Steven House, dean of Elon College, the College of Arts and Sciences, at Elon University, has been promoted to the position of associate vice president for academic affairs. He will also continue his duties as dean of Elon College, a position he has held since joining Elon in 2001.
House will join President Leo M. Lambert’s senior staff and assume broader institutional leadership by way of assignments through the provost’s office.
“This promotion is in recognition of Steven’s outstanding academic leadership,” said Provost Gerald Francis. “The arts and sciences programs continue to thrive and improve as a result of his commitment to excellence.”
Since becoming the founding dean of Elon College in 2001, House has directed an approximately 50 percent growth in the number of arts and sciences faculty to almost 190 full-time appointments. The percentage of students majoring in the liberal arts has increased by 15 percent. New majors have been added in dance, theatrical design and production and computer information systems, along with minors in environmental studies, Latin American studies, Italian studies, multimedia authoring and geographic information systems.
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.
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.
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.
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.