Mike Ranen

Primary Responsibilities

• Academic (non-faculty) hiring and personnel
• Classrooms and academic spaces (including faculty office assignments)
• Lab instructor review and support
• Operating budgets, departmental endowments, and science-related endowments
• Accessibility Task Force Committee
• Calendar Committee
• Capital Renewal, equipment, and technology budget management
• Research Oversight (Institutional Official)
• Research Integrity Officer

Hometown
Salem, Massachusetts

Background
I received my Ph.D. in Earth and Planetary Sciences where I studied the chemical composition of meteorites and moon rocks.  Before joining the Office of the Dean for Academic Affairs, I worked in K-12 schools and held leadership positions in Student Affairs at Harvard University and Bowdoin.