Judy L. Postmus Becomes Dean of UM School of Social Work 

UMB President Bruce E. Jarrell, MD, FACS, has appointed Judy L. Postmus, PhD, MSW, as the new dean of the University of Maryland School of Social Work (UMSSW). The selection was made following a national search and took effect July 1, 2020. She is the second female dean and the seventh dean overall since UMSSW's founding in 1961. Donald B. Tobin, JD, dean and professor at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law and chair of the search committee, described Postmus as an "excellent teacher and scholar and someone who has spent her career leveraging her research and teaching excellence with service to the community. She brings to the school a passion for teaching and student success as well as a deep commitment to research and community engagement."

 

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