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COLLEGE LEADERSHIPNew Dean Named
runner (Photo: Adam Fenster)

A linguistics professor who has helped lead efforts to increase faculty diversity has been named dean of the College.

Jeffrey Runner, who joined the faculty in 1994 and who has chaired the Department of Linguistics since 2014, was introduced this spring.

As dean, he oversees academic and cocurricular programs for undergraduates in Arts, Sciences & Engineering. He succeeds Richard Feldman (see pages 14–15).

As faculty development and diversity officer for Arts, Sciences & Engineering, Runner has worked with University leaders and faculty to develop strategies for the hiring and retention of underrepresented faculty.

He has also directed the Center for Language Sciences and has been a faculty associate of the Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender and Women’s Studies.