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President-elect Drew G. Faust is narrowing her list of candidates in the search for the next dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), and the top contenders to head the University’s largest school appear to include several prominent Harvard scientists, according to three individuals close to the search process...
...History of Science Allan M. Brandt, who also holds an appointment at Harvard Medical School; computer scientist Barbara J. Grosz, dean of science at the Radcliffe Institute, which Faust currently heads; Government Department Chair Nancy L. Rosenblum ’69, who was considered to serve as dean of FAS last spring; and Sociology Department Chair Robert J. Sampson are also mentioned as possible candidates for the post, the sources said...
...Jeremy R. Knowles, the chemist who led FAS through the 1990s, returned to University Hall last summer to serve as interim dean until the selection of a permanent FAS leader...
...Theda Skocpol, dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS), is also said to be in consideration for the FAS deanship, but her appointment is seen as unlikely, according to the three sources. Skocpol recently announced plans to leave her GSAS post after just two years in office, and some influential FAS professors and administrators have voiced skepticism about her viability for the deanship. A group of 13 professors, however, responding to reports of opposition to her candidacy, recently submitted a letter to Faust praising the GSAS dean for her “transparency, inclusiveness, and creativity...
...Among the most important issues facing the next FAS dean are the curricular review, fundraising, the strengthening of the sciences, and the expansion into Allston, professors and administrators said in interviews over the past week...