Bobbi Owen, Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, College of Arts and Sciences, and Professor of Dramatic Art, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
As a faculty member at UNC since 1974, Professor Owen has held a number of administrative positions connected to undergraduate education. In 2004 she was appointed to her current position as Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education in the College of Arts and Sciences. In this position she oversees a range of academic programs, scholarships, and services for undergraduate students, including the Academic Advising Program, Academic Services, the Honors Program and the Johnston Center for Undergraduate Excellence, First Year Seminars, Student Academic Counseling, Undergraduate Curriculum, and Undergraduate Research. She provided leadership in UNC's revision of its general education curriculum, which took effect in the Fall, 2005, and is actively involved in its implementation. With colleagues, she is also playing a key role in UNC's orientation for new students, retention efforts, and Making Critical Connections, the Quality Enhancement Plan that was developed as part of UNC-Chapel Hill's recent reaffirmation of accreditation process. Professor Owen is the author of hundreds of articles and six books about major American theatrical designers including The Designs of Willa Kim (2005) and the exhibition catalog for the United States entry in the 2007 Prague Quadrennial Design USA. Her many credits as a costume designer, include productions at PlayMakers Repertory Company, Indiana Repertory Company, Houston Shakespeare Festival, Alcazar Theatre in San Francisco, Charleston Stage Company, and the American Place and RiverWest Theaters in New York City.