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Dean of Faculty

Joseph R. Urgo

Dean of the Faculty

urgo@hamilton.edu
(315) 859-4601
Joseph Urgo
As the vice president of academic affairs and dean of faculty, Joseph R. Urgo is the chief academic officer of the College. He oversees the instructional departments and the curriculum, supervises instructional budgets including grants and equipment, supports faculty members in their scholarly and creative development, and advises the President on academic personnel decisions. He chairs the Academic Council and is a member of the Committee on Academic Policy, the Faculty Committee on Admission and Financial Aid, the Faculty Committee on Budget and Finance, the Committee on the Library, and the Planning Committee. Under the VP/Dean's jurisdiction are the Emerson Gallery, Library, Opportunity Programs, Registrar, Levitt Public Affairs Center, and Diversity & Social Justice Project. Joe is assisted by the Associate Dean of the Faculty, the Assistant Dean of Faculty for Diversity Initiatives, the Assistant Dean of Faculty for Institutional Research and the Academic Budget Manager. Joe is a Professor of English.  His scholarship is in the area of American literature and culture.  He has written four books (Faulkner's Apocrypha:  A Fable, Snopes, and the Spirit of Human Rebellion; Novel Frames:  Literature as Guide to Race, Sex, and History in American Culture; Willa Cather and the Myth of Amerian Migration; and In the Age of Distraction), edited or co-edited numerous volumes, including a classroom edition of Willa Cather's My Ántonia.  He's also written dozens of essays, including analyses of affiliation and collegiality in the academy.

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