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| Erdman | Trevisan |
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| Ward | Shinew |
PULLMAN – Phyllis Erdman and Mike Trevisan have been named associate deans of the College of Education.
Kelly Ward will serve as the college’s interim Educational Leadership and Counseling Psychology (ELCP) chair. In July, associate professor Dawn Shinew was named interim chair of the Department of Teaching and Learning.
Dean A.G. Rud said Erdman and Trevisan are two experienced administrators with skills that complement one another. They will move the College of Education forward in research, teaching and outreach, he said.
“Phyllis will oversee curriculum and faculty matters, as well as the key areas of assessment and evaluation of our work in improving education at all levels in our state,” said Rud, noting that Erdman was interim dean before he became dean in August. “Her knowledge of the college and the university, and our many constituents, has been invaluable to me.”
Before serving as interim dean for a year, Erdman chaired the ELCP. She is a marriage and family therapist who co-authored the book “Attachment: Expanding Cultural Connections” (Routledge, 2010). She holds a Ph.D. in counseling from St. Mary’s University.
Trevisan’s main focus is on research, especially fostering collaboration among faculty members, Rud said. Trevisan will help secure funding for individual projects as well as collaborative research efforts both inside and outside the WSU system.
“Mike sets an excellent example for external funding,” said Rud. “He has a broad understanding of the many different kinds of research pursued by our dynamic faculty.”
Trevisan, whose areas of expertise include program evaluation and student assessment, is co-director of the Learning & Performance Research Center. He holds a Ph.D. in educational psychology from the University of Washington. He was interim ELCP chair in 2009-2010.
Ward’s research focuses on higher education issues, especially recruiting and retaining diverse faculty. She is the College of Education’s Ellison Faculty Fellow for 2008-2010 and is a member of WSU’s National Science Foundation ADVANCE grant team. She earned her Ph.D. at Penn State University.
Shinew is part of a WSU research team that is using a National Science Foundation grant to track engineering students to see how their understanding of core concepts changes over time.
Searches will soon be under way to find permanent chairs for both departments, Rud said.