Charles E. Sternheim: Acting Senior Associate Dean
Psychology professor Charles E. Sternheim has accepted
the position of Acting Senior Associate Dean for the College of Behavioral
and Social Sciences. In his new position he will be primarily responsible
for faculty affairs. His new duties include overseeing academic, promotion
and tenure procedures, department and chair periodic reviews, and working
with academic units and special programs as they develop 5-year strategic
plans. Dr. Sternheim welcomes the opportunity to work with the dean's office
team of staff, faculty and administrators, and the individual units of the
college. He is especially eager to assist Dean Edward Montgomery is his effort
to "continue the college's ascent as a national leader in teaching and
research."
Dr. Sternheim is a professor in the SensoriNeural and Perceptual
Processes area of the Department of Psychology. He also served as Director
of Undergraduate Studies (1997-2003). He received his Ph.D. in psychology
from the University of Rochester and completed a two-year postdoctoral traineeship
at Brown University prior to coming to the University of Maryland in 1968.
His primary research interest is in color and spatial specificity in human
vision.
Dr. Sternheim served on the Council of the University
System Faculty (1992 -1997) and was chair of the Faculty Development Committee.
He was a Lilly-Center for Teaching Excellence Teaching Fellow (1995-1996)
and was appointed co-director of the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Teaching Fellows Program (1998-2000). He is a member of the provost's Advisory
Committee on Admissions and Advising (1993-), the Advisory Council for Undergraduate
Education (2001-) and the Advisory Board for the Maryland Center for Undergraduate
Research (2000-). Dr. Sternheim is interested in faculty and student collaboration
to support the scholarship of teaching and learning and is currently leading
the campus program of the Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching
and Learning.
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