Judith Warren Little named dean of Graduate School of Education

BERKELEY — Judith Warren Little, the Carol Liu Chair in Educational Policy at the University of California, Berkeley's Graduate School of Education, has been appointed the school's dean, effective July 1. "We are grateful to professor Little for her willingness to assume the deanship of the GSE in these challenging times," said George Breslauer, UC Berkeley executive vice chancellor and provost, in making the announcement today (Monday, April 26). "She possesses the unusual combination of interpersonal skills, organizational talent, high professional standing, commitment to top quality in both research and teaching, and determination to make a difference that we look for in our deans. I look forward to working with her to advance the goals of the school." Little, who has been at the Graduate School of Education since 1987, will replace P. David Pearson, the school's dean since 2001. She will become the seventh woman currently serving as a UC Berkeley dean and the first woman to hold the education school's deanship on a permanent basis. "I can't imagine a better match," said Pearson. "Judith is equally as comfortable in public school classrooms as she is in college lecture halls.