AU NAMES PROFESSOR AS INTERIM DEAN OF COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
AUBURN -- Bonnie J. White, Humana-Germany-Sherman Distinguished Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Teaching, has been named interim dean of the Auburn University College of Education.
White replaces Fran Kochan, who has served as interim dean since July 2001 and will return to a faculty position within the college.
AU Provost Thomas Hanley said a committee has been formed to search for a permanent dean in the College of Education and will meet this month.
White came to Auburn in 1976 as an instructor in the Department of Vocational and Adult Education, which she later also served as chair. Upon completion of her doctoral work at the University of Tennessee in 1979, she was made an associate professor.
She was named Humana-Germany-Sherman Distinguished Professor in 2002. White is a member of the U.S. chapter of the International Society for Business Education, which she served as president in 2003-04, and the National Business Education Association, which she has served as a member of the executive board and the strategic planning and membership committees.
The author or co-author of more than 60 publications related to research and best practices in education, White is the co-author of "The Office: Procedures and Technology," a textbook now in its fifth edition. She has received two major awards for textbook excellence.
Auburn University is a comprehensive research institution with more than 23,000 students and 6,500 faculty and staff. Ranked among the top 50 public universities nationally, Auburn is Alabama's largest educational institution, offering more than 230 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degree programs.
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