Science Dean Finalist Kate Miller to Visit Campus

Kate C. Miller, finalist for the position of dean of Utah State University’s College of Science, visits campus Jan. 22-23. She will hold an open forum with students, faculty and staff Monday, Jan. 22, from 4-5:30 p.m. in the Merrill-Cazier Library auditorium, room 101.

Miller is associate dean of the College of Science and professor of geological sciences at the University of Texas at El Paso. Prior to her current position, she served as chair of the college’s Department of Geological Sciences from 1999-2004. Miller directs the college’s corporate-funded, multidisciplinary Math and Science Teachers Academy. Her research has focused on the application of active-source seismology studies to the origin, structure and evolution of the continental lithosphere.

 

Miller graduated with an A.B. degree from Princeton University and earned master’s and doctorate degrees in geophysics from Stanford University.

 

She is one of four candidates for the dean’s position. Future dates of open forums, all of which will be held from 4-5:30 p.m. in room 101 of the Merrill-Cazier Library, are:

 

Thursday, Jan. 25 – Mary S. Hubbard

 

Monday, Jan. 29 – John S. Oldow

 

Additional information about the finalists, along with curriculum vitae and other credentials on each candidate, is posted on the Provost’s Office Web site.

 

 

Contacts: Raymond T. Coward [raymond.coward@usu.edu], 435-797-1166; Nat B. Frazer [nat.frazer@usu.edu], 435-797-2452