Carroll named College of Education dean at Oklahoma State University
Friday, April 13, 2012
The OSU/A&M Board of Regents today approved the appointment of Pamela “Sissi” Carroll,
Ed.D., as Dean for the Oklahoma State University College of Education at its regular
meeting in Miami. Carroll will assume her role July 1.
“We are delighted to have Sissi Carroll join our leadership team,” said OSU Provost Bob Sternberg. “She brings insightful vision, great passion and a distinguished record of accomplishments in teacher education and adolescent and young adult literature.”
Carroll will also serve as OSU’s Director of Professional Education and hold a tenured appointment as Professor in the School of Teaching and Curriculum Leadership.
“I am honored, humbled, and extraordinarily excited to serve as dean in the Oklahoma State University College of Education,” Carroll said. “OSU is known for working to fulfill its land-grant mission; its focus on channeling the considerable resources of the university to improve society in direct, tangible ways, is important to me. I have been struck by the amazing array of programs in the College of Education and the collaborative people who populate those programs. Each one, in its own way, contributes to improving people’s lives. It is a joy to begin wearing America’s Brightest Orange alongside the College of Education faculty, staff, and students and the university community at Oklahoma State University!”
Most recently, Carroll has served as Associate Dean of Academic Affairs in the College of Education at Florida State University, where she also holds two endowed professorships in education. A faculty member in the College of Education at FSU for 21 years, she has served in various administrative roles including department chair, program coordinator and tenure-track faculty member.
A recipient of four university teaching awards, including FSU’s Distinguished University Teaching Award (2006), Carroll specializes in teacher education and in adolescent and young adult literature. She is the author of six books on the teaching of literature and young adult literature and more than 60 refereed journal articles.
Carroll has frequently presented on literature instruction, teaching practices and young adult literature. She has served as the editor of The ALAN Review, a nationally-refereed journal in young adult literature, and also completed a term as president of ALAN. In addition, she has earned funding as Principal Investigator on grants from the state of Florida, the Carnegie Corporation, New York, and federal funding received through the National Writing Project (NWP), for which she served as the project director at Florida State University.
Carroll earned her bachelor’s degree in English and English Education at Auburn University, a master’s degree in English Education at Florida State University and an Ed.D. in English Education at Auburn University. Joining her in Stillwater will be her husband, Joe Donoghue, a geologist.
“We are delighted to have Sissi Carroll join our leadership team,” said OSU Provost Bob Sternberg. “She brings insightful vision, great passion and a distinguished record of accomplishments in teacher education and adolescent and young adult literature.”
Carroll will also serve as OSU’s Director of Professional Education and hold a tenured appointment as Professor in the School of Teaching and Curriculum Leadership.
“I am honored, humbled, and extraordinarily excited to serve as dean in the Oklahoma State University College of Education,” Carroll said. “OSU is known for working to fulfill its land-grant mission; its focus on channeling the considerable resources of the university to improve society in direct, tangible ways, is important to me. I have been struck by the amazing array of programs in the College of Education and the collaborative people who populate those programs. Each one, in its own way, contributes to improving people’s lives. It is a joy to begin wearing America’s Brightest Orange alongside the College of Education faculty, staff, and students and the university community at Oklahoma State University!”
Most recently, Carroll has served as Associate Dean of Academic Affairs in the College of Education at Florida State University, where she also holds two endowed professorships in education. A faculty member in the College of Education at FSU for 21 years, she has served in various administrative roles including department chair, program coordinator and tenure-track faculty member.
A recipient of four university teaching awards, including FSU’s Distinguished University Teaching Award (2006), Carroll specializes in teacher education and in adolescent and young adult literature. She is the author of six books on the teaching of literature and young adult literature and more than 60 refereed journal articles.
Carroll has frequently presented on literature instruction, teaching practices and young adult literature. She has served as the editor of The ALAN Review, a nationally-refereed journal in young adult literature, and also completed a term as president of ALAN. In addition, she has earned funding as Principal Investigator on grants from the state of Florida, the Carnegie Corporation, New York, and federal funding received through the National Writing Project (NWP), for which she served as the project director at Florida State University.
Carroll earned her bachelor’s degree in English and English Education at Auburn University, a master’s degree in English Education at Florida State University and an Ed.D. in English Education at Auburn University. Joining her in Stillwater will be her husband, Joe Donoghue, a geologist.