Leadership

Interim Dean Emily Tanner-Smith Executive Leadership Team 2025

L-R: Andrea Olson, Wendy Machalicek, Joanna Goode, Edward Olivos, Lisa Mazzei, Emily Tanner-Smith, Lisa Fortin, Esther Harclerode, Leslie Leve, Angie Whalen, Tiffany Yep, Amy Green, Chris Krabiel, Zeni Colorado-Resa, Dianna Carrizales-Engelmann,  Not pictured: John Seeley, Julia Vickers, Wendy Hadley


Greetings and welcome!

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Emily Tanner-Smith, PhD, a Thomson Professor, and now interim dean. Dean Tanner-Smith takes on this new role after 8 years at the College of Education serving as a Thomson Professor in the Counseling Psychology and Human Services Department, a research scientist at the Prevention Science Institute, and executive director of the HEDCO Institute for Evidence-Based Educational Practice

Dr. Tanner-Smith is an applied research methodologist with expertise in meta-analysis and research synthesis for evidence-based decision making. Since joining the UO faculty in 2017, she has held several leadership positions across campus, including associate director of the Prevention Science Institute, associate vice president for research in the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation, and associate dean of research in the College of Education.  

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Associate Deans

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L-R: Edward Olivos, Lisa Mazzei, Emily Tanner-Smith, Angie Whalen, Chris Krabiel, Dianna Carrizales-Engelmann Not pictured: John Seeley


Dianna Carrizales-Engelmann, Assistant Dean for Administration

Dianna Carrizales-Engelmann, Associate Dean for Administration, Director for Equity and Inclusion

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Chris Krabiel, Associate Dean for Finance and Operations

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Lisa Mazzei, Associate Dean for Faculty Development

Edward Olivos, PhD

Edward M. Olivos, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

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John Seeley, Associate Dean for Research

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Angie Whalen, Associate Dean for Career Instructional and Clinical Faculty Development


Assistant Deans

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Zeni Colorado-Resa, Assistant Dean for Academic Accreditation and Operations

 

 

Department Heads 

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L-R: Wendy Machalicek, Emily Tanner-Smith, Joanna Goode, Leslie Leve


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Joanna Goode, Department Head, Education Studies

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Leslie Leve, Department Head, Counseling Psychology and Human Services

Wendy Machalicek

Wendy Machalicek, Department Head, Special Education and Clinical Science


Directors 

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L-R: Esther Harclerode, Andrea Olson, Emily Tanner-Smith, Tiffany Yep, Amy Green, Lisa Fortin, Not pictured: Julia Vickers


Lisa Fortin

Lisa Fortin, Director of Events and Student Recruitment

Esther Harclerode

Esther Harclerode, Director of Development

 

Andrea Olson

Andrea Olson, Director of Stewardship and Donor Relations

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Julia Vickers, Director of Communications

Tiffany Yep

Tiffany Yep, Director of Financial Operations

Amy Green

Amy Green, Director for Academic Personnel and Policy


Institute and Clinic Directors

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Wendy Hadley, HEDCO Clinic Director

 

 

 


Executive Assistants 

Amy Kalani

Amy Kalani, Executive Assistant to Interim Dean Emily Tanner-Smith

Willow Gutierrez

Willow Gutierrez, Executive Assistant to the Deans

 


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