DEANS' RESPONSIBILITIES

The Dean of the College has overall responsibility for all aspects of the academic life at Wellesley. The responsibilities of the Office of the Dean are distributed among the three deans. The responsibilities outlined below are: Major Areas of Responsibility, Academic Department Assignments, Interdepartmental Program Assignments, Committee Assignments, and Administrative Supervisory Assignments. 

		Andrew Shennan Dean	Joanne Berger-Sweeney Associate Dean	Adele Wolfson Associate Dean
Major  Areas of Responsibility		Strategic Planning  Academic Budgets  Faculty Appointments  Inter-Institutional Cooperation Research Centers	Faculty matters:    appointments    contracts   recruitment & retention   leaves    awards    benefits    mentoring    development	Curricular matters:    Instructional and acad.      development    Academic Innovation    Instructional Technology Institutional Research Student Learning and Assessment Wintersession and summer programs
Academic Department  Assignments		Africana Studies  Art  French German Music  Physical Education, Recreation   & Athletics Physics  Psychology  Theatre Studies  Women's Studies	Chemistry Classical Studies  Computer Science  Economics History  Italian Studies Mathematics Political Science Russian   Spanish	Anthropology  Astronomy Biological Sciences East Asian Languages & Literatures  Education English  Geosciences  Philosophy  Quantitative Reasoning Religion  Sociology Writing Program
Interdepartmental Program Assignments		Architecture  Cognitive & Linguistic Sciences French Cultural Studies German Studies Media Arts & Sciences Neuroscience	Biological Chemistry Cinema and Media Studies Comparative Literature Environmental Studies International Relations Latin American Studies Medieval/Renaissance Studies Russian Area Studies	American Studies  East Asian Studies Experimental Extradepartmental Jewish Studies Middle Eastern Studies Peace & Justice Studies South Asia Studies
Committee Assignments		Agenda Committee  Budget Advisory Committee  Committee on Curriculum and   Instruction  Committee on Faculty   Appointments  International Study  Committee Senior Staff	Agenda Committee Budget Advisory Committee Comm. on Faculty Appointments   Committeee on Curriculum and   Instruction Fac. Benefits Committee Minority Recruitment, Hiring   Retention Committee  Senior Staff	Academic Review Board Agenda Committee Committee on Curriculum and   Instruction  Comm. on Educational Research and Development  Fac. Awards Committee Senior Staff
Administrative Supervision		Davis Museum & Cultural Center Health Professions Advisory   Committee International Studies Newhouse Center for the Humanities Physical Education, Recreation   & Athletics Pendleton East Registrar  Science Center Wellesley Centers for Women	Child Study Center Davis World Cultures Fund  Office of Sponsored Research Student Research & Travel Office of Religious and Spiritual Life (07/08)	Pforzheimer Learning & Teaching Center (PLTC) Ruhlman and Tanner Conferences Summer School