QUICK LINKS Today's News News releases ISU homepage NEWS RELEASE 09-24-01 Contacts: Peter Rabideau, Liberal Arts & Sciences, (515) 294-3146 Dave Gieseke, Liberal Arts & Sciences, (515) 294-7742 Steve Sullivan, News Service, (515) 294-3720 ANTHROPOLOGY CHAIR NAMED LAS ASSOCIATE DEAN AMES, Iowa -- Michael Whiteford, professor and chair of the department of anthropology at Iowa State University, has been named the associate dean of administration for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Whiteford replaces Steve Rodermel, professor of botany, who has been named associate dean of research for LAS. As associate dean, Whiteford will handle general administration, planning, budget, space and facilities issues. A faculty member at Iowa State since 1972,Whiteford has served as anthropology chair since 1991. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley. His research interests focus on alternative curing practices and health-care decision-making processes. His geographic area of specialty is Latin America and he has worked in Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico. He is co-author of an introductory anthropology textbook, "The Human Portrait." -30- Ames, Iowa 50011, (515) 294-4111 Published by: University Relations, online@iastate.edu Copyright © 1995-2000, Iowa State University of Science and Technology. All rights reserved.