Welcome to the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (LSA)!
It is my pleasure to welcome you to this great college. Every day at LSA, creative thinkers engage with a complex, diverse, and ever-changing world. As the largest school at the University of Michigan, we have the responsibility and privilege of shaping the lives of tens of thousands of students every year.
Our history stretches back more than 175 years—yet I believe there has never been a more important chapter than the one we are living today. That is because a liberal arts education is vital to helping us understand what it means to be human and how we tackle the greatest challenges of our time. I believe just as strongly that a liberal arts education helps us to stay open to new perspectives and approaches, to respect the differences between us, and to see the dignity in every person.
Our community is dynamic, diverse, and committed to excellence. Our students are bold thinkers and explorers who are already changing the world. Every day in our classrooms, laboratories, and out in the field, LSA faculty are preparing our students to be citizens of the world, ready for a broad array of important careers as well as the jobs of the future that do not yet exist. Our extraordinary staff also support students and keep the college running, from reconciling budgets to fixing lab equipment and maintaining classroom technology, and thousands of other critical tasks.
I am proud that LSA has been my intellectual and professional home for over two decades. Having earned my M.A. and Ph.D. in clinical and developmental psychology in LSA, I am a proud alum who then joined the faculty and served as a department chair and an associate dean in the college.
I am honored to serve as the dean of LSA and welcome you to this incredible intellectual community. LSA truly is like no other place in the world.
Sincerely,
