{"id":1278,"date":"2015-08-10T14:40:43","date_gmt":"2015-08-10T14:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/cas\/?p=1278"},"modified":"2024-07-12T16:13:28","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T16:13:28","slug":"professor-chris-pearson-named-interim-associate-dean-of-cas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/case\/2015\/08\/10\/professor-chris-pearson-named-interim-associate-dean-of-cas\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor Chris Pearson Named Interim Associate Dean of CAS"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1281\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1281\" style=\"width: 430px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/08\/Pearson_Chris1203.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1281\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/cas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/08\/Pearson_Chris1203-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Chris Pearson CSEP Professor of Physics\" width=\"430\" height=\"645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/case\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/08\/Pearson_Chris1203-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/case\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/08\/Pearson_Chris1203-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1281\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chris Pearson,\u00a0Professor of Physics and Interim Associate Dean of CAS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>Per an announcement made by Susan Gano Phillips, Interim Dean of the College of Arts &amp; Sciences:\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I am delighted to announce that\u00a0<strong>Chris Pearson<\/strong>\u00a0will serve as an Interim Associate Dean for the College of Arts and Sciences effective August 10, 2015, pending Board of Regents approval.\u00a0 Chris is an experimental physicist who received his B.A. degree from Hamline University in 1989 and Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1995.\u00a0 He was appointed to a post-doctoral research position at the University of California-Davis prior to joining the faculty at the University of Michigan-Flint as an Assistant Professor in 1998.\u00a0 He was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in 2004 and Professor in 2011.\u00a0 His research focuses on understanding the physics of semiconductor surfaces and he has published 20 journal articles and has made more than 50 conference presentations.\u00a0 Additionally, he is interested in physics pedagogical research and helped transform the instruction of introductory physics through the integration of lecture and lab.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Pearson has held various committee and service roles including Chair of the department of Computer Science, Engineering, and Physics, as well as member of the Executive Committee of the College, the Chancellor\u2019s Advisory Committee on Budget and Strategic Planning, the Faculty Council, and the Chancellor Search Advisory Committee.\u00a0 Professor Pearson will retain his responsibility as current chairperson of the department of Computer Science, Engineering, and Physics while serving as the Interim Associate Dean of CAS.<\/p>\n<p>Chris will join Associate Dean Roy Barnes in providing leadership within the College. I am confident that Chris and Roy\u2019s leadership will provide stability, momentum, and innovation for the College during the upcoming year.<\/p>\n<p>Best Regards,<br \/>\nSusan Gano-Phillips<br \/>\nInterim Dean, College of Arts and Sciences<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Per an announcement made by Susan Gano Phillips, Interim Dean of the College of Arts &amp; Sciences:\u00a0 I am delighted to announce that\u00a0Chris Pearson\u00a0will serve as an Interim Associate Dean for the College of Arts and Sciences effective August 10, 2015, pending Board of Regents approval.\u00a0 Chris is an experimental physicist who received his B.A. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,16,20,38,24,1],"tags":[70],"class_list":["post-1278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-department-news","category-faculty-news","category-liberal-arts","category-liberal-education","category-physics","category-uncategorized","tag-case"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Professor Chris Pearson Named Interim Associate Dean of CAS - Blog | UM-Flint College of Arts, Sciences &amp; 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