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Dr. Steven House is the founding dean of Elon College, the College of Arts and Sciences. In the fall of 2006, House was promoted to the position of associate vice president for academic affairs. He joined President Leo M. Lambert's senior staff and assumed broader institutional leadership by way of assignments through the provost's office. He continues his duties as dean of Elon College, a position he has held since joining Elon in 2001.
Since becoming the dean, Dr.
House has directed a more than 50 percent growth in the number of arts and
sciences faculty to almost over 200 full-time appointments. The percentage of
students majoring in the liberal arts has increased by 15 percent. New majors
have been added in dance (BFA), theatrical design and production, music
technology, anthropology, art history and computer
information systems, along with minors in environmental studies, Latin American
studies, Italian studies, statistics, multimedia authoring and geographic information
systems.
Dr. House also led the development of a four-year Elon College Fellows Program,
supported expansion of Elon’s living-learning communities, and created
CELEBRATE!, Elon’s spring celebration of students achievements in academics and
the arts. He is currently working with the faculty to shelter a Phi Beta Kappa
chapter at Elon.
Dr. House began his faculty career at Seton Hall in 1987 as an assistant professor of biology. He was named associate professor in 1993, associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences in 1997, and full-professor in 2000. At Seton Hall he received the Trustees' Scholarship Award, an Outstanding Teaching Award, and the Outstanding Service Award.
Dr. House has a doctorate in physiology from the University of Arizona, Tucson and a bachelor's degree in biology from Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Mich. He was a postdoctoral fellow in physiology and cellular biophysics at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York.
Dr. House is the author of numerous publications on blood flow regulation during health and disease. He has received a research grant from the National Institute of Health, has made more than 75 research presentations around the world and has made more than 100 presentations on using information technology to enhance teaching and learning.
He is married to Patricia Burgh House. The other Dr. House, as she is known, has a doctorate in higher education and is a Senior Vice-President with Graham-Pelton Consulting.
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