Dean of the Faculty

Welcome to Reed's Office of the Dean of the Faculty

Staff in the Office of the Dean of the Faculty

Suzy C.P. Renn

Associate Dean of the Faculty and Roger M. Perlmutter Professor of Biology

Office: Eliot Hall 427

Phone: 503-517-7967

Email: renns@reed.edu

Primary responsibilities: academic advising, academic policy and planning, academic programming and curriculum development, Academic Success Committee, accreditation, faculty development and mentoring, governance, new faculty support, Northwest Five Consortium (NW5C), student success programming, and visiting faculty searches.

Jolina Kwong Caputo

Associate Dean of Academic Operations

Office: Eliot Hall 317

Phone: 503-777-7258

Email: jolina@reed.edu

Primary responsibilities: academic equipment budget, academic staff evaluation and human resources compliance, Committee on Academic Policy and Planning (CAPP), Committee on Advancement and Tenure (CAT), endowed chairs and professorships, endowed lecture funds, faculty development fund requests (Stillman Drake, Sabbatical Research, Summer Research, etc.), faculty reviews, foundation and corporate support, sabbatical and leave eligibility, student research and faculty-student research, supervisor to administrative coordinators to the faculty, and supervisor to dean’s office staff.

Matthew Packwood

Associate to the Dean of the Faculty

Office: Eliot Hall 318A

Phone: 503-517-5546

Email: mpackwood@reed.edu

Primary responsibilities: Academic Affairs Committee, academic misconduct, Dean of the Faculty office community liaison, dean’s calendar and meeting coordination, dean’s office operating budget, dean’s office website, faculty announcements, faculty committees, faculty database and Banner records, faculty elections, faculty housing, faculty meetings, faculty minutes and legislative record, Northwest Five Consortium (NW5C), program review, and accreditation.

Karin Purdy

Faculty Search Coordinator

Office: Eliot Hall 403

Phone: 503-517-7653

Email: purdyk@reed.edu

Primary responsibilities: 
Associate dean’s calendar, meeting coordination, and office operations, faculty offer letters and startup agreements, faculty office assignments, faculty recruitment and hiring processes, immigration and visas, and new faculty orientation and onboarding.

Lin Reedijk

Administrative Coordinator

Office: Eliot Hall 317

Phone: 503-777-7256

Email: reedijkl@reed.edu

Primary responsibilities: Dean’s office operations and administrative support, faculty development fund reimbursements (Stillman Drake, Sabbatical Research, Summer Research, etc.), faculty employment files, faculty evaluation files, and faculty professional travel.

Anne Ha

Data and System Coordinator

Office: Eliot Hall 429

Phone: 503-517-5297

Email: anneha@reed.edu

Primary responsibilities: annual faculty salary letters, faculty database and Banner records, faculty directory, Faculty Handbook, Guidebook, and Language Scholars orientation.