After conducting a national search, the 麻豆原创 has selected Pamela S. Carroll as its new dean of the College of Education and Human Performance.
Carroll comes to 麻豆原创 from Oklahoma State University, where she has served as dean and director of professional education and the Stella V. Anderson Endowed Professor of Education for the past three years.
鈥淲e are excited to have Dr. Carroll join our 麻豆原创 family. I know she will do an extraordinary job in capitalizing on the great work we already do and advancing research, teaching and engagement in our College of Education and Human Performance,鈥� said A. Dale Whittaker, 麻豆原创 provost and vice president for academic affairs.
Carroll is looking forward to returning to Florida. She was associate dean for academic affairs in the College of Education at Florida State University and a faculty member there for 21 years, also serving in various administrative roles, including department chair and program coordinator.
Carroll also served as an assistant professor at Georgetown College in Kentucky and specializes in teacher education and adolescent and young-adult literature. Carroll is an at large executive board member for the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. She received her doctoral degree in education from Auburn University, the same institution her parents attended.
The Georgia native said she is eager to join 麻豆原创鈥檚 family.
鈥淢y imagination was captured by the sense of possibility and energy that 麻豆原创 exudes across the campus,鈥� Carroll said. 鈥淭hat energy is apparent in the faculty, students, administrators, and community stakeholders.聽 As I learned more about the university鈥檚 priorities I found that they align beautifully with the values that have been important to me throughout my career as an educator.鈥�
Carroll, or Sissi as she prefers to be called, was inspired to pursue teaching because of her family. She taught her twin brother and her older brother 鈥渁 thing or two鈥� from very early on. Carroll鈥檚 older sister Peggy was born with an extreme intellectual disability.
鈥淚 wondered, as a child, why I could talk, understand television shows, play with friends, and Peggy could not enjoy any of those things,鈥� Carroll said. 鈥淚 also noticed that she never got angry or sassy like I did, but that she smiled and giggled whenever one of the family gave her a hug. From Peggy, I learned that being able to think and to learn is a gift.鈥�
Carroll plans to move in July with her husband, Joe Donoghue, her dog, Sunny, and cat, Carl Sandburg, named after the late poet. Donoghue will become a professor of geosciences in the College of Sciences.
Carroll will be taking over from Grant Hayes, who served as interim dean since September. 聽He will be joining East Carolina University in July as the new dean and distinguished professor in its College of Education.