The open sessions will be announced through
WSU Announcements as soon as schedules are finalized.
The
three candidates are: Daniel
J. Bernardo, Ralph P. Cavalieri and James E. Kinder.
Daniel
J. Bernardo
Dr.
Bernardo received his B.S. from the University of California, Davis
in 1980 and his Ph.D. from Washington State University in 1985.
He joined Oklahoma State University as an Assistant Professor
and was promoted to full professor in 1993.
Bernardo joined Kansas State University in May of 1995 and
has served as professor and department head of Agricultural Economics
since that time.
Dr.
Bernardo specializes in production economics, farm management, and
natural resources. As Department Head, Dr. Bernardo has administrative responsibility
for the Department of Agricultural Economics' teaching, research,
and extension programs. Since
his arrival at Kansas State in 1995, Dr. Bernardo has directed several
new initiatives including facility renovation and the Master in
Agribusiness distance learning program. His
research on irrigation management, rangeland economics, and water
quality policy has been published
in scholarly journals across a variety of disciplines.
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Interview Schedule
Ralph
P. Cavalieri
Dr.
Cavalieri is currently serving as associate dean of the College
of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resource Sciences and director
of Washington State University's Agricultural Research Center. Dr. Cavalieri has been a member of the WSU
faculty since 1985. He served
as Chair of the Department of Biological Systems Engineering from
1991-2000.
Dr.
Cavalieri's research has focused on food and postharvest engineering
topics and includes work dealing with new sensors and controls for
the tree fruit and processed vegetable industries. He is the editor
of the international research journal, "Postharvest Biology
and Technology." Cavalieri
received his doctorate in chemical engineering from WSU in 1985.
His bachelor's degree, in 1975, was from the
University of Idaho.
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Interview
Schedule
James
E. Kinder
Dr. James Kinder received his B.S. from the University
of Missouri in 1970, his M.S. from the University of Nebraska in
1972 and his Ph.D. from Washington State University in 1975.
Dr.
Kinder joined The Ohio State University as an assistant professor
in the Department of Animal Science in 1975 and moved to the University
of Nebraska in 1979 in the Department of Animal Science where he
was promoted to professor in 1987. He
initiated his role as Associate Director of the Center for Biotechnology
in 1990. Dr. Kinder took a sabbatical leave in Australia
from June 1992 to June 1993 and continues to have strong collaborations
with colleagues in that country. He returned to the University of Nebraska in 1993 where he continued
to serve as Associate Director of the Center for Biotechnology and
Professor of Animal Sciences until 1999. He returned to The Ohio State University in 1999 and has served as
the Chair of the Department of Animal Sciences since that time.
Dr.
Kinder's research emphasis has been in the area of neuroendocrine
regulation of puberty, the estrous cycle, ovarian follicular
development and corpora lutea function in cattle. He
has extensive teaching experience in the area of endocrinology
and reproductive physiology. Dr.
Kinder has received several awards of excellence for both his
teaching and research endeavors.
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Interview
Schedule
James
J. Zuiches, Dean of the College of Agricultural, Human and Natural
Resource Sciences stepped down from the deanship in August, 2003
and R. James Cook has provided capable and inspiring leadership
for the College as interim dean since that time.
The search committee was appointed in May of 2004 with
Warwick Bayly, Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine serving
as its chair.
"The
search committee has been acting on behalf of the students, faculty
and staff to identify candidates to come to campus and the state
for interviews," said Bayly.
"This step is critical and perhaps the most important part
of the process."
"We
will have many opportunities for them to interact with the community
at large across the state during their three day visits. I strongly urge everyone to attend the interviews
and provide feedback to the provost."
Bayly
said the search committee has worked very hard reviewing candidates
and conducting telephone interviews over the past months and added
that he wanted to extend a thank you to all the members.
The
search committee members are: Fran McSweeney, Regents Professor of Psychology and Vice Provost
for Faculty Affairs; Don Bender, Director of the Wood Materials
and Engineering Lab; Nancy Blossom, Director, Interior Design,
WSU Spokane; John Browse, Professor and Scientist, Institute of
Biological Chemistry; Kim Campbell, Research Geneticist, USDA/ARS;
Matt Carroll, Associate Professor, Natural Resource Sciences;
Shulin Chen, Professor and Scientist, Biological Systems Engineering;
Joye Dillman, Associate Professor, Human Development; Chris Feise,
Director, Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources,
Puyallup; Gary Grove, Associate Plant Pathologist, WSU Prosser,
IAREC; Eric Harwood, Graduate Student and Research Technician,
Crop and Soil Sciences; William Hendrix, Chair, Horticulture and
Landscape Architecture; Charli Hochsprung, Principal Assistant,
IMPACT Center; Ron Mittelhammer, Regents Professor and Scientist,
Director, School of Economic Sciences; Sonia Morales-Osegueda,
Extension Agent, Extension, King County; Sandra Ristow, Associate
Director, Ag Research Center; John Stark, Scientist, Entomology,
WSU Puyallup Research and Extension Center; Gary Thorgaard, Professor,
School of Biological Sciences, and Mike Youngquist, Chair, Ag
Advisory Committee.
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