- Paul D’Anieri was hired as dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. D’Anieri received a bachelor’s degree in international relations at Michigan State, followed by a doctorate in government at Cornell University. In 1991, he was hired as an associate professor of political science at the University of Kansas. After the Soviet Union collapsed, D’Anieri won a Fulbright Scholarship to Ukraine, working as a visiting scholar at L’viv State University(opens in new tab). At Kansas he served as Associate Dean for International Programs (1999 to 2003), Director of the Center for Russian and European Studies (2003-2004), and Associate Dean of Humanities (2004-2008). He accepted a position as Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor at the University of California Riverside in June 2014.
