Mary Dupree
marydupree@SanDiego.edu
(619) 260-5969
Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
- PhD, University of California Santa Barbara, Political Science
- MA, University of California Santa Barbara, Political Science
- BA, University of California Los Angeles, Political Science/Public Administration
Noelle Norton, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, received her BA from UCLA and her MA and PhD from UCSB in Political Science. Norton was named dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of San Diego in 2013. She joined the USD faculty in 1994, and previously served as associate dean, co-director of USD’s Living Learning Communities program and director of the Honors Program while maintaining her faculty role in the Department of Political Science and International Relations. Under her leadership, the College of Arts and Sciences has opened an interdisciplinary student-centered Humanities Center; led the revision of USD’s core curriculum; designed and implemented a successful Teaching Pathway Postdoctoral Program; is addressing the advancement of liberal arts at USD; is creating new interdisciplinary programs; and is implementing new methods for including adjunct faculty in the USD community. Norton’s abiding interest in promoting the humanities as the central element of a liberal arts education has led to her active involvement in the “Natural Landscapes and Human Meaning” project.
Areas of Expertise
Political Science, International Relations
Scholarly Work
Norton has been published in the journals Congress and the Presidency, Political Research Quarterly; Policy Studies Journal; Legislative Studies Quarterly; Women and Politics; Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences; Policy Studies; and two edited volumes, Gender, Power, Leadership and Governance (Kelly/Duerst-Lahti, 1995) and Women Transforming Congress (Rosenthal, 2003). One of her most recent publications is a book titled Creating Gender: The Sexual Politics of Welfare Policy with Georgia Duerst-Lahti and Cathy Johnson (Lynn Reinner Press, 2007). Norton is currently working with an undergraduate research assistant to expand her work to include an analysis of congressional handling of international women's gender violence legislation.
Areas of Interest
Norton's background and experience prepare her to teach a wide variety of courses ranging from urban politics to gender politics. Prior work for the cities of Grover Beach and San Luis Obispo piqued her interest in state, local and urban politics, while her research in American government piqued her interest in the U.S. Congress and gender politics. She has taught introductory American Politics and Urban Politics, as well as upper-division courses on Congress, urban politics, and parties and interest groups.