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Board of deans and chancellors

The board of deans and chancellors considers matters of special interest related to educational policy, administrative processes and operations under the presidential orders, the faculty code and governance, the student governance and policies, and the employment and administrative policies. The board is co-chaired by the provost and one elected member of the board. Anind Dey, dean of the Information School, is the current chair of the board of deans and chancellors.


Current members of the board

Portrait of Dianne Harris

College of Arts & Sciences
Box 353765

Dianne Harris, Dean

Website | dsh1@uw.edu | 206-543-5340
Assistant: Julianna Jones | 206-616-2106

Photograph of Renée Cheng

College of Built Environments
Box 355726

Renée Cheng, Dean

Website | rycheng@uw.edu | 206-616-0634
Assistant: Brittany Faulkner | 206-221-3451

Photograph of Rovy Branon

Continuum College
Box 359492

Rovy Branon, Vice Provost

Website | rbranon@uw.edu | 206-685-6313
Assistant: Rives Robertson | 206-685-6306

Photograph of André Ritter

School of Dentistry
Box 356365

André Ritter, Dean

Website | avritter@uw.edu | 206-543-5982
Assistant: Gissela Baker

Photograph of Mia Tuan

College of Education
Box 353600

Mia Tuan, Dean

Website | mtuan@uw.edu | 206-616-7854
Assistant: Melanie Mihara | 206-616-785

Photograph of Nancy Allbritton

College of Engineering
Box 352180

Nancy Allbritton, Dean

Website | nlallbr@uw.edu | 206-543-1829
Assistant: Lucia Ersfeld | 206-543-1829

Maya Tolstoy portrait

College of the Environment
Box 355355

Maya Tolstoy, Dean

Website | envdean@uw.edu | 206-221-0908
Assistant: Jennie Paxson | 206-221-0908

Jodi Sandfort

Evans School of Public Policy and Governance
Box 353055

Jodi Sandfort, Dean

Website | jrs1@uw.edu | jrs1@uw.edu
Assistant: Julianne Slate | 206-406-7369

Photograph of Frank Hodge

Foster School of Business
Box 353200

Frank Hodge, Dean

Website | fhodge@uw.edu | 206-221-5749
Assistant: Corinne Goellnitz | 206-221-5749

Joy-Williamson-lott

Graduate School
Box 353770

Joy Williamson-Lott, Dean

Website | graddean@uw.edu | 206-543-7468
Assistant: Jerry Pangilinan | 206-543-7468

Photograph of Anind Dey

Information School
Box 352840

Anind Dey, Dean

Website | anind@uw.edu | 206-616-0985
Assistant: Kelli Jo Fullan | 206-616-7213

Tamara Lawson portrait

School of Law
Box 354600

Tamara F. Lawson, Dean

Website | lawdean@uw.edu | 206-543-2586
Assistant: Nikole Blue | 206-616-5356

Simon Neame

Libraries
Box 352900

Simon Neame, Dean

Website | sneame@uw.edu | 206-543-1763
Assistant: Linda Ambre | 206-543-1763

Photo of Tim Dellit

School of Medicine
Box 356340

Timothy H. Dellit, Interim Dean

Website | thdellit@uw.edu | 206-543-7718
Assistant: Michelle Fleming | 206-543-7718

Portrait of Allison Webel

School of Nursing
Box 357260

Allison Webel, Interim Executive Dean

Website | awebel@uw.edu | 206-221-2472
Assistant: April McMorris | 206-221-2472

Jayanth Panyam portrait

School of Pharmacy
Box 357631

Jay Panyam, Dean

Website | jpanyam@uw.edu | 206-616-9953
Assistant: Trish Respalie | 206-543-5050

Photograph of Hilary Godwin

School of Public Health
Box 357230

Hilary Godwin, Dean

Website | hgodwin@uw.edu | 206-685-7430
Assistant: JeShawna Schmidt | 206-685-6643

Portrait of Michael Spencer

School of Social Work
Box 354900

Michael Spencer, Dean

Website | mspenc@uw.edu | 206-685-2480
Assistant: Chantal Reynolds | 206-685-1661

Undergraduate Academic Affairs
Box 351209

Ed Taylor, Vice Provost and Dean

Website | edtaylor@uw.edu | 206-616-7175
Assistant: Fiona Starr | 206 543 5011

Chancellor Kristin Esterberg

UW Bothell
Box: 358520

Kristin Esterberg, Chancellor

Website | esterbkg@uw.edu | 425-352-5220
Assistant: Mary Mahon  | 425-352-5220

Portrait of Sheila Edwards Lange

UW Tacoma
Box 358430

Sheila E. Lange, Chancellor

Website | sredward@uw.edu | 253-692-5646
Assistant: Noreen Slease | 253-692-4642


Vice chancellors

Sharon Jones

UW Bothell
Box 358520

Sharon Jones, Vice Chancellor

Sjones23@uw.edu | 425 352-3575
Assistant: Kathryn Rich | Kathryn8@uw.edu | 425-352-3276

Harris

UW Tacoma
Box 358430

Andrew Harris, Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

atharris@uw.edu | 253-692-5646
Assistant: Heather Porter | hlp3@uw.edu | 253 692-4889


Divisional deans for the College of Arts & Sciences

Andrea Woody

Andrea Woody, Divisional Dean, Social Sciences
Box 353350

awoody@uw.edu | 206-685-2663
Assistant: Elizabeth Hummer | ehummer@uw.edu | 206-616-2128

Daniel Pollack

Dan Pollack, Divisional Dean, Natural Sciences
Box 353350

pollack@uw.edu | 206 543-7045
Assistant: Scott Devenny | sdevenny@uw.edu 206-543-7045

Brian Reed

Brian Reed, Divisional Dean, Humanities
Box 353765

bmreed@uw.edu | 206-543-5340
Assistant: Elizabeth Hummer | ehummer@uw.edu | 206-616-2128

Gabriel Solis

Gabriel Solis, Divisional Dean, Arts
Box 353765

gpsolis@uw.edu | 206-543-7045
Assistant: Scott Devenny | sdevenny@uw.edu 206-543-7045