AASU Names Dean of Liberal Arts


Dr. Laura Barrett
Dr. Laura Barrett

Armstrong Atlantic State University (AASU) has named Laura Barrett dean of the College of Liberal Arts. She has served on the FAU faculty since 1998 as a charter member of the Wilkes Honors College faculty.

“Dr. Barrett has established an excellent record as a teacher and a scholar,” said Ellen V. Whitford, AASU vice president of academic affairs and dean of faculty. “Her experience and dedication will serve her well as she takes on the leadership of the College of Liberal Arts.”

AASU’s College of Liberal Arts houses the departments of Art, Music & Theater; Criminal Justice, Social & Political Science; Economics; Gender & Women’s Studies; History; Language, Literature & Philosophy; Law and Society; Liberal Studies; and Military Science.

Barrett holds a Ph.D. in nineteenth and twentieth century American literature with emphasis in American romance, postmodernism, literature and photography from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. She received her bachelor’s degree in English summa cum laude from Long Island University (LIU), Brooklyn Barrett has written numerous articles and delivered many conference presentations and lectures on works of literature ranging from Moby Dick and Ragtime to The Great Gatsby.

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