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Meet the Dean
Dr. Charles A. McAdams
Dr. Charles A. McAdams, Dean of the College of Arts and
Sciences, began his tenure at Northwest Missouri State University in 2004.
Prior to this appointment, Dean McAdams served in the positions of acting dean
of the College of Arts & Sciences, chair of the Department of Music, and
Professor of Music at Central Missouri State University (now University of
Central Missouri) for 20 years.
Since arriving at Northwest, the College of Arts and
Sciences has developed new programs in Nanoscale Science, Geographic
Information Science (GIS), Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Bachelor of Science
in Radiologic Science, and Master of Science degree in Biotechnology.
Dean McAdams led a team of science faculty to design the new Center for
Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) which houses the new Nanoscale Science
program and a state-of-the-art commercial analysis lab and mixed-use business
incubator. He also co-led
the Advisory Board for the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship during
its three-year start-up period.
Dean McAdams has
traveled extensively promoting student and faculty international exchanges with
Northwest Missouri State University and advocating the importance of
internationalizing the curriculum on the Northwest campus. He initiated
efforts to establish Northwest’s first international alumni chapter in Tokyo,
Japan.
Dr. McAdams’s
recent research has focused on the use of innovation in higher education,
continuous improvement models in higher education and his most recent book is
titled, The
Tennessee Tech Tuba Ensemble and R. Winston Morris: A 40th
Anniversary Retrospective published by
Scarecrow Press.
Dean McAdams holds a bachelor’s degree from Tennessee
Technological University, and a master’s and doctorate from the University of
Illinois - Urbana/Champaign. In 2007, Dr. McAdams successfully completed the
Institute for Management and Leadership in Higher Education, at the Harvard
Graduate School of Education.
