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Dr. Susan E.
Pease, Dean of the School of Arts and
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Dr.
Susan E. Pease
became dean of the School of Arts and
Sciences in March 2004, after serving nearly
two years as interim dean. She is
responsible for 21 departments representing
a range of disciplines in the fine arts, the
humanities, the social and behavioral
sciences, mathematics, computer science, and
the natural sciences. Her duties include
developing and evaluating curriculum,
supporting faculty scholarship and outreach,
and working with other academic deans on
university-wide policy issues as a member of
the Academic Affairs Council of Deans.
Dr. Pease came to CCSU in 1989 as an
associate professor in the department of
sociology, social work, and criminal
justice. She became chair of that department
in 1993, and chair of criminology and
criminal justice when it became its own
department in 1998. As chair she oversaw
development of the University’s B.A. in
Criminology and M.S. in criminal justice.
Dr. Pease began her teaching career as an
instructor at Westfield State College in
Massachusetts. She joined the criminal
justice department faculty at North Carolina
Central University in 1981 and was promoted
to associate professor in 1989.
She earned a B.A. degree in psychology from
the University of Massachusetts, an M.S. in
criminal Justice from Northeastern
University and a Ph.D. in criminology from
Florida State University.
Dr. Pease is an expert on drug crimes and on
substance abuse treatment programs for
prisoners. Her articles on these subjects
appear in the 2000 edition of the
Encyclopedia of Women and Crime, and in
many other publications. She is frequently
asked to evaluate the effectiveness of
prison drug treatment programs.
Dr. Pease lives in Wethersfield with her
son, John, a student at the Watkinson School
in Hartford, where Dr. Pease has been an
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