Janis Anderson

interim dean, School of Comm, Emerson

Dr. Janis F. Andersen, interim deam of College's School of Communication, has been named its new dean. Andersen had served as the interim dean since September. "This is an exciting opportunity for me to bring to my own discipline of communication the administrative skills I have honed in central administration," Andersen said. "Emerson College is an extraordinary institution with talented and dedicated faculty, staff, students and alumni. I am honored to have been asked to stay." Before coming to Emerson, Andersen held several positions at San Diego State University (SDSU.) While at SDSU, Andersen served as a professor of communication, interim dean of the Graduate Division at SDSU, and as an associate vice president of graduate and research affairs. Andersen received undergraduate degrees from Bradley University and an Ed.D. in education psychology from West Virginia University. She has authored or co-authored three workbooks on communications and over 50 scholarly articles which have appeared in publications such as *Communication Quarterly*, and *Human Communication Research*.