Dunaway named WVU鈥檚 Eberly College of Arts and Sciences dean
Contact: Harriet Laird
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擥reg Dunaway, Mississippi State鈥檚 dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named to the same position in West Virginia University鈥檚 Eberly College of Arts and Sciences.
Effective March 31, 2016, Dunaway will lead WVU鈥檚 largest college, employing more than 435 faculty and offering 36 undergraduate majors and 32 graduate programs.
Prior to his 2013 appointment as dean of 91传媒鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences, Dunaway was this unit鈥檚 associate dean from 2011-2012. As dean, he oversaw 23 academic programs in 14 departments.
Former head of the university鈥檚 sociology department and Thomas Bailey Professor of Sociology, he was a developer of the state鈥檚 only criminology degree program.
He also served 91传媒 as a research fellow in the Social Science Research Center. His research focus areas at 91传媒 have centered around the examination of social factors associated with crime and delinquency; trends, inequality, and crime and justice; and criminal justice policy.
Dunaway holds a bachelor鈥檚 degree in sociology from Loyola University in Baltimore, Maryland, and a master鈥檚 and doctoral degree in the same field from the University of Cincinnati.