Dean Robin Douthitt at the University of Wisconsin to Step Down Next Year

The University of Wisconsin has announced that Robin A. Douthitt, dean of the School of Human Ecology, will step down at the end of the 2011-12 academic year. Dean Douthitt joined the faculty at the University of Wisconsin in 1986, teaching in the department of consumer science. She was named dean of the School of Human Ecology in 2001, after serving for 18 months as the interim dean. During her tenure as dean, annual research grants grew from $206,000 in 2001 to a projected $15.1 million in 2012. Dr. Douthitt, who holds a Ph.D. from Cornell University, founded the Women’s Faculty Mentoring Program at the University of Wisconsin.