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GRADUATE STUDIES
Rosen wants to improve research
New dean aims to needs of graduate students, departments, then work to meet them
BY JOE CAPONIO jcaponio@Kansan.com
On June 29, the University named Sara Rosen as its new dean of graduate studies and associate vice provost. Rosen had been serving as the chair of the Department of Linguistics before the promotion. She joined the staff at the University in 1991
as an assistant professor. In the 1980s, Rosen received a bachelor's degree in psychology and a graduate degree in special education, both from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In 1990 before coming to KU, Rosen
Kansan: Why did you decide to come to the University back in 1991?
teach in the linguistics department, but will no longer serve as chair. The Kansan sat down with Rosen to discuss her new position.
**Rosen:** This was a nice place to come because many linguists don't
"I will be spending a whole lot of time listening to people to find out what needs to be done, and we'll go from there."
SARÁ ROSEN Dean of graduate studies
received a doctorate in linguistics and cognitive science from Brandels University. Rosen will continue to
have a linguistics department to come to. There's usually either an English department or a language department and there was quite an appeal here because we had a free-standing department of our own. It's a
small department and a very nice environment to work in.
Kansan! Was reaching this position one of your main career goals?
Rosen: Over the last five years, I have been looking into administration, getting a little bit of training in leadership in higher education administration and thinking about it. So, it's been more a gradual change over the last several years.
Kansan: What has been the biggest change you've noticed in the
University during the past 16 years?
Rosen: I would say the breaking down of some of the departmental barriers. People used to stick to their departments and there were a lot of territorial feelings that I've seen break down, both on the teaching side and the research side.
Kansan: What are you looking forward to the most in your new position?
Rosen: Probably talking to a whole lot of people about their graduate programs and their needs in those programs. I'm looking forward to trying to find ways to meet their needs and make both research and graduate studies at KU the very best that they can be, and I know that they can be excellent.
Kansan: Are you satisfied with the current state of the graduate programs here?
**Rosen:** Yes, I think that there are many graduate programs at KU that
are excellent but I think that there's still work to be done. I think that there are questions of who controls policies of the graduate programs and how we can best set up the system that works to both keep the standards as high as possible and also give the programs the flexibility of developing.
Kansan: Do you already have any changes planned for the graduate programs?
Rosen: I will be spending a whole lot of time listening to people to find out what needs to be done, and we'll go from there. I would hope that the transition would be as soon as possible. We will be in a new location on the second floor of Strong Hall, but other than that I would hope from a student perspective that they felt they had a place to go before, and they will still have a place to go now when they need us.
— Edited by Susan Schawarz
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