Office of the Dean

David V. Powers, Ph.D., is serving in his fifteenth year as the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences He is also a Professor of Psychology at Seattle University.

He received his BS from Louisiana State University and his PhD from Washington University in St. Louis. He held a postdoctoral fellowship in gerontology at Stanford University School of Medicine from 1995 to 1997. His scholarly publications and clinical practice include work in the areas of psychotherapy in older adults, Alzheimer’s care giving, and mental health advocacy.

Dean Powers is deeply honored to have served as Dean and is preparing the college for a transition to the newly selected Dean-elect, Monica Casper. Dr. Casper will be joining us in August 2024, from her current position as Special Assistant to the President on Gender-Based Violence and Professor of Sociology at San Diego State University, where she previously served as Dean of the College of Arts and Letters. A highly productive and influential scholar, Dr. Casper has written and lectured extensively on gender, health, trauma and violence, among other subjects. She has authored or coauthored eight books, including Babylost: Racism, Survival, and the Quiet Politics of Infant Mortality, from A to Z, which was published in 2022, and the forthcoming Who Belongs? Institutional Betrayal in Higher Education.

Dean Powers and the College of Arts and Sciences are happy to welcome Dean-elect Casper as their new leader.