July 27, 1995 Contact: Jennifer McNulty (408/459-2495)

UC SANTA CRUZ NAMES NEW DEAN OF SOCIAL SCIENCES DIVISION

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SANTA CRUZ, CA--Martin M. Chemers, Henry R. Kravis Professor of Leadership and Organizational Psychology at Claremont McKenna College, has been named dean of the Social Sciences Division at the University of California, Santa Cruz. The appointment, which was announced today (July 27, 1995) by UCSC Executive Vice Chancellor Michael Tanner, is effective September 1, 1995.

Chemers's background is in social psychology with an emphasis on leadership issues, cross-cultural psychology, and organizational psychology. He has served as director of the Kravis Leadership Institute and as adjunct professor of psychology and of management at the Claremont Graduate School.

"I am pleased that Professor Chemers has accepted this appointment, and I am confident that he will bring innovative leadership and strength to the Division of Social Sciences," said Tanner.

Chemers succeeds anthropology professor Susan Harding, who has served as acting dean since December 1994.

Social Sciences is one of four academic divisions at UCSC; the others are Arts, Humanities, and Natural Sciences. Each division is home to a wide range of departments and programs. Social Sciences includes anthropology, community studies, economics, education, environmental studies, politics, psychology, sociology, and Latin American and Latino studies.

Chemers earned his undergraduate and graduate degrees in psychology from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Prior to his appointment at Claremont McKenna College, Chemers was a professor of psychology at the University of Utah. He was chairman of the Psychology Department there from 1979 to 1985.

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