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C-SC Appoints New VP for Academic Affairs
Friday, May 14, 2010

CANTON, Mo. – Culver-Stockton College has announced the appointment of Dr. D’Ann Campbell as the next vice president for academic affairs and dean of the college. Campbell succeeds Dr. R. Joseph Dieker, who has been with Culver-Stockton for 21 years, including the last six as dean. She will begin her tenure on July 1, 2010.

“D’Ann is bringing to Culver-Stockton a wonderful range of interests and experience, devotion to our interdisciplinary tradition, and dedication to advancing students’ aspirations and achievement,” said President Richard Valentine. “We are fortunate to have such a strong colleague joining our leadership team. I know her particular talents and expertise will be instrumental in the strategic advancement of our innovative academic programs.”

Campbell brings more than 30 years of experience in academic leadership roles. She comes to Culver-Stockton from Montana State University, Billings, where she served as provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs. In this role, she helped build faculty morale installed a comprehensive system of assessment, and increased undergraduate enrollment.

“I am very excited to be part of a special place, the Hill, and look forward to getting to know everyone on campus,” said Campbell. “Culver-Stockton is a college that has a rigorous set of academic programs with high quality and a flexible innovative schedule that allows a wide range of opportunities and travels that can enhance and transform a student's collegiate experience.”

Prior to joining Montana State, Campbell was dean of academics at the United States Coast Guard Academy, New London, Conn., becoming the first woman to serve in that capacity at any of the service academies. Over the course of her career, she has been a dean at Indiana University and a vice president at several schools. She also served as interim president at White Pines College in New Hampshire.

Campbell is a pioneer in the study of women in history, and has an international reputation for her research on women in military history. Her publications include her book, Women at War with America: Private Lives in a Patriotic Era (Harvard University Press, 1984), as well as three dozen articles on women in the military in the 20th century, especially World War II. She is a consultant to several rural school districts around the country, and helped design the Price of Freedom exhibit at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. She is active in community affairs and has lectured to many groups on the role of women and patriotism in World War II.

Campbell's husband Richard Jensen is a retired history professor. They have twin daughters, Elizabeth is in
graduate school, and Jo is in foundation work.

Born and raised in Colorado, Campbell earned a bachelor’s degree from Colorado College, Colorado Springs, in 1972 and a PhD from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, in 1979.