College of Education and Human Development welcomes new dean

Timothy Reagan was named dean of the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development in March, and started at Shibles Hall in late June.

Reagan recently returned to the United States, having served for three and a half years as founding dean of the Graduate School of Education at Nazarbayev University in Astana, Kazakhstan. He has held a variety of senior faculty and administrative positions at institutions in the U.S. and South Africa, including Gallaudet University, University of Connecticut, Roger Williams University, Central Connecticut State University and University of the Witwatersrand.

He holds a Ph.D. and master’s degree in educational policy studies from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

A few weeks into his first academic year in Orono, Reagan answered some questions about his background and goals for the college moving forward.

His profile is on the College of Education and Human Development website.