Briana Goff moves to associate dean slot
Tuesday, June 12th, 2007
Briana S. Nelson Goff has been named associate dean for academic affairs for Human Ecology.
Goff, an associate professor in marriage and family therapy, School of Family Studies and Human Services, has been serving as interim assistant dean for academic affairs. She coordinates the Kansas All-Hazards Behavioral Health Program that is active in recovery efforts in the Greensburg, Ks., tornado disaster area.
She began studies at K-State as a freshman 20 years ago this fall and continued to earn her bachelor’s and master’s degrees, then a doctorate from Texas Tech University, Lubbock. She joined the K-State faculty in 1998.
The new associate dean is charged with advancing teaching and learning in the college. She will coordinate international programs and partnerships, lead undergraduate research and honors program projects, help departments recruit and retain graduate students and bolster graduate academic programs.
Goff listed three goals:
“I want at least 50 per cent of our undergraduates to have some direct experience with research,” she said.
Second, she plans to continue increasing diversity in students, staff and faculty.
Her third goal is for the Human Ecology students to have experiences “outside their comfort zone,” whether it is study abroad or volunteering in an inner-city program in another state.
Goff has published broadly, especially in the area of post-war trauma, in journals ranging from American Journal of Orthopsychiatry to the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy. She has contributed chapters in several books about family issues and trauma.
This year she was honored with the Texas Tech University College of Human Sciences New Achiever Award.
The new associate dean has garnered more than $750,000 in grants for research topics such as trauma and reconciliation in Bosnia-Herzegovina, funded by the National Research Council, and work with veteran and military families.
She is a Kansas licensed clinical marriage and family therapist and a member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy and the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies.
Goff will continue her research and work with trauma and disaster events.
This entry was posted on Tuesday, June 12th, 2007 and is filed under Dean's Blog.