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Dean's Office Personnel |
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Dean's Office Personnel |
Deans: Staff: Patricia Madison - Administrative
Assistant Liberal Arts Advisor: Beth S. Wright - Dean of Liberal Arts
Kimberly van Noort - Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Dr. van Noort is a specialist in twentieth-century French literature and culture, with a special emphasis on narrative. She is the author of a book on the writer Paul Morand and of articles on the contemporary novel, theory and drama. Her most recent research centers on women dramatists in France. Dr. van Noort serves on the Board of Directors of The Montessori Academy as well as volunteering for several local agencies. Eric Bolsterli - Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs
Laura Nation - Assistant to the Dean
Outside her duties at UTA, Laura sings with the renowned Oratorio Chorus of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth. Other spare time activities include playing the flute and spending time with her husband and their Norwich Terrier, Gus. Cindy Wilder Graves - Executive Assistant
Cindy keeps the Dean's schedule and handles all of her correspondence. She keeps up with all matters dealing with faculty, from their offer letters through their tenure and promotion. She handles various reports, supports all committees at the College level, from Research to Tenure and Promotion, works closely with Development, oversees the annual elections, coordinates five graduation ceremonies per year for the College, and takes care of day-to-day tasks as office manager. She loves her job and plans on retiring from UTA. She is married to a Master Sergeant in the Air Force, and has two grown children. Her hobbies are singing and reading. Patricia Madison - Administrative Assistant Aleta Duran - Administrative Specialist
Dover C. Binder - Academic Advisor
Dover's current duties include general Liberal Arts advising, pre-law advising, orientation, and recruitment. Her primary role is to support departmental advising within the college, and to dispense consistent, pertinent information necessary for student success. She will accept chocolate as a form of bribery :) |
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Beth S. Wright is a Professor of Art History who joined the faculty at UTA in 1984. Dr. Wright earned a Bachelor’s degree in Art History and European History from Brandeis University,
and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in the history of art at the University of California at Berkeley. Her primary area of interest is French art in the 18th and 19th centuries, placed in its cultural context. Her first book, Painting and History during the French Restoration: Abandoned by the Past (Cambridge University Press, 1997), an interdisciplinary study of art, historiography, drama, and fiction, was given the Vasari award by the Dallas Museum of Art for most outstanding publication by an art historian working in Texas. Recent scholarship includes an assessment of Restoration art criticism of the work of Jacques-Louis David, ‘The Space of Time’ in Chateaubriand’s historiography and Delaroche’s painting, Scott’s novels and their challenge to 19th century European historical painting, text and image in ABC manuals during the French Revolution, and literature and the arts in Europe between 1830 and 1914.
Kimberly van Noort is an Associate Professor of French who joined the UTA faculty in 1995. She holds a Ph.D. in French Literature from Boston University and an M.A. from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Dr. Bolsterli joined the History department as an adjunct in 1994, and became
the History advisor in 1998, before moving to the Dean's Office in 2005.
He graduated from the University of California at Santa Barbara in 1982 with a
double major in History and Anthropology. After a short stint outside
academia he earned his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Arkansas, finishing
in 1998. His focus was on Modern U.S. diplomatic History, but he has since
branched out to include Economic History as well. He has had a strong
interest in student success, both in the classroom and in the University
environment, evidenced by the Outstanding Adjunct Instructor Award, the
Provost's Award for Excellence in Teaching and Outstanding Academic Advisor
Award.
Laura is a UTA graduate with degrees in Communication and Electrical Engineering. After a successful career at TU Electric she began working at UTA, first in the Electrical Engineering Department for one year and then in the Office of Special Events for almost six years. Laura recently transferred to the Dean’s Office as Assistant to the Dean. She is responsible for overseeing the budget for the College of Liberal Arts.
Cindy
is a native Texan and proud of it. She has literally grown up on this
campus. Her mother came to work here when Cindy was only three years old.
Cindy worked for the Dean of the Graduate School from 1980-1985, then took
a leave in order to spend time with her two children. In June, 1990 she
came to work for the Dean of Liberal Arts office, working three years for
the Associate Deans, and the last 13 as the Administrative Assistant to
the Dean. She is now the Executive Assistant to the Dean.
A 1994 UTA History graduate, Dover worked for the Dean of Liberal Arts office until 1995. She then served as an academic and student organization advisor in the Honors College for five years, and has now returned to student advising in the College of Liberal Arts.