Norma Bouchard, Ph.D., will join San Diego State University as dean of the College of Arts and Letters, following the retirement of Paul Wong, Ph.D., later this year. Bouchard is professor of Italian and comparative literary and cultural studies at the University of Connecticut.

She has served as interim associate dean for humanities, chaired the university's Department of Modern and Classical Languages and co-chaired its graduate program in comparative literatures. Among Bouchard's publications are nine books, including an anthology examining the work of Italian philosopher and renowned novelist Umberto Eco.

Read more

Source: http://newscenter.sdsu.edu/