Joyce
M. Gattas, Ph.D.
Dean
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Joyce M. Gattas has served San Diego
State University as Dean of the College of Professional Studies
and Fine Arts since July 1989. In her role as Dean of the
College, she manages eleven diverse departments/schools which
include: Aerospace Studies; Art, Design and Art History; Child
and Family Development; Communication; Military Science; Music
and Dance; Naval Science; Exercise and Nutritional Sciences;
Public Administration and Urban Studies; Recreation, Parks
and Tourism; and Theatre. Her newest program is a joint degree
with the College of Business in Hospitality and Tourism Management.
The College has over 7,000 majors and 550 faculty and staff.
Nine centers and research institutes are also resident in
the College providing students with opportunities for firsthand
research experience. They are: the Center for Visual and Performing
Arts, the Sanford I. Berman Institute for Effective Communication
and General Semantics, the International Center for Communications,
the Institute for Leisure Behavior, the Production Center
for Documentary and Drama, the Institute of Public and Urban
Affairs, the Center for International Media and Communication
Education and the Institute for Built Environmental and Comparative
Urban Research. The College jointly shares responsibility
for the Institute for International Security and Conflict
Resolution with the Colleges of Arts and Letters and Sciences,
and for the Center for Hospitality and Tourism Management
with the College of Business.
Before assuming her current managerial
position, Dr. Gattas taught at California State Universities,
at Long Beach and
at Hayward. Following her career as a college professor, Dr.
Gattas was the Associate Vice President for Faculty Affairs
at San Diego State University. In that position, she handled
all faculty personnel matters, negotiated contracts and agreements,
and represented the University in grievances, collective bargaining,
and other legal matters.
Dr. Gattas is active in community
and professional organizations, including the San Diego Film
Commission Board of Directors
(Chair); the San Diego Convention and Visitors Bureau Board
of Directors (Chair); Commissioner for the City of San Diego
Commission for Arts and Culture (Vice Chair); California Ballet
Board of Directors; KPBS Advisory Board; Holiday Bowl Red
Coat Committee; SDSU International Communications Council;
Rotary Club of San Diego; Board of Trustees for the Multiple
Sclerosis Society (Past President); and numerous art boards.
In the past, Dr. Gattas has also served on the following:
Board of Directors for La Jolla Golden Triangle Rotary; Mayor’s
City of the Future Committee; Chair of the Art & Sol Campaign;
and Chair, Super Bowl '98, '03 Host Committee.
Dr.
Gattas was the recipient of San Diego Business Journal's
Women Who Mean Business Award and the Woman of Achievement
Award, and was listed in San Diego Magazine's Who's
Who in 1994. She was selected as one of 50 San Diegans to
watch in 2000.
Dr. Gattas is a graduate of the Institute for
Educational Management, Harvard University, and holds a Ph.D.
in counseling
psychology from the University of California at Berkeley,
and an M.A. and a B.S. degree from the University of New Mexico.
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