Search Advisory Committee for Dean of Gevirtz Graduate School of Education

May 9, 2025

Dear Members of Our Campus Community,

As I announced in my campus memo of March 5, Jules Zimmer Dean of our Gevirtz Graduate School of Education Jeffrey Milem has decided to retire, effective June 30, after nine years of outstanding leadership. 

Following consultation with our Executive Vice Chancellor, Academic Senate, faculty, administrative and staff colleagues, and graduate students, I am pleased to announce the formation of the search advisory committee for our next Dean of The Gevirtz School. Professor Richard Mayer has graciously agreed to chair this important committee, and Professors Jin Sook Lee, Education, and Shane Jimerson, Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology, have agreed to serve as vice chairs. The committee membership is listed below.

I am grateful to the chair and vice chairs, and to all of our search advisory committee members for their willingness to devote their valuable time and wisdom to help our campus with this important search. 

I would like to take this opportunity again to thank Dean Milem for his leadership of The Gevirtz School and his many extraordinary contributions to our university.

Sincerely,

Henry T. Yang
Chancellor

Dean of Gevirtz Graduate School of Education Search Advisory Committee

Richard Mayer, Chair, Distinguished Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences
Jin Sook Lee, Vice Chair, Professor, Education; Associate Graduate Dean
Shane Jimerson, Vice Chair, Professor, Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology; Director, Academic Program Development
Tarek Azzam, Professor, Education; Director, Center for Program Evaluation
Jon Clark, President, James S. Bower Foundation
Tim Dewar, Teaching Professor, Education; Teacher Education Program Single Subject Teaching Coordinator
Erin Dowdy, Professor, Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology
Taylor Martin del Campo, GSA representative; PhD candidate, Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology
Daisy Martinez, Staff representative; Career Development and Alumni Relations Coordinator, Executive Assistant to the Deans, Bren School of Environmental Science and Management
Rebeca Mireles Rios, Associate Professor, Education; Director, Center for Community Engagement
Leila Rupp, Interim Anne and Michael Towbes Graduate Dean; Distinguished Professor, Feminist Studies
Miriam Thompson, Associate Teaching Professor, Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology; Director, Mind and Behavior Assessment Clinic
Elizabeth van Es, Professor, Education
Ty Vernon, Associate Professor, Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology; Director, Koegel Autism Center

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