REBECCA BUSHNELL NAMED DEAN OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

• Official News Release

• Biography

• Penn Current Q & A with Dean Bushnell

• Dean Rebecca W. Bushnell on the School of Arts and Sciences
  

• Useful and Ornamental. Green Desire, Dean Bushnell’s most recent book, looks at old gardening manuals and human dreams of self-improvement

• The Nature of Nature. Dean Bushnell’s 60-Second Lecture, September 24, 2003
  

• How Does Your Garden Grow? Fall 2003 Penn Arts & Sciences Magazine reports on Dean Bushnell’s views upon her appointment as dean of the College

November 30, 2004

After a nationwide search, President Amy Gutmann and Interim Provost Peter Conn have announced the selection of Rebecca Bushnell, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and a distinguished scholar of English literature, as the next dean of the School of Arts and Sciences and the Thomas S. Gates, Jr. Professor. She will begin her new position January 1, succeeding Samuel H. Preston, the Frederick J. Warren Professor of Demography, whose seven-year term as dean concludes at the end of December.

In making the announcement they stated, “We are delighted to have found the ideal candidate right here at Penn. Rebecca is an exemplary scholar and educator whose understanding of the critical role that a liberal arts education plays in our society makes her a compelling choice to lead Penn’s School of Arts and Sciences. She provided exceptional leadership during her tenure as dean of the College and…as associate dean for arts and letters in SAS.”