MILWAUKEE – Alan R. Shoho has been named dean of the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Shoho, who will start April 1, comes to UWM from the University of Texas at San Antonio where he serves as associate vice provost for academic and faculty support. In that position he led a number of campus initiatives including a university-wide mentoring program. Prior to becoming associate vice provost, he was an American Council on Education Fellow at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte.
The new dean earned his doctorate of education in secondary education, with an emphasis on research methodology, from Arizona State University. Before joining UT at San Antonio, he taught in the university’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies.
Shoho’s teaching focus is on school administration, principal internships and principles of ethical leadership. His research has focused on leadership preparation, novice principals and assistant principals, and high school social processes.
“Alan Shoho brings a great combination of leadership skills, higher education and K-12 knowledge and experience, and passion for the School’s mission to the position, and I am delighted to welcome him to UWM,” said Johannes Britz, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs.
In addition to his work in university administration and teaching, Shoho has written a number of books, book chapters and journal articles focusing on school and district leadership. He also has experience working on collaborations between the academic world and large public school systems, having served as associate director of the Metropolitan Research and Policy Institute in San Antonio, working on policy initiatives in the San Antonio community. In that role, he facilitated a national forum on school vouchers on PBS.
UWM’s School of Education serves students from diverse backgrounds, with a focus on urban and multicultural educational settings. Programs in the school prepare students to be teachers, adult educators, administrators, community leaders, researchers, counselors, sign language interpreters, trainers in the business community and to work in many other education-related careers.
Shoho will succeed Barbara Daley, who has served as interim dean of the School of Education since 2013.
