Provost Names Crain One of Three Faculty Fellows

Professor Marion G. Crain has been named a Faculty Fellow in the University’s Office of the Provost.

She is one of three faculty members named to this newly created position by Edward S. Macias, provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs. The other two are Mark Rollins, professor and chair of the Department of Philosophy in Arts & Sciences, and Elzbieta Sklodowska, the Randolph Family Professor in Arts & Sciences and chair of the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures.

The fellows will work on such topics as increasing faculty leadership opportunities, particularly among women and underrepresented faculty; strengthening diversity on both the Danforth and Medical campuses, including making diversity an important criterion in searches; encouraging more interdisciplinary cooperation between Washington University centers, programs, departments, and schools to enhance teaching, scholarship, and service; and developing undergraduate and graduate curriculum with an emphasis on internationalization.

“Professors Crain, Rollins, and Sklodowska are outstanding faculty members and highly effective leaders in their respective areas,” said Macias, who is also the Barbara and David Thomas Distinguished Professor in Arts & Sciences. “They all have a keen interest in Washington University issues and in building a stronger institution. Our new Faculty Fellows also bring different experiences from their academic fields, as well as varying perspectives from their departments and schools. I appreciate their commitment and their valuable insight.”

Crain, the Wiley B. Rutledge Professor of Law, is a nationally renowned expert on labor and employment law issues, an accomplished scholar, and an award-winning teacher. In January, she will assume the directorship of the law school’s Center for Interdisciplinary Studies. She previously was the Paul Eaton Professor of Law and director of the Center on Poverty, Work, and Opportunity at the University of North Carolina.

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