David C. Hodge
Dean of the College of Arts & Science, University of Washington
David C. Hodge has served as dean (and acting dean) of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Washington since July 1998. As dean of the largest college at the university, he provides leadership for achieving academic excellence across the 40 departments, 900 faculty and 500 staff who serve more than 24,000 students. He is responsible for the conduct of all academic programs, meeting student curricular needs, providing research infrastructure to support both unfunded research and more than $90 million of funded research annually, managing 1.2 million square feet of facilities, and supporting college and departmental development programs.
Hodge, who joined the University of Washington faculty in 1975, holds the appointment of professor of geography and adjunct professor of civil engineering. He served as chair of the Geography Department, 1995-1997, and divisional dean for computing, facilities, and research in the College of Arts and Sciences, 1996-1998. He won the University of Washington Distinguished Teaching Award in 1990 and has supervised more than 40 master's and doctorate students. His research, which focuses on urban and transportation geography with a special interest in the impacts of telecommunications, has been supported by the National Science Foundation, Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, U.S. and Washington State Departments of Transportation and numerous other state and local agencies.
Hodge received his bachelor's degree from Macalester College (1970) and his master's degree (1973) and Ph.D. (1975) from the Pennsylvania State University. All three degrees are in geography. He served as a program director at the National Science Foundation in 1993-1994 and was editor of The Professional Geographer, 1994-1997. He also has served on numerous local and state committees and boards dealing with issues of community development and transportation planning. He was named a Centennial Fellow in the Penn State College of Earth and Mineral Sciences in 1996 and received the Hosler Alumni Scholar Award in 2003. He serves on the Board of Trustees at Macalester College, where he was also named to the Athletic Hall of Fame.
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