University of Kentucky College of Arts and Sciences

University of Kentucky College of Arts & Sciences
TypePublic
EstablishedApril 14, 1908
DeanAna M. Franco-Watkins
Administrative staff
350 faculty members
Students5,200 undergraduates (960 graduates, 50 postdoctoral students)
Location
Lexington
,
Kentucky
,
US

38°02′19″N 84°30′15″W / 38.0386°N 84.5043°W / 38.0386; -84.5043
NicknameA&S
Websitehttp://www.as.uky.edu/

The University of Kentucky College of Arts and Sciences is the largest college at the University of Kentucky (UK), located in Lexington, Kentucky. It is organized into departments covering the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities and offers more than thirty undergraduate and postgraduate degree programs.

The college serves 5,200 undergraduate students, 960 graduate students, 50 postdoctoral students, and 350 faculty members.[1] The College of Arts and Sciences features programs in a number of fields including: Hispanic Studies, Human Geography, and Clinical Psychology.[2]

History

The College of Arts and Sciences was established on April 14, 1908, by the university's first president, James K. Patterson.

The Graduate School was formally established in 1912, and by 1919, UK was one of only 130 institutions in the United States whose graduate program had been accepted into the National Association of State Universities.

In 1918, President Frank McVey expanded the college's departments from 13 to 22 departments. Reflecting this growth, the school's name was officially changed to the "College of Arts and Sciences" by pluralizing sciences. Additionally, McVey insisted on hiring faculty members with doctorates as a means to make the university more competitive.[3]

To accommodate the growing number of students during the 1931–32 academic year, UK built several new buildings; including the Biological Sciences building, Erikson Hall (originally Home Economics Building), and enlarged the ROTC building.

In 1945, the College of Arts and Sciences began recognizing individual faculty members with the Distinguished Professor Award. The first of which was awarded to Grant Knight of the English Department. In 1947, Paul G. Blazer, and his wife Georgia, launched the still-ongoing Blazer Lecture Series to showcase the talent of university faculty and other members of the academic community.

In 1958, sociology major William Augustus Jones, Jr. and social work major Doris Wilkinson became the first African-Americans to graduate from the university, both enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences. Joseph Walter Scott, UK's first African-American professor, was hired by the Sociology Department in 1965. In 1967, Doris Wilkinson became the university's first African-American female professor.[4]

In response to an increasingly tense political climate, the College of Arts and Sciences opened the Patterson School for Diplomacy in 1959.

The college's location for UK's campus was centralized by the construction of the Patterson Office Tower. Completed in 1969, the Office Tower and adjacent Whitehall Classroom building gave the College of Arts and Sciences additional classrooms and office spaces.

In 1974, Judith Lesnaw became the university's first woman Biology professor, and later became the first woman to receive tenure at the university.[5]

William Nunn Lipscomb earned a bachelor's degree at the UK; then completed his education and a distinguishable academic career out of state. In 1976, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his studies on the borane structure and on chemical bonding.

As academic interest in Appalachia grew during the 1970s, the UK opened the Appalachian Center in 1977 and developed an academically acclaimed curriculum in Appalachian Studies.[6]

Departments

The College of Arts and Sciences features 18 traditional departments, offering majors leading to B.A., B.S., M.A., M.S., M.Phil., and Ph.D. degrees.

Programs

In addition to its departments, the College of Arts and Sciences also houses 19 interdisciplinary programs and committees:

Faculty awards and grants

Faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences have been awarded grants from institutes such as the National Science Foundation, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institute on Drug Abuse, US Department of Education, and National Institutes of Health.[8] Similarly, faculty members have received many national and international fellowships, including awards from the Guggenheim Foundation, Fulbright Program, National Endowment for the Humanities, and Humboldt Foundation.[9]

Research funding

Professors in the College of Arts and Sciences account for 60% of the researchers at the University of Kentucky. In addition to multiple grants and fellowships, the College of Arts and Science has $45 million in collaborative external grants and ranks first in the number of graduate student publications among colleges at the university.[10]

Deans of the college

  1. Arthur M. Miller, 1908–1917
  2. Paul P. Boyd, 1917–1947
  3. Martin M. White, 1947–1965
  4. Paul Nagel, 1966–1969
  5. Wimberly Royster, 1969–1972
  6. Art Gallaher, 1972–1980
  7. Donald Sands (Acting Dean), 1980–1981
  8. Michael Baer, 1981–1990
  9. Bradley C. Canon (Acting Dean), 1990–1991
  10. Richard Edwards, 1991–1997
  11. Donald Sands (Acting Dean) 1997–1998
  12. Howard Grotch, 1998–2003
  13. Steven L. Hoch, 2003–2009
  14. Phil Harling (Acting Dean), 2008–2009
  15. Mark L. Kornbluh, 2009–2020
  16. Christian M. M. Brady, 2020–2022
  17. Ana M. Franco-Watkins 2022–present

Publications

  • Ampersand, the magazine of the College of Arts and Sciences, is published twice a year for alumni, faculty, and friends of the college.
  • Limestone, a journal of art and literature, is edited and published annually by graduate students in the Department of English.
  • disClosure: A Journal of Social Theory, an annual thematic publication of contemporary social theory produced by the Committee on Social Theory.

References

  1. ^ "A&S Facts". www.as.uky.edu. Archived from the original on 2008-04-17.
  2. ^ "Research". Archived from the original on 2010-05-31. Retrieved 2010-08-26.
  3. ^ "1908-1933". Archived from the original on 2011-01-27. Retrieved 2010-08-26.
  4. ^ "1933-1958". Archived from the original on 2011-03-02. Retrieved 2010-08-26.
  5. ^ "2016 Hall of Fame". University of Kentucky College of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  6. ^ "1958-1983". Archived from the original on 2011-03-02. Retrieved 2010-08-26.
  7. ^ "Departments & Programs | College of Arts & Sciences".
  8. ^ "Research". Archived from the original on 2010-05-31. Retrieved 2010-08-26.
  9. ^ "Dean's Message". www.as.uky.edu. Archived from the original on 2009-08-15.
  10. ^ "A&S Facts". www.as.uky.edu. Archived from the original on 2008-04-17.
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