Bowling Green State University has chosen an experienced Ohio administrator as its next dean of the
College of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Raymond Craig, associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at
Kent State University, will join BGSU effective June 30, pending approval by the Board of Trustees at
the June 19 meeting.
Rodney Rogers, senior vice president for academic affairs and provost, made the announcement May 8. Craig
follows Simon Morgan-Russell, who has become dean of BGSU’s new Honors College.
Rogers described Craig as an "innovative leader with a strong background in all aspects of college
administration, from the academic to the budgetary. The screening committee and attendees at his forums
were impressed with both his philosophy of education and his administrative experience."
"I am honored to have this opportunity to serve the students and faculty at Bowling Green State
University," Craig said. "During my visits, I was impressed with the interdisciplinary legacy
at BGSU and the commitment to infuse the liberal arts educational experience of BG students with real
world experience and application-and I was very impressed with the people of the university.
"The excellent faculty and friendly, supportive staff are at the heart of Bowling Green experience,
and I look forward to becoming part of this community and helping Bowling Green excel in the years to
come."
At Kent, Craig founded and developed the research mission for a college research support office. From
2005-07, he facilitated faculty learning communities in Northeast Ohio and statewide through the Faculty
Professional Development Center. He also has experience in student retention and learning-assessment
processes using data-based resources.
An English department faculty member since 1989, he served as graduate coordinator of the largest
graduate program in the College of Arts and Sciences, with 160 students across two doctoral programs,
one MFA and three master’s programs. He also served multiple terms as doctoral program chair, and for 10
years directed the Technology and Writing Research Program.
He is the author of four books, several articles, and encyclopedia entries on early American poets and
poetics; he has taught broadly in literary studies, rhetoric and writing studies. He has a Ph.D. in
English from the University of California, Davis; a master’s degree from Kent State and a bachelor’s
from the University of California, Berkeley.