 Dr.
Diane Allen was appointed provost and senior vice
president of academic affairs at Salisbury University on
July 1, 2009.Allen comes
to SU from Southeastern Louisiana University, where she
served for five years as dean of the College of
Education and Human Development. One of her greatest
accomplishments was implementing its first doctoral
program, an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership. She also
obtained reaccreditations for multiple education
programs, established a five-year strategic plan and
co-chaired a diversity task force.
From 1997-2004, Allen was an associate
dean for the College of Education at the University of
North Texas. There she increased its external funding
from $3.6 million to $10.7 million in three years and
wrote a proposal for a math and science teacher academy
that became the university’s first congressional
earmark. She also established its first outreach plan
and education living community, and was active in its
faculty senate.
A native of Memphis, TN, Allen earned
her doctoral and master’s degrees in curriculum and
instruction from Oklahoma State University, and her
bachelor’s degree in English from the University of
Memphis. For 12 years she was a K-12 public school
teacher in North Carolina and Oklahoma. A reading and
literacy specialist, she also brings some 20 years
teaching experience in higher education.
In 2008 Allen was awarded the Medal of
Academic Merit from La Fundacion Liceo Moderno. She has
delivered more than 50 educational presentations across
the United States, and published two textbooks. Her 16
peer-reviewed articles explore such topics as teaching
at-risk students, increasing diversity in a college of
education and studying undergraduate children’s
literature.
Allen currently serves on review
boards for the Association of Teacher Educators and the
College Reading Association, and is a longtime member of
the International Reading Association. Nationally, she
also serves on the Library of Congress Curriculum
Committee for Teaching with Primary Sources.
In her Louisiana community, Allen
served the 21st Judicial District Children and Youth
planning board, the St. Charles Parish Public Schools
Star Program advisory board and the Hammond Chamber of
Commerce board. She also raised some $10,000 in
donations for Hurricane Relief for Teachers and Schools.
Allen and her husband, Terry, have two
sons. Thomas Daniel Allen is a music teacher in Plano,
TX. Terry Dale Allen Jr., who is married to Amy Kramer,
is an attorney in Oklahoma
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