Appointment of Dean of College of Creative Studies

December 10, 2024

Dear Members of Our Campus Community,

I am pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Timothy Sherwood as our next Dean of the College of Creative Studies, effective immediately.

We are grateful for the efforts of our search advisory committee, chaired by Professor David Valentine, for conducting our search for this important position. The members of the committee are listed below. We would also like to thank EVC David Marshall, our Academic Senate Chair, and the members of our campus community who provided important consultation and input throughout this search process.

Professor Sherwood has been serving as Interim Dean of our College of Creative Studies since August 2022. He has been part of our faculty in Computer Science since 2003, an affiliate of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and a member of our Institute for Energy Efficiency, specializing in the development of low-power and high-security microprocessors. 

In the more than two decades that Professor Sherwood has been at UC Santa Barbara, he has established an outstanding record of service to our campus community through his term as Associate Vice Chancellor for Research. As an example of his many service contributions, he co-founded and co-leads our Student Engagement and Enrichment in Data Science (SEEDS) Program with Professor Sharon Tettegah. He has served as Graduate Advisor and Vice Chair of Computer Science; Chair of the Academic Senate Council on Research and Instructional Resources (CRIR); Co-Chair of the Academic Senate Faculty Grants Committee; and as a member of the Information Technology Council.

Professor Sherwood is a recipient of UC Santa Barbara’s 2012 Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award, and the 2021 Academic Senate Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award. In 2016, he received the prestigious Maurice Wilkes Award from the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). He is a Distinguished Scientist of the ACM, a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and his collaborations have won 17 paper awards for UC Santa Barbara. 

Professor Sherwood holds a B.S. in computer science and engineering from UC Davis, and a M.S. and Ph.D. in computer science from UC San Diego.

We are grateful for Professor Sherwood’s willingness to serve our campus in this important leadership role. Please join us in extending our warmest congratulations and appreciation.

Sincerely,

Henry T. Yang
Chancellor

Search Advisory Committee for Dean of College of Creative Studies

David Valentine, Chair; Norris Presidential Endowed Chair, Earth Science; Professor, Geochemistry and Microbiology
Tengiz Bibilashvili, Teaching Professor, Physics
Maria Bueno Cachadina, Teaching Professor, Mathematics
Stu Feinstein, Professor, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Yunte Huang, Professor, English
Lisa Jevbratt, Professor, Art
Anna Lin, Staff representative; Senior Analyst, Finance & Resource Management
Karen Lunsford, Director, Writing Program; Professor, Writing
Javier Read de Alaniz, Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Sharon Tettegah, Director, Center for Black Studies Research; Professor, Black Studies
William Wang, Professor, Computer Science
Andrew Watts, Unit 18 Lecturer, Music Composition

Consultant to the committee:
June Betancourt, Director of Equal Opportunity and Policy Compliance, Academic Affairs