Provost Phil Hanlon has named a search advisory committee for the dean of the School of Art & Design. James Cogswell, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Art, will chair the committee that has been charged with conducting a broad search and presenting a slate of recommended candidates by the end of the fall semester.

Other members of the committee, who are from the School of Art & Design unless otherwise indicated, are:

David Chung, associate professor of art and design, and core faculty member, Center for Korean Studies

Heidi Kumao, associate professor of art

Mahendra Kumar, chief administrative officer

John Marshall, assistant professor of art and design, and assistant professor of architecture and urban planning, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning

David Munson Jr., Robert J. Vlasic Dean of Engineering and professor of electrical engineering and computer science, College of Engineering

Cynthia Pachikara, associate professor of art and design, and associate professor of architecture and urban planning, Taubman College

Marianetta Porter, professor of art, and adjunct associate professor of humanities, LSA Lloyd Hall Scholars Program

Meghan Reynard, Master of Fine Arts student and graduate student instructor

Joseph Rosa, director, U-M Museum of Art

Matthew Shlian, lecturer I in art and design, and lecturer I in the LSA Lloyd Hall Scholars Program

Hannah Smotrich, associate professor of art and design

Peter Sparling, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Dance, School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Elona Van Gent, associate professor of art

Elizabeth Youngblood, alumna

Kristen Zelenka, undergraduate student

In a February email to faculty and staff at the school, Hanlon wrote that current dean Bryan Rogers will step down June 30, 2012, after 12 years of service.

“During Dean Rogers’ tenure, the reach and influence of the School of Art & Design have steadily grown on campus and beyond,” Hanlon wrote. “Starting with the implementation of a new curriculum, Dean Rogers has led the way to establishing a new undergraduate program, dual degree programs, joint faculty appointments, new exhibitions spaces on campus and in Detroit, distinguished visitors programs, international experience for graduate and undergraduate students, and studio facilities for faculty and graduate students. Emphasizing that public engagement is central to the practice of art and design, Dean Rogers has brought fresh energy to all the school’s outreach efforts.”

To recommend candidates or ask questions of the committee members, send an email to SoAD.dean.search@umich.edu. For more information on the school go to www.art-design.umich.edu/about.