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Announcements
A New Dean is Announced!
On April 14th, 2009, Georgetown University announced Chester Gillis as the new dean of Georgetown College, effective immediately.
Since July, Gillis has served as interim dean of the College, which is the oldest and largest school within the university -- housing departments and programs in the arts and sciences.
“Dean Gillis has a strong record of experience in undergraduate education and a deep commitment to supporting faculty scholarship and innovative classroom opportunities,” said Georgetown President John J. DeGioia. “He has demonstrated an innovative vision for the future of the College that honors our foundation of intellectual rigor, global reach and dedication to service.”
Gillis assumed the role of interim dean upon the departure of Jane Dammen McAuliffe last summer. He is the founding director of the Program on the Church and Interreligious Dialogue within the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs at Georgetown and holds the Amaturo Chair in Catholic Studies in the department of theology.
"I am honored to be selected by President DeGioia after a national search,” Gillis said. “I am committed to advancing the College while maintaining our Jesuit tradition and Georgetown's longstanding commitment to undergraduate education within the context of a research university."
Gillis has been a member of the Georgetown faculty since 1988 has served as chair of the theology department from 2001 to 2006, director of the Doctor of Liberal Studies program from 2006 to 2008.
As a professor, Gillis has come to know a broad cross-section of Georgetown’s undergraduate community, teaching such courses as the Problem of God and Catholicism and Society.
Gillis received the Excellence in Teaching Award from the liberal studies program in 2005, and this year he is the faculty mentor for the Berkley Center Undergraduate Fellows Program.
Gillis’ research interests include comparative religion and contemporary Roman Catholicism. A member of the American Theological Society, he serves on the Academic Relations Task Force of the American Academy of Religion and is a contributor to The Washington Post/Newsweek Web site On Faith. An expert on the U.S. Catholic Church, the history of Catholicism and the papacy, Gillis has a deep commitment to advancing interfaith dialogue.
Since July, Gillis has served as interim dean of the College, which is the oldest and largest school within the university -- housing departments and programs in the arts and sciences.
“Dean Gillis has a strong record of experience in undergraduate education and a deep commitment to supporting faculty scholarship and innovative classroom opportunities,” said Georgetown President John J. DeGioia. “He has demonstrated an innovative vision for the future of the College that honors our foundation of intellectual rigor, global reach and dedication to service.”
Gillis assumed the role of interim dean upon the departure of Jane Dammen McAuliffe last summer. He is the founding director of the Program on the Church and Interreligious Dialogue within the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs at Georgetown and holds the Amaturo Chair in Catholic Studies in the department of theology.
"I am honored to be selected by President DeGioia after a national search,” Gillis said. “I am committed to advancing the College while maintaining our Jesuit tradition and Georgetown's longstanding commitment to undergraduate education within the context of a research university."
Gillis has been a member of the Georgetown faculty since 1988 has served as chair of the theology department from 2001 to 2006, director of the Doctor of Liberal Studies program from 2006 to 2008.
As a professor, Gillis has come to know a broad cross-section of Georgetown’s undergraduate community, teaching such courses as the Problem of God and Catholicism and Society.
Gillis received the Excellence in Teaching Award from the liberal studies program in 2005, and this year he is the faculty mentor for the Berkley Center Undergraduate Fellows Program.
Gillis’ research interests include comparative religion and contemporary Roman Catholicism. A member of the American Theological Society, he serves on the Academic Relations Task Force of the American Academy of Religion and is a contributor to The Washington Post/Newsweek Web site On Faith. An expert on the U.S. Catholic Church, the history of Catholicism and the papacy, Gillis has a deep commitment to advancing interfaith dialogue.
